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Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...

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Częstochowa Stradom Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...

. Since 2015 it has been operating as a “P” (premium) category station in the PKP classification. In 2018, the station served approximately 10,000 passengers a day.

History

The first station was built in the years 1845–1846, during the construction of the Warsaw-Vienna railway. In 1873 the station was enlarged and then extended by architect Czesław Domaniewski. The original building was torn down in the 1970s to make place for a larger complex. Work on the current postmodern architectural style station building designed by architect Ryszard Frankowicz,Wioleta Bąk, Tomasz Haładyj
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gazeta.pl, 2005-06-14. ostęp 2010-05-24 began in 1989. The first stage consisting of an overpass connecting the station platforms was opened in 1991, in time for the 6th World Youth Day whose central events took place in the

Jasna Góra Monastery The Jasna Góra Monastery ( , ''Luminous or Light Mountain'', ) in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage. The image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, also known as Ou ...

in Częstochowa. Construction of the stations main building started in 1994 and on November 9, 1996, on the 150th anniversary of the railroad reaching Częstochowa the entire complex was finished. It was officially opened by the then President of Poland,

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. On May 24, 1997, a monument with the bust of

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was unveiled in front of the station. According to the

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ranking of 2008, Częstochowa railway station was considered the third most beautiful station in Poland, behind Białystok railway station and Lublin railway station.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław '' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Łódź Fabryczna — Częstochowa — Kraków Główny'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Gdynia Główna — ''(via Częstochowa)'' — Zakopane'' *Regional services (PR) ''Radomsko - Częstochowa'' *Regional services (PR) ''Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Łódź Fabryczna - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Łódź Kaliska - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' *Regional Service (PR) ''Częstochowa - Lubliniec'' *Regional Service (PR) ''Częstochowa – Lubliniec - Kluckzbork - Namysłów'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce - Busko-Zdrój''Polregio. PR 42300 Częstochowa — Busko-Zdrój. Timetable
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Zawiercie Zawiercie () () is a town in southern Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of Sil ...

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Lubliniec Lubliniec (, ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Lublini'c'') is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship. Geography Lubliniec is situated in the north of the his ...

'' *Regional services (KŚ) ''Tychy Lodowisko - Katowice - Sosnowiec Główny - Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice - Zawiercie''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Częstochowa railway station Railway stations in Poland opened in 1846 Buildings and structures in Częstochowa Railway stations in Silesian Voivodeship Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio