Lublin Główny railway station (

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''Stacja Lublin Główny'') is the most important railway station in

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. It was officially renamed to Lublin Główny (''Lublin Main'') in December, 2019 to distinguish it from other, much smaller stations located in Lublin. The station serves trains running on the four lines radiating from Lublin: north-east to

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, north to

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, east to

Chełm Chełm (; ; ) is a city in eastern Poland in the Lublin Voivodeship with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some from the border with Ukraine. The ...

and the border with

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, and south to

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. It is one of the busiest stations in eastern Poland, with over 50 train departures on a typical day.

History

The station building was opened in 1877, together with the

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, which connected

with

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. At the time Lublin was in the

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as part of

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. Following the recreation of Poland in 1918, the station building was reconstructed in the 1920s to give it a more Polish style, as the original building looked like a typical station of the Russian Empire. In recent years the station was completely refurbished. Because of this, it is now considered one of the best railway stations in Poland, according to

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which gave it second place in the ranking of 23 most significant Polish railway stations. The station is linked by rail to the

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Upgrades and modernization

In 2011 a modernization of the line north of Lublin to

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started. The 25 km single track section had its maximum speed upgraded to 120 km/h, from previous 30–60 km/h. Once finished, passenger services were restored on it starting from April 2, 2013. In 2017 modernization of the line between Lublin and Warsaw (specifically the section between Lublin and

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) began, with train traffic suspended during construction and trains between Warsaw and Lublin rerouted through

. The lined re-opened for partial service (using only one of the planned two tracks) in December, 2019. Once the upgrades were completed, the trip time between Lublin and Warsaw has been reduced to under 2 hours as of early 2023, with maximum train speed reaching 160 km/h. The goal is to further reduce the travel times to 90 minutes once all the track upgrades are completed around 2027. In 2018-2021 the train platforms of the station have been upgraded. Up until early 2024, the Lublin intercity bus terminal was inconveniently located 3 km away from the main railway station, making train-bus transfers difficult. New bus station was opened on 12th of January 2024 , and is located directly next to the train station. The bus terminal and Lublin Main Station will be part of Lublin Metropolitan Integrated Terminal.

Platforms

Number of platforms as of August 15, 2022: Platform 1 - the longest platform adjancent to the station building. It is used for sending long-distance trains towards Radom, Warsaw (and beyond e.g. to

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) and

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(via

Dorohusk Dorohusk (; ) is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland, at the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of Gmina Dorohusk (administrative district). It lies approximately east of Chełm and east of the regional capit ...

). Platform 1a - It used for sending short long-distance trains in the same directions as platform 1 and

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. It is ended with a

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. Platform 1b - It used for sending local trains to

Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...

, and

. Like platform 1a it is ended with a buffer stop. Platform 2 - It have two edges. It used for sending long-distance and local trains towards Stalowa Wola Rozwadów,

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(and beyond to Kraków Główny, Wrocław Główny), and toward Chełm,

. Platform 3 - It have two edges. It mainly used for sending local trains toward Chełm,

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and Zamość.

Types of trains and carriers

At Lublin Główny station stops local,

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and fast trains (semi-express; train with more stops than express, but fewer than local trains). Local trains are managed by

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under the REGIO (R) brand, while express and fast trains are managed by

PKP Intercity PKP Intercity is the subsidiary of the PKP Group responsible for long-distance rail passenger transport in Poland. It operates around 350 trains daily, connecting large agglomerations and smaller towns in Poland. It offers its services under ...

under the

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(IC) and

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(TLK) brands.

References

External links

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