Piła Główna railway station (

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for ''Piła main station'') is the main

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, in the

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. The station opened in 1851 and is located on the Kutno–Piła railway, Poznań–Piła railway, Tczew–Kostrzyn railway, Piła–Ustka railway, Piła–Ulikowo railway and Bzowo Goraj–Piła railway. The train services are operated by PKP and

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History

The station is one of the largest and most important railway junctions in northern Poland, located in the northwestern city of

. The complex is located in southern part of the centre of the city, at 1

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Street. Its construction began in 1853, when Pila belonged to the

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. The station was part of the newly built

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, which opened in 1851 and reached Pila on 27 July 1851. Construction of the complex was not completed until 1876, and in the subsequent years, many changes were introduced. Meanwhile, the importance of Piła as a junction grew, with construction of several other connections. In January 1871, a line to

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was opened, in May 1879, a line from

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via Piła, and in November 1881, a line to

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was completed. Within 30 years, Piła became a nexus of great importance, and in 1913, the station served some 575,000 people. Currently, the station has ten platforms. All the tracks are electrified, electrification work being completed in 1990. Over the tracks is a 230-metre-long road

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, built in 1975. On 19 May 1988, there was a train crash involving a military transport train of the

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at the station in which 10 soldiers died and 28 were injured.

Modernisation

The station was rebuilt between May 2014 and October 2015. The modernised station was opened on 26 October 2015.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: *Intercity services ''Kolobrzeg - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw'' *Intercity services ''Szczecin - Stargard - Krzyz - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw - Lublin - Rzeszow - Przemysl'' *Intercity services ''Gorzow Wielkopolskie - Krzyz - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw'' *Intercity services ''Kolobrzeg - Pila - Poznan - Wroclaw - Opole - Czestochowa - Krakow - Rzeszow - Zamosc/Przemysl'' *Intercity services ''Kolobrzeg - Pila - Poznan - Wroclaw - Opole - Bielsko-Biala'' *Intercity services ''Slupsk - Koszalin - Pila - Poznan - Wroclaw - Opole - Czestochowa - Krakow - Rzeszow - Przemysl'' *Intercity services ''Ustka - Slupsk - Koszalin - Pila - Poznan - Wroclaw - Opole - Katowice'' *Intercity services ''Szczecin - Stargard - Kalisz Pomorski - Pila - Bydgoszcz'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn'' *Regional services (R) ''Piła- Bydgoszcz'' *Regional services (R) ''Szczecin - Stargard - Kalisz Pomorski - Pila'' *Regional services (R) ''Krzyz - Pila - Chojnice'' *Regional services (R) ''Szczecinek - Piła Główna - Poznań Główny''Polregio. Szczecinek - Piła Główna - Poznań Główny. Timetable valid from 2022.12.11 to 2023.03.11
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Coach station

Near the station, close to the northern entrance, is a bus station of Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej.

References

*Piła Główna article a
Polish Stations Database
URL accessed at 1 October 2010

External links

A photo of the station

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