Rzeszów Główny (

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for ''Rzeszów Main station'') is a

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of the southeastern Polish city of

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

, and the biggest of the

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional As ...

. According to the classification of passenger stations in Poland, it belongs to Class B. The first station in

was built in 1858 on the newly constructed line of the

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from

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which eventually reached

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in 1861. The station was initially supposed to be located further outside the town to the north in the village of Zaczernie, however ultimately it was placed just north of the town square, creating a u-shaped bend on the railway. In subsequent years, Rzeszów became an important railway junction, with additional connections to

Jasło Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesser ...

(southbound), and

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's district of Ocice (northbound). During

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, the station was destroyed by the retreating Russian Imperial troops. Rebuilt in the

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, it was destroyed again in 1944 by the

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. The current complex was built after 1945. Since 2018 the station platforms are undergoing an upgrade, scheduled to be completed in 2021. The station offers connections to all major cities of Poland, also to

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and

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Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (IC by PKP) ''Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Rzeszów – Przemyśl'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Gdynia- Warsaw - Kraków - Rzeszów'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Zielona Góra - Wrocław - Opele - Częstochowa - Kraków - Rzeszów - Przemyśl'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Ustka - Koszalin - Poznań - Wrocław - Katowice - Kraków - Rzeszów - Przemyśl'' *Regional services (PR) ''Tarnów - Dębica - Rzeszów'' *Regional services (PR) ''Kraków - Bochnia - Tarnów - Dębica - Rzeszów'' *Regional services (PR) ''Tarnów - Dębica - Rzeszów - Jarosław - Przemyśl'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Kolbuszowa - Stalowa Wola Południe'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Kolbuszowa - Stalowa Wola Południe - Lublin'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Strzyżów nad Wisłokiem - Jasło'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Łańcut - Przeworsk'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Łańcut - Przeworsk - Jarosław - Przemyśl'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Łańcut - Przeworsk - Jarosław - Przemyśl - Medyka'' *Regional services (PR) ''Rzeszów - Łańcut - Przeworsk - Jarosław - Horyniec-Zdrój''Polregio. PR 33707 Rzeszów Główny — Horyniec-Zdrój. Timetable
https://bilety.polregio.pl/pociag/REG/33707
/ref> *Regional services (PKA) ''Rzeszów - Dębica '' *Regional services (PKA) ''Rzeszów - Kolbuszowa'' *Regional services (PKA) ''Rzeszów - Strzyżów nad Wisłokiem'' *Regional services (PKA) ''Rzeszów - Łańcut - Przeworsk''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rzeszow Main Station Railway stations in Poland opened in 1858 Railway stations in Subcarpathian Voivodeship Buildings and structures in Rzeszów Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio