Warszawa Gdańska railway station
Railway station in Warsaw, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warszawa Gdańska station (also known as Dworzec Gdański; literally Gdańsk station) is a railway station in northern Warsaw, Poland. The name of the station derives from its past as the main station serving trains towards Gdańsk. Currently, trains in that direction use the main Cross-City Line and the Warszawa Centralna railway station.
Warszawa Gdańska | |||||
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Railway Station | |||||
General information | |||||
Coordinates | 52°15′31″N 20°59′41″E | ||||
Owned by | Polish State Railways SA | ||||
Line(s) | Route 20 (Warszawa Główna Towarowa - Warszawa Praga) Route 509 (Warszawa Główna Towarowa - Warszawa Gdańska) | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Tracks | 6 | ||||
Connections | Dworzec Gdański | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Ground level | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1880 (1880) | ||||
Rebuilt | 1920, 1948, 1958-1959, 1984 | ||||
Previous names | Vistulan Main Train Station (Polish: Główny Dworzec Kolei Nadwiślańskiej) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
PKP Category B Station | |||||
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It is located on the "Northern Line" that runs between Central Warsaw and the city's Żoliborz district to the north. It serves as a transportation hub for regional trains departing the station. It connects with the Warsaw Metro's Dworzec Gdański stop, located below the railway station, and a number of nearby tram and bus stops. The Warsaw Metro has received EU funding to build a pedestrian tunnel linking the metro station to the railway station.
The railway station is located some 3.5 km north of the main rail line crossing the city linking Warszawa Wschodnia, Warszawa Centralna and Warszawa Zachodnia railway stations and as such is sometimes used as a reserve station, used by trains during track works on the main line, but that is quite rare, as there are two tracks in each direction on the main line.
Currently (2023), it is used by suburban and regional trains and also by long distance and international trains due to reconstruction of Warsaw Cross-City line.