Warszawa Sródmiescie PKP station
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Warsaw Śródmieście is a railway station in Warsaw
, Poland
in the district of Śródmieście
. The station serves the suburban tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line
, used by regional trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie
and Szybka Kolej Miejska. There are two side platforms and one island platform
serving two tracks, all located in a tunnel.
The station is connected by an underground pedestrian passage to Warsaw Central railway station which serves long distance trains. The station Warszawa Śródmieście WKD serving as the terminus for the Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa
light rail line is located on the other end of Warsaw Central.
The first station with this name opened in 1949 in a cutting (now covered) between Marchlewskiego (now Jana Pawła II) and Emilii Plater streets, a few hundred metres to the west of the current location. It had two side platforms, and a simple wooden station building on the street level. It served both suburban and long-distance trains.
The present structure was built between 1955 and 1963. The overground part consists of two rectangular buildings without any facilities, being effectively oversized shelters for staircases leading to the platforms, ticket offices etc. The station underwent a refurbishment in 2006-2007.
The station offers convenient transfers to the nearby Centrum metro station as well as a large number of trams and buses.
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in the district of Śródmieście
Sródmiescie
Śródmieście is a Polish word for "city centre". In particular it may refer to the following designated districts:* Śródmieście, Warsaw* Śródmieście, Gdańsk* Śródmieście, Gdynia* Śródmieście, Katowice* Śródmieście, Szczecin* Śródmieście, Wrocław...
. The station serves the suburban tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line
Warsaw Cross-City Line
Warsaw cross-city line is a 7 km railway line crossing downtown Warsaw in the East-West direction. Opened in 1933 and electrified in 1936, it initially had two tracks, with additional two added in 1949...
, used by regional trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie
Koleje Mazowieckie
Koleje Mazowieckie is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.- History :The company was founded in 2004 as a joint venture of the Masovian Voivodeship, with 51% shares, and the, then government-owned, PKP Przewozy Regionalne, with 49% shares, to handle local passenger...
and Szybka Kolej Miejska. There are two side platforms and one island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
serving two tracks, all located in a tunnel.
The station is connected by an underground pedestrian passage to Warsaw Central railway station which serves long distance trains. The station Warszawa Śródmieście WKD serving as the terminus for the Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa
Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa
Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa is a suburban light rail line in Poland's capital city of Warsaw. The line, together with its two branches, links Warsaw with the municipalities of Michałowice, Pruszków, Brwinów, Podkowa Leśna, Milanówek and Grodzisk Mazowiecki to the south-west of Warsaw.-History:The...
light rail line is located on the other end of Warsaw Central.
The first station with this name opened in 1949 in a cutting (now covered) between Marchlewskiego (now Jana Pawła II) and Emilii Plater streets, a few hundred metres to the west of the current location. It had two side platforms, and a simple wooden station building on the street level. It served both suburban and long-distance trains.
The present structure was built between 1955 and 1963. The overground part consists of two rectangular buildings without any facilities, being effectively oversized shelters for staircases leading to the platforms, ticket offices etc. The station underwent a refurbishment in 2006-2007.
The station offers convenient transfers to the nearby Centrum metro station as well as a large number of trams and buses.