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Warszawa Zachodnia station

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Warszawa Zachodnia

Warsaw West
Platform 6 in December 2021
General information
LocationOchota/Wola, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates52°13′13″N 20°57′55″E / 52.22028°N 20.96528°E / 52.22028; 20.96528
OwnerPKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe
Platforms9
Tracks18
History
Opened1936
Former namesWarschau West before 1945
Location

Warszawa Zachodnia, in English Warsaw West, is a railway and long-distance bus station in Warsaw, Poland on the border of Ochota and Wola districts. The railway station is the western terminus of the Warsaw Cross-City Line. It is served by PKP Intercity, Polregio, Masovian Railways, Rapid Urban Railway (Warsaw) and Warsaw Commuter Railway, as well as international trains passing through Warsaw. It is one of the busiest railway stations in Poland, with over 1,100 trains a day.[1]

The station underwent an extensive modernisation between 2020 and 2025, the first since its opening in 1936.[1]

History

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The station was built as part of the development of the Warsaw Railway Junction that was begun in 1919. Warszawa Zachodnia was opened in 1936 as the most westerly station on the Warsaw Cross-City Line. However, later efforts went into developing the stations in the center of Warsaw. It was not until the 1970s that an underpass was built to connect the platforms and a station building was built on the northern side. In 1975, a platform for Warsaw Commuter Railway trains was added. In 1980, the south side of the station was developed, with a road underpass being built to connect Wola and Ochota and the long-distance bus station added. The Warszawa Wola railway station, built in the 1980s just 250 m (820 ft) away from Warszawa Zachodnia, on 20 May 2012 was incorporated to Warszawa Zachodnia station as Platform 8, and continues handling trains to Nasielsk, Ciechanów and Działdowo. In 2015 a new station building was opened at the southern side of the station along with several commercial office buildings, which among others host companies of the Polish State Railways, built along Warsaw's Jerozolimskie Avenue on grounds belonging to the station complex. Future development plans call for the construction of a new tramway line by the Warsaw tramways with an 850 m-long (2,790 ft) tunnel passing under the railway station, offering convenient transfer to the city's public transit system.

Platform 9

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Once an independent station in Warsaw's Wola district, Warszawa Wola now serves as Platform 9 of the Warszawa Zachodnia railway complex. On 20 May 2012 it was incorporated into Warszawa Zachodnia station as its Platform 8, and since the modernisation of Warszawa Zachodnia, it is currently marked as Warszawa Zachodnia peron 9 (Warsaw West railway station platform No. 9.[2][3] Despite the change, it maintains all the functionality of Warszawa Wola. Another railway stop named Warszawa Wola, known as Warszawa Kasprzaka until 2018 is located further within the Wola district on Prymasa Tysiąclecia Avenue.

The station was built in the 1980s just 250 m (820 ft) from Warszawa Zachodnia station on the Warsaw orbital line, which goes through Warszawa Gdańska station. At the time of building, it served the workers who commuted to the neighbouring factories in the surrounding industrial area. As of 2011, it is used exclusively by Masovian Railways who run the KM9 services from it through the north of the Masovian Voivodeship to Działdowo, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship via Legionowo, Modlin, Nasielsk, Ciechanów and Mława, at all of which some trains terminate. Currently, all trains terminate at this station, but tracks exist and are used by freight trains to join the Cross-City Line past Warszawa Zachodnia station.

Modernization during 2020-2025

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In July, 2020 a contract worth 2.4 billion złoty (about $500 million euro) was signed for a complete modernization of the station, which was completed in 2025.[1][4] The rebuilt station has platforms covered by a common roof. The planned tunnel to a new underground tram stop is still under construction as of January 2026. During the five years of construction the passengers experienced some reductions in service, with some trains rerouted to other stations in Warsaw. The station upgrade is part of the upgrade of the entire Warsaw Cross-City Line, which will last at least until 2027.

Train services

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Most long-distance trains going to Warszawa Centralna from the western direction also stop at Warszawa Zachodnia. The station also services regional trains which do not stop at Warszawa Centralna, as well as a smaller number of trains that do not travel across Warsaw and instead terminate at Warszawa Główna.

The station is served by the following service(s):

  • EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (EIC by PKP) Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Poznań - Kutno - Warsaw
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia - Warsaw
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Warsaw - Wrocław
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Warsaw - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia - Warsaw - Katowice - Gliwice/Bielsko-Biała
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Warsaw - Kraków
  • Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia/Kołobrzeg - Warsaw - Kraków (- Rzeszów)
  • Express Intercity services (EIC) Szczecin — Warsaw [5]
  • Express Intercity services (EIC) Warsaw - Wrocław [6]
  • Express Intercity services (EIC) Warsaw - Kraków - Zakopane [7]
  • Intercity services (IC) Warsaw (Główna) — Łódź[8][9]
  • Intercity services (IC) Bydgoszcz Główna — Warszawa Główna[10]
  • Intercity services (IC) Wrocław- Opole - Częstochowa - Warszawa[11][12]
  • Intercity services (IC) Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa[13]
  • Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław[14]
  • Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław[15]
  • Intercity services (IC) Ełk - Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław[16]
  • Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała[17]
  • Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Łódź[18]
  • Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała[19]
  • Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz[20]
  • Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna[21]
  • Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna[22]
  • Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Zakopane [23][24]
  • InterRegio services (IR) Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa Glowna [25]
  • InterRegio services (IR) Łódź Kaliska — Warszawa Glowna [26]
  • InterRegio services (IR) Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna[27]
  • InterRegio services (IR) Poznań Główny — Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna[28]
  • Regional services (ŁKA) Łódz - Warsaw

International connections

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Warszawa Zachodnia serves the following international connections:[29]

Preceding station PKP Intercity PKP Intercity Following station
Kutno
towards Berlin Hbf
 EuroCity
EC 95
 EIC 
 Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Terminus Kyiv-Express Warszawa Centralna
towards Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
 EIP Częstochowa Stradom
towards Wrocław Główny
Sosnowiec Główny
towards Bielsko-Biała Główna
Warszawa Centralna
towards Gdynia Główna
 Sosnowiec Główny
towards Gliwice or Bielsko-Biała Główna
Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
 Kraków Główny
Terminus
Warszawa Centralna
towards Gdynia Główna or Kołobrzeg
 Kraków Główny
towards Kraków Główny or Rzeszów Główny
Kutno
towards Szczecin Główny
 EIC Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Warszawa Centralna
towards [[???? railway station|????]]
 Częstochowa Stradom
towards Wrocław Główny
Kraków Główny
towards Zakopane
Żyrardów
towards Łódź Fabryczna
 IC Warszawa Główna
Terminus
Warszawa Główna
Terminus
 Żyrardów
towards Bydgoszcz Główna
Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
 Żyrardów
towards Wrocław Główny
Warszawa Centralna
towards Białystok or Ełk
Warszawa Centralna
towards Białystok
 Żyrardów
towards Bielsko-Biała Główna
Żyrardów
towards Łódź Fabryczna
 Warszawa Centralna
towards Olsztyn Główny
Żyrardów
towards Bielsko-Biała Główna or Racibórz
Żyrardów
towards Szklarska Poręba Górna
 TLK
via Lubliniec
 Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Grodzisk Mazowiecki
towards Szklarska Poręba Górna
 TLK
via Katowice
Warszawa Centralna
towards Gdynia Główna
 TLK Grodzisk Mazowiecki
towards Zakopane
Preceding station Polregio Following station
Grodzisk Mazowiecki
towards Łódź Fabryczna
 IR Warszawa Główna
Terminus
Grodzisk Mazowiecki
towards Łódź Kaliska, Ostrów Wielkopolski or Poznań Główny
Preceding station Masovian Railways Following station
Warszawa Włochy
towards Skierniewice
 R1 Warszawa Główna
Terminus
Warszawa Ochota
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Jaktorów
towards Skierniewice
 RE1 Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Terminus R2 Warszawa Ochota
towards Łuków
Warszawa Włochy
towards Kutno
 R3 Warszawa Ochota
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Terminus R6 Warszawa Ochota
towards Czyżew
R7 Warszawa Ochota
towards Dęblin
Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Góra Kalwaria or Skarżysko-Kamienna
 R8 Warszawa Wola
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Warszawa Rakowiec
towards Góra Kalwaria or Skarżysko-Kamienna
 RE8
Terminus R9 Warszawa Ochota
towards Działdowo via Warszawa Śródmieście
RE9 Warszawa Centralna
towards Działdowo via Warszawa Centralna
R90 Warszawa Wola
towards Działdowo via Warszawa Gdańska
RE90
Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Warsaw Chopin Airport
 RL Warszawa Centralna
towards Modlin
Preceding station ŁKA Following station
Skierniewice
towards Łódź Fabryczna
 Łódź - Warsaw Warszawa Centralna
towards Warszawa Wschodnia
Warszawa Główna
Terminus
Preceding station SKM Warsaw Following station
Warszawa Włochy
towards Pruszków
 S1 Warszawa Ochota
towards Otwock
Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Warsaw Chopin Airport
 S2 Warszawa Ochota
towards Sulejówek Miłosna
Warszawa Wola
towards Warsaw Chopin Airport
 S3 Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Legionowo Piaski or Radzymin
Warszawa Wola
towards Piaseczno
 S4 Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Zegrze Południowe
S40 Warszawa Aleje Jerozolimskie
towards Warszawa Rakowiec
Warszawa Reduta Ordona
towards Piaseczno
 Warszawa Ochota
towards Warszawa Rakowiec
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See also

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References

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