Warszawa Wschodnia railway station

Warszawa Wschodnia, in English Warsaw East, is one of the most important railway stations in Warsaw, Poland. Its more official name is Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa (translated as Warsaw East Passenger). It is located on the eastern side of the Vistula river, on the border of the Praga-Północ and Praga-Południe districts, on the Warsaw Cross-City Line. It serves all trains passing through the larger Warszawa Centralna and Śródmieście stations which stop or terminate at Wschodnia station. It is one of the busiest railway stations in Poland, with over 800 daily trains.^[1]

Warszawa Wschodnia
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General information
Location	Praga Południe, Warsaw, Masovian Poland
Coordinates	52°15′03″N 21°03′10″E
Owned by	Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platforms	7
Tracks	14
History
Opened	1866 (Rebuilt 1933, 1969)
Previous names	Terespol Train Station (Polish: Dworzec Terespolski)
Location Location of station in Warsaw

History

The station first started operating in 1866 as the terminus of the newly built Warsaw–Terespol Railway. By 1933 the station was rebuilt as a through the station with the opening of the Cross-City line. The station building was destroyed during World War II, and in postwar decades provisional, temporary buildings were used to serve passengers.

The current station building opened in 1969 and was for a while the most modern large station in Warsaw. In the following years, it received little investment and so fell into disrepair. At the beginning of the 21st century, it was considered the worst railway station in Poland, according to Gazeta Wyborcza which gave it last place in the ranking of 23 most significant Polish railway stations.^[2]

The station building was renovated for the UEFA Euro 2012 championship.

As of May 2021, its sister station Warsaw Zachodnia station appears to be under significant reconstruction.

Train services

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 ^[3]
• Express Intercity services (EIC) Warsaw - Wrocław ^[4]
• Express Intercity services (EIC) Warsaw - Kraków - Zakopane ^[5]
• Intercity services (IC) Wrocław- Opole - Częstochowa - Warszawa^[6]
• Intercity services (IC) Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa^[7]
• Intercity services (IC) Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa^[8]
• Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław^[9]
• Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław^[10]
• Intercity services (IC) Ełk - Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław^[11]
• Intercity services (IC) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała^[12]
• Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała^[13]
• Intercity services (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa Wschodnia^[14]
• Intercity services (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Lublin Główny^[15]
• Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Łódź^[16]
• Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała^[17]
• Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz^[18]
• Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna^[19]
• Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna^[20]
• Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Zakopane ^[21][22]
• Intercity services (TLK) Kołobrzeg — Gdynia Główna — Warszawa Wschodnia — Kraków Główny^[23]
• Regional services (ŁKA) Łódz - Warsaw

Preceding station	PKP Intercity			Following station
Warszawa Centralna towards Berlin Hbf		EuroCity EC 95  EIC		Terminus
Warszawa Centralna towards Warszawa Zachodnia		Kyiv-Express		Mińsk Mazowiecki towards Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Iława Główna towards Gdynia Główna		EIP		Warszawa Centralna Terminus
Terminus				Warszawa Centralna towards Wrocław Główny
				Warszawa Centralna towards Bielsko-Biała Główna
Iława Główna towards Gdynia Główna				Warszawa Centralna towards Gliwice or Bielsko-Biała Główna
Terminus				Warszawa Centralna towards Kraków Główny
Iława Główna towards Gdynia Główna or Kołobrzeg				Warszawa Centralna towards Kraków Główny or Rzeszów Główny
Warszawa Centralna towards Szczecin Główny		EIC		Terminus
Terminus				Warszawa Centralna towards Wrocław Główny
				Warszawa Centralna towards Zakopane
		IC Via Warszawa Gdańska		Warszawa Gdańska towards Bielsko-Biała Główna, Wrocław Główny or Zgorzelec
		IC Via Warszawa Zachodnia		Warszawa Centralna towards Wrocław Główny
Wołomin towards Białystok or Ełk		IC
Wołomin towards Białystok				Warszawa Centralna towards Bielsko-Biała Główna
Warszawa Gdańska towards Łódź Fabryczna				Terminus
				Pilawa towards Lublin Główny
Warszawa Centralna towards Łódź Fabryczna				Legionowo towards Olsztyn Główny
Warszawa Centralna towards Bielsko-Biała Główna or Racibórz
Warszawa Gdańska towards Szklarska Poręba Górna		TLK		Terminus
Warszawa Centralna towards Szklarska Poręba Górna
Legionowo towards Gdynia Główna				Warszawa Centralna towards Zakopane
Legionowo towards Kołobrzeg				Otwock towards Kraków Główny
Preceding station	KM			Following station
Warszawa Stadion towards Skierniewice		R1		Terminus
Warszawa Centralna towards Skierniewice		RE1
Warszawa Stadion towards Warszawa Zachodnia		R2		Warszawa Rembertów towards Łuków
Warszawa Stadion towards Kutno		R3		Terminus
Warszawa Stadion towards Warszawa Zachodnia		R6		Warszawa Rembertów towards Czyżew
		R7		Warszawa Olszynka Grochowska towards Dęblin
Warszawa Stadion towards Góra Kalwaria or Skarżysko-Kamienna		R8		Terminus
		RE8
Warszawa Stadion towards Warszawa Zachodnia		R9		Warszawa Praga towards Działdowo
Warszawa Centralna towards Warszawa Zachodnia		RE9		Warszawa Toruńska towards Działdowo
Warszawa Centralna towards Warsaw Chopin Airport		RL		Warszawa Toruńska towards Modlin
Preceding station	ŁKA			Following station
Warszawa Centralna towards Łódź Fabryczna		Łódź - Warsaw		Terminus
Preceding station	SKM			Following station
Warszawa Centralna towards Pruszków		S1		Warszawa Gocławek towards Otwock
Terminus		S10
Warszawa Stadion towards Warsaw Chopin Airport		S2		Warszawa Rembertów towards Sulejówek Miłosna
Terminus		S20

Preceding station	PKP Intercity			Following station
Former services
Poznań Główny towards Paris Est		EuroNight Moscou Express [fr; de] Suspended 2020		Terespol towards Moscow Belorussky

Gallery

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  Interior of the station, 2018
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  Warszawa Wschodnia after modernization

See also

• Rail transport in Poland
• List of busiest railway stations in Poland