Łódź Kaliska railway station

Łódź Kaliska is one of the two main railway stations in the central Polish city of Łódź. It is located west of the center of the city, in the district of Polesie, and it consists of six platforms. The first complex of the station, designed by Polish architect Czesław Domaniewski, was built in 1902 in the style of Art Nouveau. Inside, there were several Art Nouveau elements, including crystal windows in doors, as well as brass fittings. The station served the Warsaw–Kalisz Railway, built between 1900 and 1902.

Łódź Kaliska
Łódź Kaliska railway station in 2005.
LocationŁódź, Poland
Owned byPolish State Railways
Line(s)
Platforms6
Tracks12
History
Opened1902
Rebuilt1994, 2020-ongoing
Electrified1965
Previous namesLodz Kalischer Bf (1915-1918)
Litzmannstadt Hbf (1940-1945)
Passengers
20186300[1]
Services
Preceding station   Przewozy Regionalne   Following station
PRTerminus
PRTerminus
PRTerminus
TerminusPR
toward Częstochowa
TerminusPR
toward Opoczno
Preceding station   ŁKA   Following station
toward Kutno
Łódź - KutnoTerminus
Łódź - Łowicz
toward Sieradz
Łódź - SieradzTerminus
Łódź Kaliska station in 1930
The station platforms in 2013

On 28 September 1946 a major rail accident occurred at the station, in which 21 people died. In 1994, a brand new complex of the Łódź Kaliska station was completed, and has been in use since then. The station provides connections to all major cities of Poland, including Warsaw, Kraków, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Poznań, Wrocław, Szczecin, and Gdańsk, as well as Prague in the Czech Republic. The station is the terminus of Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Łódź Commuter Railway), which serves towns in the Łódź region.

Public transit

The station can be accessed by tram and bus lines:

  • Bandurskiego - Dworzec Łódź Kaliska stop
    • Trams: 10A, 10B, 12, 14, 18
    • Buses: 6 (ZPK Markab), 65B, 80, 86A, 86B, 99
  • Włókniarzy - Mickiewicza (Dworzec Łódź Kaliska) stop
    • Trams: 8, 12
    • Buses: 6 (ZPK Markab), 52, 65A, 80, 86A, 86B, 93, 99
  • Włókniarzy - Karolewska (Dworzec Łódź Kaliska) stop
    • Trams: 8, 16
    • Buses: 65A, 80, 86A, 86B, 97A, 97B, 99
  • Dworzec Łódź Kaliska bus terminus
    • Buses: 6 (ZPK Markab), 52, 93, 97A, 97B

See also

References

  1. Urząd Transportu Kolejowego. "Wymiana pasażerska na stacjach w Polsce w 2018 r." Urząd Transportu Kolejowego (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-03.


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