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Warszawa Gdańska station

Warszawa Gdańska
PKP.svg Railway Station
Warsaw 07-13 img36 Gdansk Station.jpg
Coordinates 52°15′31″N 20°59′41″E / 52.25861°N 20.99472°E / 52.25861; 20.99472Coordinates: 52°15′31″N 20°59′41″E / 52.25861°N 20.99472°E / 52.25861; 20.99472
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 5
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)
Traffic
PKP Category B Station
Services
Preceding station   Koleje Mazowieckie-logo.svg KM   Following station
R90
toward Działdowo
RE90
Terminus RE91
toward Sierpc
Preceding station   Skmd.png SKM   Following station
S9
toward Wieliszew
Location
W-wa gdanska.svg

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.

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 (2011), it is used exclusively by Koleje Mazowieckie for services KM9 to/from Ciechanów and Działdowo via Legionowo, Modlin, Nasielsk, where the train changes number, Mława (only for trains continue to Działdowo, from/to starting/terminating at Warszawa Wola). Trains continuing to Działdowo, wait in Ciechanów for 50 minutes. Some trains terminate at Legionowo and Modlin.


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