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. 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.
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.
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:- EuroCity services Berlin - Frankfurt - Rzepin - Poznań - Kutno - Warsaw
- Express Intercity Premium services Gdynia - Warsaw
- Express Intercity Premium services Warsaw - Wrocław
- Express Intercity Premium services Warsaw - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
- Express Intercity Premium services Gdynia - Warsaw - Katowice - Gliwice/Bielsko-Biała
- Express Intercity Premium services Warsaw - Kraków
- Express Intercity Premium services Gdynia/Kołobrzeg - Warsaw - Kraków
- Express Intercity services Szczecin — Warsaw
- Express Intercity services Warsaw - Wrocław
- Express Intercity services Warsaw - Kraków - Zakopane
- Intercity services Wrocław- Opole - Częstochowa - Warszawa
- Intercity services Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa
- Intercity services Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa
- Intercity services Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław
- Intercity services Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław
- Intercity services Ełk - Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław
- Intercity services Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
- Intercity services Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
- Intercity services Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa Wschodnia
- Intercity services Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Lublin Główny
- Intercity services Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Łódź
- Intercity services Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
- Intercity services Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz
- Intercity services Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna
- Intercity services Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna
- Intercity services Gdynia Główna — Zakopane
- Intercity services Kołobrzeg — Gdynia Główna — Warszawa Wschodnia — Kraków Główny
- Regional services ''Łódz - Warsaw''