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.
Location	Łódź, Poland
Owned by	Polish State Railways
Line(s)	14  Łódź–Tuplice railway (formerly Warsaw–Kalisz Railway) Łódź Circular Line:  15  Łódź–Bednary  25  Łódź–Dębica Łódź Cross-City Line (planned)
Platforms	6
Tracks	12
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1994, 2020-ongoing
Electrified	1965
Previous names	Lodz Kalischer Bf (1915-1918) Litzmannstadt Hbf (1940-1945)
Passengers
2018	6300[1]
Services
Preceding station   Przewozy Regionalne   Following station Pabianice toward Poznań Główny PR Terminus Pabianice toward Wrocław Główny PR Terminus Łódź Żabieniec toward Toruń Główny PR Terminus Terminus PR Łódź Pabianicka toward Częstochowa Terminus PR Łódź Pabianicka toward Opoczno Preceding station   ŁKA   Following station Łódź Żabieniec toward Kutno Łódź - Kutno Terminus Łódź Żabieniec toward Łowicz Główny Łódź - Łowicz Łódź Pabianicka toward Łódź Widzew Łódź Lublinek toward Sieradz Łódź - Sieradz Terminus

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

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See also

• Polish State Railways

References

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

External links

• Media related to Łódź Kaliska at Wikimedia Commons
• Schedule of the station - departures
• Photos of the station