Łódź Kaliska railway station
Railway station in Poland
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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, built from 1900 to 1902, served the Warsaw–Kalisz Railway.
- 14 Łódź–Tuplice railway (formerly Warsaw–Kalisz Railway)
- Łódź Circular Line:
- 15 Łódź–Bednary
- 25 Łódź–Dębica
- Łódź Cross-City Line (planned)
Łódź Kaliska | |||||
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Łódź Kaliska railway station in 2005. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Łódź, Poland | ||||
| System | Premium station | ||||
| Owned by | Polish State Railways | ||||
| Lines |
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| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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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 Łódź Agglomeration Railway (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
Train services
The station is served by the following trains:
- Intercity trains (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Bydgoszcz — Gdynia Główna[2]
- Intercity trains (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała[3]
- Intercity trains (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Bydgoszcz/Grudziądz — Łódź — Katowice[4][5]
- InterRegio trains (IR) Łódź Kaliska — Warszawa Glowna [6]
- InterRegio trains (IR) Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna[7]
- InterRegio trains (IR) Poznań Główny — Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna[8]
- Regiona trains (PR) Łódź Kaliska — Ostrów Wielkopolski [9]
- Regional trains (PR) Łódź Kaliska — Ostrów Wielkopolski — Poznań Główny [10]
- Regional trains (PR) Łódź Kaliska — Częstochowa [11]
- Regional trains PR) Łódź Kaliska — Skarżysko-Kamienna [12]
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