Warszawa Śródmieście railway station

Railway station in Warsaw, Poland
52°13′46″N 21°00′28″E / 52.229444°N 21.007778°E / 52.229444; 21.007778Line(s)Warsaw Cross-City LinePlatforms3Tracks2Connections Warszawa Centralna
Centrum
Warszawa Śródmieście WKDHistoryOpened1949
(rebuilt 1955–1963)
Services
Preceding station KM Following station
Warszawa Ochota
towards Skierniewice
 R1 Warszawa Powiśle
Warszawa Ochota
towards Warszawa Zachodnia
 R2 Warszawa Powiśle
towards Łuków
Warszawa Ochota
towards Kutno
 R3 Warszawa Powiśle
Warszawa Ochota
towards Warszawa Zachodnia
 R6 Warszawa Powiśle
towards Czyżew
R7 Warszawa Powiśle
towards Dęblin
Warszawa Ochota
towards Góra Kalwaria or Skarżysko-Kamienna
 R8 Warszawa Powiśle
RE8
Warszawa Ochota R9 Warszawa Powiśle
towards Działdowo
Preceding station SKM Following station
Warszawa Ochota S2 Warszawa Powiśle
towards Sulejówek Miłosna

Warszawa Śródmieście railway station (Polish pronunciation: [ɕrudˈmjɛɕt͡ɕɛ]) is a railway station in Warsaw, Poland, in the district of Śródmieście. The station serves the suburban (southern) tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line and is used by regional trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie (KM) and Szybka Kolej Miejska (SKM). There are two side platforms and one island platform serving two tracks, all located in a tunnel.

It was built on the principle of the Spanish solution, whereas the centre platform would be using for the arriving passengers only and the side platforms for departing passengers only. The separation was enforced by access controls to the centre platform (discontinued in 1960s), location of ticket offices next to side platforms only, and opening trains' doors on the centre platform side first and on the side platform side with a delay. The separation was in operation until the 1980s.

Warszawa Śródmieście PKP on map of the city's rail network.

History

The first station with this name opened in 1949 in a cutting (now covered) on the Warsaw Cross-City Line between Marchlewskiego (currently Jana Pawła II) and Emilii Plater streets, a few hundred meters to the west of the current location and roughly on the site of the former Vienna station (pl). It had two side platforms and a simple wooden station building on the street level. It served both suburban and long-distance trains.

The present structure was built between 1955 and 1963, based on the designs of architects Arseniusz Romanowicz [pl] and Piotr Szymaniak (overground portion) and Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts artists and alumni Wojciech Fangor, Jerzy Sołtan, Zbigniew Ihnatowicz [pl], Wiktor Gessler, Adolf Szczepiński, Bogusław Smyrski and Lech Tomaszewski [pl] (underground portion). The overground part consists of two rectangular buildings without any facilities, being effectively oversized shelters for staircases leading to the platforms, ticket offices, etc. The station underwent a refurbishment in 2006–07.

Connections

The station offers convenient ground-level transfers to the nearby Centrum metro station as well as a large number of trams and buses. The station is connected by an underground pedestrian passage to Warszawa Centralna, which serves long-distance trains, and Warszawa Śródmieście WKD, which serves Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa trains.

Gallery

  • Station platforms in 1977
    Station platforms in 1977
  • Station interior, Platforms 2 and 3
    Station interior, Platforms 2 and 3
  • Aerial view of the station entrances
    Aerial view of the station entrances
  • Mosaics by Wojciech Fangor
    Mosaics by Wojciech Fangor
  • Mosaics by Wojciech Fangor
    Mosaics by Wojciech Fangor

References

External links

Media related to Warszawa Śródmieście railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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