Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa railway station

Warsaw Wschodnia (Polish: Warszawa Wschodnia) is one of the most important railway stations in Warsaw, Poland. Its more official name is Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa (literally translated as Warsaw East Passenger). It is located on the eastern side of the Vistula river, in Praga Północ district, on the Warsaw Cross-City Line. It serves a large number of trains as all trains passing through the more important Warsaw Central and Śródmieście stations also stop at Wschodnia station.

History

The station first started operating in 1866 as the terminus of newly built line from Warsaw to Terespol. By 1933 the station was rebuilt as a through 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 has received little investment and so fell into disrepair. It is now 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.^[1] According to current plans the station building will be renovated in time for the Euro 2012 championships.

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