Łódź Fabryczna railway station
Łódź Fabryczna | |
|---|---|
| B | |
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| Location |
Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship Poland |
| Owned by | Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. |
| Platforms | 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1866 |
| Previous names | Litzmannstadt Mitte |
| Location | |
  Łódź | |
Łódź Fabryczna is a railway station in the Polish city of Łódź, that is temporarily closed while undergoing reconstruction. It was built at the initiative of industrialist Karol Scheibler in 1865. In the Polish classification of stations it was in category B.
The station is in the centre of Łódź, near the city's central bus station. Trains frequently departed to Koluszki and thence to Warszawa Wschodnia, Kraków, Radom, Czestochowa, and Tomaszów Mazowiecki. It was closed on 16 October 2011 as a part of a major redevelopment project to build a new railway station and transport interchange.[1] The redevelopment will enable improved services to Berlin and Prague.
History
Building of the Łódź – Koluszki railway line began on 1 September 1865 after authorization was obtained from Tsar Alexander II in July 1865. The new line linked Lódź with the Warsaw-Vienna Railway which was finished in 1848. Rails were laid simultaneously from Łódź and from Koluszki. By 18 November 1865 freight services began to use the line. Passenger services began the following June.
Construction of the railway was the beginning of the creation of the Łódź Circle Line.
Initially the station was further west on the site of the present Łódzki Dom Kultury (Łódź Cultural Centre). The track extended almost to ulica Sienkiewicza (Sienkiewicz Street). In 1868 a new station was built designed by the Warsaw-based architect Adolf Schimmelpfennig. The station was extended in 1930. In June 2012 the station was demolished to make way for the building of a new station below ground level.
Rebuilding
Modernization of the Łódź – Warsaw line includes building a new station below ground level, just north of the site of the former Łódź Fabryczna station. A ramp, leading to a new tunnel, will begin immediately after Łódź Widzew station, and the tunnel itself will start near the site of Łódź Niciarniana station. Initially it was planned to change the name of the station to Łódź-Central or Central, but according to the latest plans, the station name will not change because it is too well associated with the current station.
The station was originally envisaged to service new high-speed trains that were to run on a new high-speed line, the 'Y' line, intended to link Warsaw via Łódź and Kalisz to Wrocław and Poznań. Last estimated as costing 10 billion Euro, the high-speed line has been put on hold by Sławomir Nowak, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy.
Moving Łódź Fabryczna below ground releases land for development near the city centre. A modern transport interchange is envisaged between PKP trains, MPK Łódź trams and buses and PKS coaches. The railway line is to be extended in a new cross-city twin-track tunnel to Łódź Kaliska railway station.
In November 2010 PKP PLK announced a list of five consortia that had been invited by the railway infrastructure manager to tender to build the underground station. Work was to be completed in 2014.[2]
In 2013 the estimated cost of the project was given as ranging from 1.7 to 1.9 billion PLN and the completion date was unknown.[3] As of January 2015 the building was well underway.
References
External links
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Media related to Łódź Fabryczna at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°46′08″N 19°28′04″E / 51.76889°N 19.46778°E