Warszawa Centralna, in English known as Warsaw Central, is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1975, the station is located on the Warsaw Cross-City Line and features four unde
Location of station in Warsaw, in 2025
Warszawa Centralna in 1975. Swiss monthly magazine Hochparterre rated it as "Excellent public space: the main hall of the Warszawa Centralna railway station in its original shape." Railway station was registered as a historical monument of modern architecture by the provincial conservator of monuments (2019).
Main hall. The mezzanine was added between 2015 and 2016.
Granite plaque with the name of the station, Stanisław Moniuszko, attached after the renovation of 2010–12
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The Polish People's Republic, formerly the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day electoral Third Polish Republic. With a population of approximatel
Warszawa Centralna railway station
…station that serves as the central hub for night bus lines, and Złote Tarasy shopping center. Warsaw Central was constructed as a flagship project of the Polish People's Republic during the 1970s economic boom, and was intended to replace the inadequate and obsolete Warszawa Główna railway station. The station's design was…
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