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Częstochowa railway station is one of two major railway stations in Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, the other station being Częstochowa Stradom.Since 2015 it has been operating as a “P” (premium) category station in the PKP classification.
The station is served by the following services: Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Warsaw - Wrocław Express Intercity services (EIC) Warsaw - Wrocław [1] Intercity services (IC) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław [2] [3]
In 1951, Polish State Railways built a line connecting the Kraków Mydlniki railway station with Balice. [7] On 25 May 2006, the company Przewozy Regionalne launched the Balice Express service, connecting Kraków Główny railway station with a station in Balice, [8] where a special higher fare was applied. [9]
The Polish railways network consists of around 18,807 kilometres (11,686 mi) of track as of 2023, [2]: 7 of which 12,149 km (7,549 mi) is electrified. [2]: 13 The national electrification system runs at 3 kV DC. Poland is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC), its UIC Country Code is 51.
Polish state railways PKP originally ordered 16 Pendolinos in 1998, but the order was cancelled in 2000 due to a shortage of funds. [31] In 2010 Alstom was the only company bidding on a PKP Intercity tender for high-speed trains, with an offer of 20 New Pendolino trains. [32]
A new urban shopping mall, Galeria Krakowska (Kraków Mall), opened in September 2006 with adjacent parking for 1,400 cars.The construction of the Galeria Krakowska and remodeling of the area in front of the main station building means that taxis are no longer able to drive up to the station or collect passengers directly from the main entrance; however, the free overhead parking and passenger ...
As of 2022, it is served by Koleje Małopolskie (KMŁ),Polregio, and PKP Intercity (EIP, InterCity, and TLK services). The station is located near Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp . The station is about 4.5 km southeast of Kraków Główny (Main) station .
Every railway line in Poland has its own number, with the lowest numbers attached to the most important and most strategic routes. Line number 1 links Warsaw Centralna with Katowice Central Station, while line number 999, the last one on the list, is a side track, joining Piła Main with a secondary-importance station of Piła North (Pila Północ).