Łódź Kaliska railway station

Łódź Kaliska
Premium station
Łódź Kaliska railway station in 2005.
General information
LocationŁódź, Poland
Owned byPolish State Railways
Line(s)
Platforms5
Tracks12
History
Opened1902
Rebuilt1994, 2020-ongoing
Electrified1965
Previous namesLodz Kalischer Bf (1915-1918)
Litzmannstadt Hbf (1940-1945)
Passengers
20186300
Services
Preceding station PKP Intercity Following station
Łódź Żabieniec IC Łódź Widzew
Łódź Widzew
towards Katowice
TLK Łódź Żabieniec
Preceding station Polregio Following station
Terminus IR Łódź Dąbrowa
Łódź Retkinia
PR Terminus
Terminus Łódź Pabianicka
towards Częstochowa
Łódź Pabianicka
towards Skarżysko-Kamienna
Preceding station ŁKA Following station
Łódź Pabianicka Łódź - Toruń Łódź Żabieniec
towards Toruń
Łódź - Łowicz Łódź Żabieniec
Łódź Pabianicka Łódź Widzew - Łódź Kaliska - Zgierz Łódź Żabieniec
towards Zgierz
Łódź Pabianicka Łódź - Sieradz Łódź Retkinia
towards Sieradz
Łódź Pabianicka Łódź - Poznań
(Co-operated with
Koleje Wielkopolskie)
Łódź Retkinia
Preceding station KW Following station
Łódź Retkinia Poznań - Łódź
(Co-operated with
Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna)
Terminus

Łódź Kaliska is one of the two main railway stations in the central Polish city of Łódź. It is located west of the center of the city, in the district of Polesie, and it consists of six platforms. The first complex of the station, designed by Polish architect Czesław Domaniewski, was built in 1902 in the style of Art Nouveau. Inside, there were several Art Nouveau elements, including crystal windows in doors, as well as brass fittings. The station served the Warsaw–Kalisz Railway, built between 1900 and 1902.

On 28 September 1946 a major rail accident occurred at the station, in which 21 people died. In 1994, a brand new complex of the Łódź Kaliska station was completed, and has been in use since then. The station provides connections to all major cities of Poland, including Warsaw, Kraków, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Poznań, Wrocław, Szczecin, and Gdańsk, as well as Prague in the Czech Republic. The station is the terminus of Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Łódź Commuter Railway), which serves towns in the Łódź region.