Toruń Główny railway station

Toruń Główny
Railway Station
General information
Location	Kujawska 1, Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland
Coordinates	53°0′0″N 18°36′51″E
Operated by	PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe
Line(s)	Poznań–Skandawa railway Kutno–Piła railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	1861 (1861)
Rebuilt	2014-2015
Previous names	Thorn, Toruń Przedmieście
Location Toruń Główny Location in Poland

Toruń Główny railway station (English: Toruń Main Station) is the most important railway station serving the city of Toruń, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Poznań–Skandawa railway and Kutno–Piła railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Przewozy Regionalne and Arriva.

Since 14 October 14, 2014, Toruń Główny has the highest category A (annual number of passengers over 2 million people).

History

View of the platforms at the station during modernisation.

Steam train TKh49-5564 plinthed at the station.

The station was opened in 1861, but the current building was built in 1874. In the past, Toruń Główny was named Toruń Przedmieście.

Modernisation

Renovation of the railway station began in April 2014 and lasted until November 2015. The following aspects were modernised and rebuilt:

• The main station building - renovated the façade of removing old paint and the unveiling of the historic brick (to restore to the original condition), roofing, windows and interior of the building. The entire station building has gained representative character.
• Platforms - all four platforms of the station were modernized and rebuilt. The platforms are equipped with shelters for travelers and electronic information boards.
• Tunnel - existing underpass was rebuilt and extended, and also was added the missing part leading to the street behind the station. In the basement the station will accommodate small shops and services.
• The station square - the square outside the station created a "park & ride" and also the renovated bus station
• Post building - this was used from October 2014 as a temporary station. After completion of the entire project, the building will be transformed into a hotel with 60 seats and a conference hall.

This project was developed within the project "Integration of the urban transport system with the purchase of the tram in Torun - BiT - City". The project was almost 80% co-financed by the European Union. The investment cost of more than 43.5 million zł; the value of the grant 25.6 million zł.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw - Lublin - Rzeszow - Zagorz/Przemysl
• Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lodz - Czestochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biala
• Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lodz - Czestochowa - Krakow - Zakopane
• Intercity services Kolobrzeg - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw
• Intercity services Szczecin - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw - Lublin - Rzeszow - Przemysl
• Intercity services Gorzow Wielkopolskie - Krzyz - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw
• Intercity services Wroclaw / Zielona Gora - Poznan - Torun - Ilawa - Olsztyn - Elk - Bialystok
• Regional services (R) Bydgoszcz - Solec Kujawski - Torun
• Regional services (R) Bydgoszcz - Solec Kujawski - Torun - Wloclawek - Kutno
• Regional services (R) Poznan - Gniezno - Mogilno - Inowroclaw - Torun
• Regional services (R) Torun - Jablonowo Pomorskie - Ilawa - Olsztyn
• Regional services (AR) Torun - Chelmza - Grudziadz
• Regional services (AR) Torun - Sierpc

Preceding station	PKP Intercity			Following station
Inowrocław towards Bohumín		TLK		Toruń Wschodni towards Łeba or Hel
Solec Kujawski towards Bydgoszcz Główna		IC		Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Rzeszów Główny
				Toruń Miasto towards Warszawa Zachodnia
				Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Kraków Główny
				Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Chełm
				Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Warszawa Gdańska or Warszawa Wschodnia
Solec Kujawski towards Piła Główna
Solec Kujawski towards Gdynia Główna		TLK		Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Katowice
		IC		Aleksandrów Kujawski towards Łódź Fabryczna
Inowrocław towards Wrocław Główny				Toruń Miasto towards Olsztyn Główny
Inowrocław towards Poznań Główny
Preceding station	Polregio			Following station
Toruń Kluczyki towards Bydgoszcz Główna		PR		Toruń Miasto towards Toruń Wschodni
				Toruń Czerniewice towards Kutno
Toruń Kluczyki towards Poznań Główny				Terminus
Terminus				Toruń Miasto towards Olsztyn Główny
Preceding station	Arriva RP			Following station
Terminus		AR410		Toruń Miasto towards Sierpc
		AR415		Toruń Miasto towards Grudziądz

Preserved locomotive

Steam engine TKh49-5564 is plinthed outside the north entrance to the station.

References

• Zygmunt Kruszelnicki, Z dziejów i ikonografii najstarszego dworca kolejowego w Toruniu [w:] Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici. Nauki Humanistyczno-Społeczne. Zabytkoznawstwo i Konserwatorstwo, z. 12 (164), 1987, s. 151-174 [1] (lang=pl)