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Bydgoszcz Główna
Bydgoszcz Główna
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General information
Location	Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship; Poland
Owned by	PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe
Platforms	9
History
Opened	1851
Previous names	Bromberg Hauptbahnhof

Bydgoszcz Główna^[1]^[2] (Polish for Bydgoszcz Main station,^[3] sometimes also translated as Bydgoszcz Central)^[4] is the principal railway station serving the city of Bydgoszcz, the largest city and co-capital of Poland's Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

History

The first station building in Bydgoszcz was established in 1851 during construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway from Krzyż to Königsberg. On 25 July 1851 the station was inaugurated upon the event of the official opening of the railway east of Krzyz - Bydgoszcz (145 km) by the Prussian king, William IV. Before the opening, the station was decorated and a show was held on the square in front of it, during which a regional folk band from Kujawy, who sang in Polish, performed. The first passenger train available for travellers departed from Bydgoszcz on 27 July 1851. In 1853, officials of the Eastern Railway Division moved from the station to purpose-built premises on the New Market.

With the development of rail and transport growth there was demand for an extension of the railway station. One of the main reasons that made the extension necessary was the need to ensure adequate space to base the burgeoning Eastern Railway Headquarters in Bydgoszcz, which managed the construction, operation and maintenance of railway traffic in the eastern provinces of Prussia (east of Berlin).

The station was rebuilt in 1861 and 1870, the latter providing the station with increased passenger processing facilities.

In 1888, the station was linked with the centre of the city by trams, initially using horse traction, and then, from 1896, using a new electrically operated and powered generation of trams. In 1889 officials of the Directorate of Railways left the station premises and moved to a newly built building on Dworcowa Street.

In 1910, after a fire at the station, work began on an entirely new building. This was completed in 1915. The new station building was of massive construction with a hipped roof and square tower in the middle of which was a large clock. On the square in front of the station the decorative lawn was retained, for the use of city residents and visitors; this was then replanted in 1926 in a more ornate form. The railway station building survived the whole interwar period in that design, sustaining only minor damage during the course of World War II.

The final reconstruction of the station was carried out in 1968, giving it a modern form. The steep roof of the building with its clock tower was removed, and the glazed front elevation reconstructed. A pedestrian subway was built beneath Sigismund Augustus street, and the station lawn was removed in favour of a parking lot for cars and buses.

In 2013 PKP appointed Ernst & Young and WS Atkins to undertake a feasibility study for an EU-supported modernisation of the station, planned for 2013–2015.^[1]^{[needs update]}

First station building (1849) recently restored
Internal terminal around 1861
Internal terminal in 2015
The main station building after the 1915 reconstruction
Pesa SA buildings (major Polish rolling stock manufacturer)

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (IC by PKP) Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Rzepin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Wroclaw / Zielona Gora
Intercity services Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Konin - Kutno - Lodz - Krakow
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 Szczecin - Stargard - Kalisz Pomorski - Pila - Bydgoszcz
Regional services (R) Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk - Tczew - Laskowice - Bydgoszcz
Regional services (R) Bydgoszcz - Solec Kujawski - Torun
Regional services (R) Bydgoszcz - Solec Kujawski - Torun - Wloclawek - Kutno
Regional services (R) Poznan - Gniezno - Mogilno - Inowroclaw - Bydgoszcz
Regional services (R) Pila - Bydgoszcz^[5]
Regional services (AR416) Chojnice - Wierzchuchin - Bydgoszsz
Regional services (AR431A) Bydgoszcz - Wierzchucin - Tuchola - Chojnice
Regional services (AR431B) Bydgoszcz - Laskowice Pomorskie - Grudziądz - Brodnica

Preceding station	PKP Intercity		Following station
Inowrocław towards Berlin Hbf		EuroCity EC 95 IC	Tczew towards Gdynia Główna
Preceding station	Polregio		Following station
Rynkowo Wiadukt towards Gdynia Chylonia		PR	Terminus
Terminus			Bydgoszcz Leśna towards Toruń Wschodni
Terminus			Bydgoszcz Leśna towards Kutno
Bydgoszcz Zachód towards Piła Główna			Terminus
Trzciniec towards Poznań Główny			Terminus
Preceding station	Arriva RP		Following station
Bydgoszcz Leśna towards Chełmża		AR416	Terminus
Terminus		AR431A	Bydgoszcz Leśna towards Chojnice
Terminus		AR431B	Bydgoszcz Leśna towards Brodnica