Pabianice railway station

Pabianice station is a railway station located in the town of Pabianice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.^[2] According to PKP it has the status of a regional station.^[3] It serves mainly regional traffic between Łódź and Sieradz, although it is also a stopping point for PKP Intercity services between Warsaw and Wrocław.

Pabianice
Regional station
General information
Location	Pabianice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Owned by	Polish State Railways
Line(s)	14  Łódź-Forst (Lausitz) railway
Platforms	2
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	2019 - 2020
Electrified	1965
Passengers
2018	1300[1]
Services
Preceding station PKP Intercity Following station Łódź Chojny towards Białystok IC Via Łódź Łask towards Wrocław Główny Łódź Chojny towards Ełk IC Łódź Retkinia towards Warszawa Wschodnia Łask towards Zgorzelec Preceding station Polregio Following station Chechło towards Ostrów Wielkopolski or Poznań Główny IR Łódź Retkinia towards Warszawa Główna PR Łódź Retkinia towards Łódź Kaliska Preceding station ŁKA Following station Łódź Retkinia towards Łódź Widzew Łódź - Sieradz Chechło towards Sieradz Łódź Lublinek towards Łódź Fabryczna Łódź - Poznań (Co-operated with Koleje Wielkopolskie) Kolumna towards Poznań Główny Preceding station KW Following station Kolumna towards Poznań Główny Poznań - Łódź (Co-operated with Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna) Łódź Retkinia towards Łódź Kaliska

History

The station was built as part of the Warsaw-Kalisz Railway, which was opened in 1902. The main building of the station was made in the Renaissance Revival style, the same which was used for other smaller stations of the line such as those in Łowicz, Zgierz, Łask, Zduńska Wola and Sieradz. Unlike some of the latter stations, this one has retained its original facades despite major refurbishment in 1934, 2005 and 2011.^[4]

From 1902 until 2019 the station utilized 3 platforms: one single-edged and two double-edged, but each platform acted like single-edged. From 2019 till September 2020 the platform layout of the station was changed due to refurbishment of the railway served by station. The new layout consists of one island platform and one side platform, each connected with an underground passage.^[5]

From 1924 to 1968 the station served as a terminal stop for a tram line, which runs from Łódź via Ksawerów. In 1968 the tram terminal was dismantled after the construction of a turning loop near the intersection of Łaska and Wiejska streets, located 300 m southwest of the station.^[6]

Public transit

The station is served by bus lines maintained by MZK Pabianice (bold name indicates terminal stop):

• Line 1: Dworzec PKP - Waltera-Jankego
• Line 3: Dworzec PKP - Sikorskiego
• Line 5: Dworzec PKP - Waltera-Jankego
• Line 260: Waltera-Jankego - Dworzec PKP - Kudrowice - Górka Pabianicka
• Line 262: Waltera-Jankego - Dworzec PKP - Kudrowice
• Line 265: Dworzec PKP - Pawlikowice (selected services)
• Line T: Dworzec PKP - Rzgów - Guzew

Moreover, the area of the station is served by two lines operated by MPK Łódź:

• Tram line 41 (Łódź Plac Niepodległości - Pabianice Wiejska) - tram stop located at the intersection of Łaska and Szare Szeregi streets.
• Night bus line N4B (Pabianice Dworzec PKP - Stoki Skalna) - bus terminus.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC) Wrocław Główny — Łódź — Warszawa Wschodnia^[7]
• Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław^[8]
• Intercity services (IC) Ełk - Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław^[9]
• Intercity services (IC) Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa^[10]
• InterRegio services (IR) Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna^[11]
• InterRegio services (IR) Poznań Główny — Ostrów Wielkopolski — Łódź — Warszawa Główna^[12]
• Regiona services (PR) Łódź Kaliska — Ostrów Wielkopolski ^[13]
• Regional services (PR) Łódź Kaliska — Ostrów Wielkopolski — Poznań Główny ^[14]