# Częstochowa railway station

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. In 2018, the station served approximately 10,000 passengers a day.

## History

The first station was built in the years 1845–1846, during the construction of the Warsaw-Vienna railway. In 1873 the station was enlarged and then extended by architect Czesław Domaniewski. The original building was torn down in the 1970s to make place for a larger complex.
Work on the current postmodern architectural style station building designed by architect Ryszard Frankowicz, began in 1989. The first stage consisting of an overpass connecting the station platforms was opened in 1991, in time for the 6th World Youth Day whose central events took place in the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa. Construction of the stations main building started in 1994 and on November 9, 1996, on the 150th anniversary of the railroad reaching Częstochowa the entire complex was finished. It was officially opened by the then President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski. On May 24, 1997, a monument with the bust of Władysław Biegański was unveiled in front of the station.
According to the Gazeta Wyborcza ranking of 2008, Częstochowa railway station was considered the third most beautiful station in Poland, behind Białystok railway station and Lublin railway station.

## Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):
* Intercity services (IC) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław
* Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław
* Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
* Intercity services (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Częstochowa — Kraków Główny
* Intercity services (IC) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
* Intercity services (IC) Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
* Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała
* Intercity services (IC) Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz
* Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna
* Intercity services (TLK) Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna
* Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — (via Częstochowa) — Zakopane
* Regional services (PR) Radomsko - Częstochowa
* Regional services (PR) Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa
* Regional services (PR) Łódź Fabryczna - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa
* Regional services (PR) Łódź Kaliska - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa
* Regional Service (PR) Częstochowa - Lubliniec
* Regional Service (PR) Częstochowa – Lubliniec - Kluckzbork - Namysłów
* Regional services (PR) Częstochowa - Włoszczowa
* Regional services (PR) Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce
* Regional services (PR) Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce - Busko-Zdrój
* Regional Service (KŚ) S1 Gliwice – Zabrze - Katowice – Zawiercie - Częstochowa
* Regional Service (KŚ) S13 Częstochowa – Lubliniec
* Regional services (KŚ) S41 Tychy Lodowisko - Katowice - Sosnowiec Główny - Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice - Zawiercie
| Preceding station | PKP Intercity | PKP Intercity | PKP Intercity | Following station |
| Radomskotowards Warszawa Gdańska or Warszawa Wschodnia | | ICVia Częstochowa | | Częstochowa Stradomtowards Wrocław Główny |
| Radomskotowards Białystok | | ICVia Częstochowa | | Częstochowa Stradomtowards Wrocław Główny |
| Koniecpoltowards Kraków Główny | | ICVia Częstochowa | | Radomskotowards Łódź Fabryczna |
| Radomskotowards Warszawa Wschodnia, Białystok, or Gdynia Główna | | IC | | Myszkówtowards Bielsko-Biała Główna |
| Myszkówtowards Bielsko-Biała Główna or Racibórz | | IC | | Radomskotowards Olsztyn Główny |
| Częstochowa Stradomtowards Szklarska Poręba Górna | | TLKvia Lubliniec | | Radomskotowards Warszawa Wschodnia |
| Zawiercietowards Szklarska Poręba Górna | | TLKvia Katowice | | Grodzisk Mazowieckitowards Warszawa Wschodnia |
| Radomskotowards Gdynia Główna | | TLKvia Częstochowa | | Koniecpoltowards Zakopane |
| Preceding station | Polregio | Polregio | Polregio | Following station |
| Częstochowa Aniołówtowards Radomsko, Piotrków Trybunalski, Łódź Fabryczna or Łódź Kaliska | | PR | | Terminus |
| Częstochowa Stradomtowards Lubliniec or Namysłów | | PR | | Terminus |
| Terminus | | PR | | Częstochowa Rakówtowards Włoszczowa, Kielce or Busko-Zdrój |
| Preceding station | KŚ | KŚ | KŚ | Following station |
| Częstochowa Rakówtowards Gliwice | | S1 | | Terminus |
| Częstochowa Stradomtowards Lubliniec | | S13 | | Terminus |
| Częstochowa Rakówtowards Tychy Lodowisko | | S41 | | Terminus |