Rzeszów Główny railway station

Rzeszów Główny
General information
LocationRzeszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Poland
SystemRailway Station
Owned byPolskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platforms5
History
Opened1858
Location

Rzeszów Główny (Polish for Rzeszów Main) is a railway station of the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów, and the biggest of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. According to the classification of passenger stations in Poland, it belongs to Class B.

The first station in Rzeszów was built in 1858 on the newly constructed line of the Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis from Kraków which eventually reached Lwów (now called Lviv) in 1861. The station was initially supposed to be located further outside the town to the north in the village of Zaczernie, however ultimately it was placed just north of the town square, creating a u-shaped bend on the railway.

In subsequent years, Rzeszów became an important railway junction, with additional connections to Jasło (southbound), and Tarnobrzeg's district of Ocice (northbound). During World War I, the station was destroyed by the retreating Russian Imperial troops. Rebuilt in the interbellum, it was destroyed again in 1944 by the Wehrmacht. The current complex was built after 1945.

Since 2018 the station platforms are undergoing an upgrade, which is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

The station offers connections to all the major cities in Poland, as well as to Kyiv and Lviv in Ukraine.