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Here we are then, at Warsaw Central (W-wa Centralna) station, or if you prefer, Dworzec Centralny imienia Stanisława Moniuszki. He did write Straszny Dwór (which Google Translate renders as 'scary mansion'), that I do know. Call me 'uncultured' if you will, but I can't hum a single bar written by Moniuszko. The new name 'Moniuszko' was bestowed upon Dworzec Centralny in January this year - an occasion that somehow bypassed me. It's better known as Warszawa Centralna/Dworzec Centralny, but then Warsaw Okęcie Airport was also renamed for a composer, albeit some while back. I've been there hundreds of times, but I've not heard of it. What! You've never heard of Warsaw Moniuszko Station? I must say, neither have I until today. It is, of course, at Warsaw Moniuszko Station. So where in Warsaw is the kilometre zero for Polish rail? I puzzled over this online, unable to find a definitive answer, but in the end it turned out to be obvious. Many cities have kilometre zeros for roads I'm more interested in rail. Add those last two, and you can see that 688km of rails span Poland from east to west.īut where is Kilometre Zero? Kilometre Zero in Madrid, for example, is on Puerta del Sol. Heading east out of Warsaw, the border with Belarus, beyond Terespol, stands on Kilometre 211, while going the other way, the border with Germany can be found on Kilometre 478. I live on the Warsaw-Radom line, my nearest station, W-wa Jeziorki station is on Kilometre 18, while Chynów station, the nearest to my działka in Jakubowizna, is on Kilometre 42. All the main railway lines that radiate out of Warsaw count back the kilometres from the capital.
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