Warszawa Ochota railway station

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Warszawa Ochota
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W-wa Ochota PKP-WKD.jpg
General information
Location Ochota, Warsaw, Masovian
Poland
Coordinates 52°13′33″N20°59′28″E / 52.225833°N 20.991111°E / 52.225833; 20.991111
Owned by Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platforms2
History
Opened1963
Services
Preceding station KM Following station
Warszawa Zachodnia
towards Skierniewice
R1 Warszawa Śródmieście
Warszawa Zachodnia
Terminus
R2 Warszawa Śródmieście
towards Łuków
Warszawa Zachodnia
towards Kutno
R3 Warszawa Śródmieście
Warszawa Zachodnia
Terminus
R6 Warszawa Śródmieście
towards Czyżew
R7 Warszawa Śródmieście
towards Dęblin
Warszawa Zachodnia R8 Warszawa Śródmieście
RE8
Warszawa Zachodnia
Terminus
R9 Warszawa Śródmieście
towards Działdowo
Preceding station Skmd.png SKM Following station
Warszawa Zachodnia S2 Warszawa Śródmieście
Preceding station WKD.svg Warsaw Commuter Railway Following station
Warszawa Zachodnia WKD Warszawa Śródmieście WKD
Terminus
Location
W-wa ochota.svg

Warsaw Ochota (Polish : Warszawa Ochota) is a railway station in Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Ochota at Plac Zawiszy on the corner of Aleje Jerozolimskie and Towarowa Street. The station lies in a cutting. It has two island platforms, one on the suburban tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line for the regional trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie and Szybka Kolej Miejska and one for the Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa light railway. The station building, at the street level, was constructed in 1963: it has a saddle roof in a distinct shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. It was including escalator then. [1] The location allows for convenient interchange with city trams and buses serving the western part of the city centre.

Railway station Warszawa Ochota was registered as a historical monument of modern architecture by the provincial conservator of monuments (2020). Architektura PKP Warszawa Ochota 1968.jpg
Railway station Warszawa Ochota was registered as a historical monument of modern architecture by the provincial conservator of monuments (2020).

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