After one night in Oleśnica, it was time to move closer towards Warsaw for the beer festival and I was heading to Łódź, also for one night. This is a different station, on the opposite side of the city, from the one that I arrived into.
The railway station was built in 1875 and there’s not much here, just a few benches and no public buildings as the former railway station has long been since converted into residential properties.
The departures for the day.
The track splits in two just past the station.
The train arriving, fortunately on time as there were no display boards at the station to show if it was running late.
This was an Intercity train so I had to reserve seats. The train looked pretty empty when I booked and although it got busier, no-one was seated here so I had the table to myself. Incidentally, I was delighted that once again no-one on the train put their feet on the seats or listened to music loudly on their phone. Indeed, the entire journey was peaceful with plenty of power points to keep everything charged up.
The train was going to Warsaw and ended up in Białystok. The journey took around three hours and everything ran to the schedule. I like that the screens note how fast the train is going, I find that an interesting little bit of knowledge to have.
And safely into Łódź Chojny railway station, located around two miles to the south of the city. This station first opened in 1903, but it was closed to passengers between 2002 and 2011, used only for freight traffic. Increasing usage of the network saw it reopen and it serves numerous Intercity trains.
I first came to Łódź nearly ten years ago, when I stayed for a week, but I haven’t been back since 2018. So, it was good to be back at last….