Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station explained

Warsaw Chopin Airport
Style:PKP
Address:Włochy, Warsaw, Masovian
Country:Poland
Coordinates:52.1696°N 20.9752°W
Owned:Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platform:1
Services Collapsible:yes
Opened:2012

Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station (Polish: Warszawa Lotnisko Chopina) is the railway station of the Warsaw Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland.

The station was built as part of a new Terminal 2 in 2008 but remained out of service until the rail link was completed in 2012.[1] The cost of the 2km (01miles) link to Warszawa Służewiec was 230 million złoty. The station fully opened for service on 1 June 2012, when Szybka Kolej Miejska launched service to Sulejówek and . Following the reconstruction of the airport terminal in 2015 a passageway was built connecting it directly with the station.[2]

Service to the station is provided by both Szybka Kolej Miejska and Masovian Railways.

Trains typically leave every 15 minutes.[3] The journey to central Warsaw takes slightly over 20 minutes and falls under the integrated ticketing system of the Warsaw Transport Authority.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pociągiem na lotnisko . ZTM Warszawa . 2011-03-11. Polish.
  2. Web site: New terminal and new opportunities for Warsaw Chopin Airport .
  3. Web site: Train service .