Gdansk Glowny Railway Station
Gdansk Glowny Railway Station
Gdansk Glowny Railway Station
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ersatzs66
United Kingdom160 contributions
Aug 2020 • Solo
The good? The building itself is very impressive, centrally located and we'll served with transport links.
The bad? All of the main buildings were shut for refurbishments and the information available was confusing and annoying.
The ugly? If you travel with the wrong ticket (and it is easily done), expect no mercy from the conductors at al who gleefully crucify any lost foreign tourists.
NB. If you can get your phone to work in Gdansk, use Uber taxis rather than the overcrowded buses and the slow/erratic trams. Buy SKM local train tickets from the kiosk on platform four. Make sure to double check what you are told and what you are given at the ad hoc ticket office in the prefab next to KFC. They have a palpable disregard for customers in general and foreigners in particular.
The bad? All of the main buildings were shut for refurbishments and the information available was confusing and annoying.
The ugly? If you travel with the wrong ticket (and it is easily done), expect no mercy from the conductors at al who gleefully crucify any lost foreign tourists.
NB. If you can get your phone to work in Gdansk, use Uber taxis rather than the overcrowded buses and the slow/erratic trams. Buy SKM local train tickets from the kiosk on platform four. Make sure to double check what you are told and what you are given at the ad hoc ticket office in the prefab next to KFC. They have a palpable disregard for customers in general and foreigners in particular.
Written August 22, 2020
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Tomasz F
Reading, UK3 contributions
Aug 2021 • Family
50 minutes in a que. Information which should work till 9pm closed already at 7.
Huge city, lots of tourists and TWO desks open.
Not mentioning that return travel by train (3 persons) from Leba to Gdańsk costed four times more than by car and lasted twice more time. Very encouraging to take care about environment.
Last time I used public transport in Poland- stressful and dreadful experience.
Huge city, lots of tourists and TWO desks open.
Not mentioning that return travel by train (3 persons) from Leba to Gdańsk costed four times more than by car and lasted twice more time. Very encouraging to take care about environment.
Last time I used public transport in Poland- stressful and dreadful experience.
Written August 24, 2021
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Beatriz M
Düsseldorf, Germany5,677 contributions
Dec 2022
The station is very beautiful from outside but it has been undergoing renovations inside for more than 2 years, as my friends said. Due to it, when you want to catch a train, you just go to some underground passage and enter the platforms, there is no big sign showing which trains arriving at which platform, there is no place to sit, no shops. I had to ask at the cashier which platform my train would arrive, as I did not find information about it in the app. Plan extra time!
Written December 7, 2022
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JSTrip_77
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina1,233 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
I know that many reviews criticize the station but if you want to visit it merely as a beautiful structure, it is worth a view. It is really, really beautiful!! I did not take a train either into or out of the station but rather jogged though the underground tunnels and accidentally realized that I was at the station. Take a moment and enjoy the fact that, at one point in human history, we cared about how our functional buildings looked.
Written May 2, 2023
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Vadim
Murmansk, Russia34,642 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
Seeing the station in Gdansk for the first time, I had a feeling of “déjà vu”. It reminded me of the station in Antwerp, but I was wrong. Having read about him later, I realized that I had previously seen his twin brother in Colmar, France. Why is that? Because at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Germans handed over the station in Danzig, which was then Gdansk, they simultaneously built a station in Colmar, which, as you know, is located in French Alsace, annexed by Germany following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, which was miserably lost French. Kaiser Germany, as an assertion of its dominance, built iconic buildings in Alsace like Kaiserburg Castle or train stations in Colmar or Metz. Of course, now, more than a century later, the station in Danzig has stylistic differences in details, but the similarities in the project as a whole are quite obvious. Since the station was undergoing renovations, it was not impressive with the interior, because... For this reason, the ticket offices were located outside the station. From the station you can take Eurocity trains to Vienna and Berlin. Intercity trains run to major cities in Poland: Szczecin, Poznan, Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Wroclaw, Lodz. I went to Malbork. Regional trains are suitable for this; in our opinion, electric trains. It is inexpensive, quite fast and comfortable. Although Gdansk is the largest city on the Baltic coast, all trains pass from Gdynia or to Gdynia. Therefore, the topology of the station is clear. This, however, does not cause any particular difficulties. You'll have time to get off or on the train...
Written December 27, 2023
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catch222
birmingham504 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
It's a train station, that looks nice from the outside.
Very easy to get to, be it on the level of the street or below.
Main reason for writing, left luggage lockers are there. Various prices, I think 18pln to 26pln for 24 hours storage. Once opened must pay again. coins and credit cards can be used. The largest lockers can fit two suitcases (we had a medium and a large suitcase in one.) Plenty of lockers but not many of the largest ones.
Very easy to get to, be it on the level of the street or below.
Main reason for writing, left luggage lockers are there. Various prices, I think 18pln to 26pln for 24 hours storage. Once opened must pay again. coins and credit cards can be used. The largest lockers can fit two suitcases (we had a medium and a large suitcase in one.) Plenty of lockers but not many of the largest ones.
Written March 11, 2024
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Thomas V
Oakland, CA17,757 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
Looks great from the outside, an old fashioned design. Inside it is a functional train station mostly serving Poland. Can be a busy place. There are some cafes and a place to buy food to take with you.
Written July 4, 2024
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Det126
Exeter, UK223 contributions
Oct 2018
This station serves 2 main train operators : PKP Intercity and SKM , which can be confusing. PKP is accommodated in the main building , with ticket machines that also have English instructions, and service counters where the attendants speak enough English to get by. If you need the SKM service ( i.e. to visit Sopot where there is a good beach and the longest wooden pier in Europe , and maybe stop off at Oliwa on the way to visit the lovely park ) , then ignore the main entrance, walk towards the KFC at the far end of the station and turn left where you see the platforms . There is a small entrance that takes you into the SKM ticket office where we found all attendants spoke good English. Sopot / Oliwa service runs from platform 3 .
Written October 29, 2018
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jeraldjustin
Makati, Philippines6 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
We had our poland trip and our first stop was Gdansk. This central station has nice architecture. However, you need to go outside the building to reach the train platforms.
Be cautious with your things when you ride through platform 1. We had unfortunate event as someone pickpocketed us. There was no CCTV on that platform. Hope the management will install CCTV.
Be cautious with your things when you ride through platform 1. We had unfortunate event as someone pickpocketed us. There was no CCTV on that platform. Hope the management will install CCTV.
Written April 29, 2018
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FullBellyFull
County Dublin, Ireland109 contributions
May 2019
Very low tech, dirty, run-down station. next to no info boards, hard to tell where to go, found correct platform but only clue to which track train would arrive on was on a sheet of paper in a cabinet. Lots of dodgy characters hanging about looking for vulnerable tourists to scam or pickpocket so stay vigilant. Not a pleasant place to spend any length of time. At least the police were quite visible doing foot patrols so that's one small positive.
Written June 1, 2019
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Are lockers still available during the pandemic and if so, can I pay card or only cash? Thanks!
Written April 7, 2021
Что написана вверху на здании вокзала и светится ночью
Written October 22, 2020
Hello! Can anyone tell me the cost of tickets, can I book the day before born on the day? Is the route Krakow mda to Gdansk glowzy? ,Thank you so much in advance
Written September 8, 2018
Hi check the train website and choose your train and time you would love me to travel as there are a few different class trains,some are express which cost more or local which are cheaper. We got our tickets the day before at the station as it gets busy all of the time.
Written September 9, 2018
Sorry, I don't think you can phone this station.
Written August 4, 2018
dbaule6231
Gdansk, Poland
Is there a first class lounge in gdansk main railway station?
Written July 11, 2018
There was no lounge area evident when we visited.
There was a cafe/restaurant on the lower level where people seemed to relax/wait for long periods.
Written July 12, 2018
Can you get a train direct to Gdansk airport
Written June 9, 2018
Hi there. Yes there is a direct train service from Gdansk Glowny Station to Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport. Costs about 4 zl. It takes about 20-25 mins.
Written June 10, 2018
I will be with my three teenage kids in March. We'll want to go from gdansk to Krakow to Zakopane and back to Gdansk. Not sure if rental car or trains are best. Any suggestions
Written February 12, 2018
I have only used the trains so I cannot comment which would be best but the trains are very cheap !
I hope this helps. There are timetables and prices on line. Also near Gdansk is a short train ride to Sopot on the coast which is lovely, Kraków and Gdansk are beautiful.
Written February 12, 2018
Hello,
Im new in this stuff so I think I need some help. I have a bus ticket from Berlin to Gdansk, by Flixbus, and it says that the arrival is at 5.50 am. My question is: is it safe to be alone at this place? Is it open? Are people already circulating in the station?
Thank you!
Written February 8, 2018
missizvarina
Kaliningrad, Russia
здравствуйте скажите, первый раз елу на автобусе в польшу, прибываб на автовокзал, как мне оттуда добраться до балтийской галереи? и новорят ли там на английском, где приобрести билет на проезд?
Written April 12, 2017
Можно перейти с автовокзала до ж/д вокзала (они расположены рядом). И там сесть на городскую электричку Szybka Kolej Miejska или SKM. Билет можно взять в кассе с такой же аббревиатурой SKM. Он стоит 3.80 злотых. Брать билет до Сопота. И ехать до станции Gdańsk Wrzeszcz (Гданьск Вжеш). Ехать минут 7-10. Галерея за этой станцией: выйти на левую сторону и пройти вдоль дороги дальше (то есть повернуть направо) метров 80.
Written April 13, 2017
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