Łódź Fabryczna railway station

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Łódź Fabryczna is the largest and most modern railway station in the industrial city of Łódź, Poland. It was originally constructed at the initiative of industrialist Karol Scheibler in 1865. In the old Polish classification of stations it was placed under the B category.The station is located in the centre of Łódź. Trains depart frequently via Koluszki to, Kraków, Radom, Częstochowa, and Tomaszów Mazowiecki. It was closed on 16 October 2011 as a part of a major redevelopment project to build a new railway station and transport interchange and reopened on 11 December 2016.HistoryBuilding of the Łódź – Koluszki railway line began on 1 September 1865 after authorization was obtained from Tsar Alexander II in July 1865. The new line linked Łódź with the Warsaw-Vienna Railway which was finished in 1848. Rails were laid simultaneously from Łódź and from Koluszki. By 18 November 1865 freight services began to use the line. Passenger services began the following June.Construction of the railway was the beginning of the creation of the Łódź Circle Line.Initially the station was further west on the site of the present Łódzki Dom Kultury (Łódź Cultural Centre). The track extended almost to ulica Sienkiewicza (Sienkiewicz Street). In 1868 a new station was built designed by the Warsaw-based architect Adolf Schimmelpfennig. The station was extended in 1930. In June 2012 the station was demolished to make way for the building of a new station below ground level.