Anyway, if you're coming to Łódź from Warsaw by train (the journey by road being execrable), your train will get no further than Łódź Widzew. To centre of town is another six and half kilometres (four miles). This is akin to closing Warsaw's Central station and having all trains from the west terminate at W-wa Zachodnia, or closing Birmingham New Street and having all trains from London terminate at Stechford. Coming home on Sunday, I paid more for my taxi to the station from my hotel than I paid for my ticket from Łódź Widzew back to Warsaw (my hotel being walking distance from Łódź Fabryczna).


The worst thing about all this is that this state of affairs will carry on for years and years. It's not doing the city of Łódź any favours.
A more informative article from the railway point of view over at Behind The Water Tower (Dyzpozytor himself hailing from Łódź and being personally affected by the Fabryczna closure). Maps and links to timetables.
This time two years ago:
A touch of frost in the garden
1 comment:
Life in Poland is frequently absurd. The east bank of Warsaw is currently plagued by traffic diversions, with the high street - one of the town's key arteries – closed for two years(!) while the city authorities build the new metro line.
I don't suppose they would have closed the central station in Lodz if the place was hosting a Euro 2012 game. But since they're not, I suppose they figured that no-one would notice.
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