Multifunctional hub Łódź Fabryczna

The new history of a new Łódź railway station, its functionsand surroundings has few milestones – in 2007 (concept), the feasibility study (2011) and the technical documentation(2013), than implementation stages (2012-2016). Designed using the best foreign experience in the field of multimodal railway hubs. Its multifunctionality facilitates interchanges between different means of transport, contributing to the time reduction in the door-to-door journey. At the same time, the building an underground station enabled freeing a significant space for urban functions which was up till now an example of a dezurbanized part of the city center. As a result it allowed new urban investments and the creation of the New Center of Łódź. This article presents design concepts and functional solutions of the multimodal central station in Lodz