Warsaw Wschodnia station

Trains from the west often call at Warsaw Zachodnia & Centralna before terminating at Wschodnia. Trains from the east often call at Warsaw Wschodnia then at Centralna before terminating at Warsaw Zachodnia.

You'll need to go to Warsaw's Wschodnia station for Kyiv, as the Kyiv Express has been exiled there since 2022. See location map.

The station has a large booking hall and 8 island platforms. It has a Costa Coffee, a McDonald's, some small minimarkets where you can buy supplies, and a pharmacy. The Peron 8 bar across the road does food & beer.

How to get there:

The easiest way from Centralna to Wschodnia is by local train, these run from Śródmieście station (next to Centralna) every 3-5 minutes, check train times at old.rozklad-pkp.pl. Śródmieście's platforms are a short walk from Centralna by underground passageway (follow the signs) or you can walk above ground, see the whote arrows in this photo above. All trains from Warsaw Śródmieście platform 1 go to Wschodnia, you can buy a ticket from the staffed ticket office through the doorway from the middle of that platform. In the other direction, all trains from Warsaw Wschodnia platform 6 go to Centralna, buy a ticket from the regional ticket office in the main hall.

Alternatively, Centralna to Wschodnia is an 8-minute €8 taxi ride or 16 minutes by tram 7, every 15 minutes.

Tip: If you have an onward mainline ticket, for example Wschodnia to Kyiv when going eastbound, or Centralna to Berlin westbound, you can hop on any PKP Intercity train (including EIC, EIP or TLK) to transfer between stations free of charge and without the usual compulsory seat reservation.

Warsaw Wschodnia station, main entrance, north side. 

Warsaw Wschodnia main hall. There's a Costa Coffee in this hall, just out of shot to the right.  Photo courtesy of Adrian Grycuk, under Creative Commons licence.

Warsaw Wschodnia station, south side.

Warsaw Wschodnia, south side booking hall.

Subway between platforms. Platforms.