Warszawa Mokotów Railway Station
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Warszawa Mokotów (''Warsaw Mokotów''), until 1930 known simply as Warszawa (''Warsaw''), was a
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station in
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,
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, located at the Union of Lublin Square. It was a turning station of two lines operated by the Wilanów Railway, and one line of the Grójec Commuter Railway. It was opened in 1892, and in 1935, it was moved the intersection of Puławska and Odyńca Streets, where it operated until 1938.


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In 1892, next to the Union of Lublin Square, between Puławska and Chocimska Streets, was opened the Warszawa (''Warsaw'')
narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...
station. It was a terminal station of two lines operated by the Wilanów Railway, one to leading to
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, and other to station Warszawa Główna Wąskotorowa in the city centre. In 1898, there was also added a line of the Grójec Commuter Railway, leading to the
Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą (; translating to 'New City on the Pilica') is a town in Grójec County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,022 inhabitants (2012). Just to the west of town is a former military airfield ICAO The International C ...
. In 1930, it was renamted to ''Warszawa (Mokotów)'', and in 1933, to ''Warszawa Mokotów'', in reference to the nearby town of
Mokotów Mokotów () is a district of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (''Służewiec Przemysłowy''), while the majori ...
. The station was moved in 1935 further south, to the intersection of Puławska and Odyńca Streets, where it operated until 1938. After that, its role was fulfilled by the Warszawa Południowa station. In 1962, in the original location of the station was opened
Supersam Supersam was a modernist supermarket in Warsaw, at Mokotowski Square, built in 1962 and designed by Jerzy Hryniewiecki, Maciej Krasinski and Ewa Krasińska with structural engineer Wacław Zalewski. It was the first self-serve supermarket in the c ...
, a first supermarket in Poland. It was considered a notable example of the
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in Poland. It was deconstructed in 2006, and in 2013, in its place was opened the Plac Unii skyscraper, that serves as an office building and a shopping centre.


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