in recent years, the station was completely refurbished. because of this, it is now considered one of the best railway stations in poland. "gazeta wyborcza" gave it top place in the ranking of 23 most significant polish railway stations in 2008 and 2012. the station provides connections to all the major cities of poland, including warsaw, gdańsk, katowice, kraków, łódź kaliska, poznań, wrocław, and szczecin. there are also connections to vilnius, lithuania and to grodno, belarus. in november 2018 a renovation of the station began. it is projected to be complete by march 2020.