Most railway stations are unprofitable
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According to daily Gazeta Wyborcza, the Polish railway stations recorded a loss of PLN 42 million in 2014, compared with PLN 46 million in 2013. The total cost of their maintenance amounted to PLN 170 million.
Warszawa Centralna, Warsaw's main station, generated the highest profit of PLN 11 million, followed by Warszawa Wileńska (PLN 2 million) and Gdynia Główna Osobowa (PLN 1.4 million).
Although the overall loss was generated mainly by small stations, some of those located in large cities were unprofitable as well. For example, Wrocław's main station suffered a loss of PLN 5.8 million, the station in Poznań lost nearly PLN 2 million and in Bydgoszcz PLN 400,000.