13/365: Łodzianka

13/365: Łodzianka, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

January 13th

Łodzianka means woman from Łódź. Here she is at the train station on a misty Thursday afternoon. I don't know whether she's coming or going, or just taking a shortcut across the platform, but she definitely knows where she's headed.

More photos from around the train station:

309/365: Fabryczna train station

309/365: Fabryczna train station, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

November 5th

Taking a shortcut behind the tracks to the electric plant. Łódź Fabryczna means Factory Lodz, and it is the main station for the city. Built in 1865, by allowance of the tsar Alexander II, it was to join Łódź to Koluszki and the Warsaw-Vienna railway, originally as an industrial transport route. Passengers began riding in 1866. The depot was designed by one Adolf Schimmelpfennig.