It was closed on 16 October 2011 as a part of a major redevelopment project to build a new railway station and transport interchange[1] and reopened on 11 December 2016.

[2] Building of the Łódź – Koluszki railway line began on 1 September 1865 when the area was part of Congress Poland.

The single-gauge railway line of the factory and Lodz was supposed to serve primarily freight transport, in particular for coal and raw materials for the production of machinery.

Passengers of the first goods-passenger trains, launched on 1 June 1866, probably used a provisional barrack between Widzewska St. (now Kilinskiego St.) and Dzika street (the presence of Sienkiewicz St.), however, it was not possible to unambiguously confirm it.

The partly two-storey building did not differ from the typical industrial architecture of railway stations of that period.

In addition, the plan showed the building of the water station and probably a small engine resemble two machines, but they were not marked leading to a non-runway.

In 1874, the building of the engine house was extended to create two additional positions, and the station was begun to be expanded with a fourth class waiting room.

Subsequent plans of the city from the 1880s seemed to ignore the dynamic changes taking place at the station where there was already a large, though only two-wheeled steam locomotive to six locomotives, adjacent to it a mechanical workshop from Kuznia, erected also in 1880, a three-track, a wooden carriage hall with a 'Vogele' shifter in front of the gates, numerous freight warehouses and exchange offices in the open squares.

[5] In 1915 to 1916 the German occupation authorities ordered the demolition of warehouses, coal storages and rail siding along Składowa street.

Due to the latest estimated cost of 10 billion Euro, the high-speed line was put on hold by Sławomir Nowak, the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy at the time of the decision.

A modern transport interchange is envisaged between PKP trains, MPK Łódź trams, buses and PKS coaches.

In November 2010 PKP PLK announced a list of five consortia that had been invited by the railway infrastructure manager to tender to build the underground station.