Kraków Główny Osobowy is the largest and the most centrally located railway station in Kraków. The building, constructed between 1844 and 1847 (architect: P.Rosenbaum), lies parallel to the tracks. The design was chosen to allow for future line expansion. The station was initially a terminus of the Kraków – Upper Silesia Railway. Trains entered the trainshed via a brick archway at the northern end of the station which was almost doubled in size in 1871.