The main and the largest railway junction station in Białystok, in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in Poland. The railway station is located at Kolejowa 11 in Osiedle Młodych.
In 2018, the station served 6,800 passengers a day, which gives it, together with the Łódź Widzew station, 43rd place in the country.
The station building was built during the construction of the Warsaw-Petersburg line in 1861 in the classicist style. The first passenger train, covering the entire route from Warsaw to St. Petersburg, arrived in Białystok in September 1862. The increasing number of transports at the end of the 19th century meant that the station was expanded. During World War I, the building was burnt down by the retreating Russian troops. After the end of hostilities, the station was rebuilt.
During World War II, the station was bombed. It did not regain its former glory, despite the post-war reconstruction and subsequent renovations.
The locomotives of the OKl27, Ol49, Ty2, Ty45 and Pt47 series were stationed in the locomotive shed in August 1977.
In 1989, PKP began modernizing the station, which took 14 years. The renovated building of the station was officially opened on November 28, 2003. According to Gazeta Wyborcza's 2008 ranking, the railway station in Białystok was recognized as the most beautiful railway station in Poland, followed by the facility in Lublin and the third in Częstochowa. The building in Białystok received 71 points out of 100 possible.
On November 8, 2010, there was a serious train accident at the station.
On October 22, 2018, PKP signed a contract with Budimex for a comprehensive reconstruction of the railway station along with the station square [6]. Construction work began at the beginning of November, and a temporary container station was put into operation on January 4. After renovation, the station was put into use on October 1, 2020.