While Wrocław's main train station (Dworzec Główny) undergoes a major modernisation, this temporary building has been erected to play the role of interim railway station until the end of May when the original station is scheduled to reopen. Whether this will indeed happen on schedule or not is impossible to gauge at this point.

To their credit, the city has done a decent job with all of this. In this temporary station building there are 18 ticket windows and you’ll find most everything else you need, including an information point, 3 ATMs (bankomats), 2 toilets (one for disabled people), lockers and vending machines with coffee and sandwiches. Outside, street vendors are also set up selling food and drinks, as well as kiosks with phone cards and the like. Luggage storage is also available.

That being said, because a large station complex has been condensed into a much smaller one here, travellers need to allow themselves extra time to deal with extended queues and general confusion, commotion and disorientation. This cannot be stressed heavily enough. In an attempt to alleviate some of the queues ticket machines have now been installed.

The area has been well-marked. If departing from Wrocław by train, head to ul. Sucha (B-5) following the crowds and signs to 'Dworzec Tymczasowy'. If pressed for time, remember that  you can buy tickets from the conductor onboard the train for a small price mark-up. If you are arriving in Wrocław, following the signs to ‘Centrum Miasta’ – the city centre – it's pretty straightforward and will put you on ulica Piłsudskiego (B-5). Most of the city's hotels and hostels are within 15 minutes walking distance, and given that getting anywhere near the Old Town on public transport requires you to take at least two trams, it isn't really worth the hassle. If you really don't fancy the walk jump in an MPT Radio Taxi (71 191 91), as they are at least allowed into the Old Town. Good luck to you, intrepid one.