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Electric traction in Poland in PKP. 2021
Kraków 2021-03-03 Electric traction in Poland in PKP. 3 000 V DC. In 1932, a cross-city railway line was opened in Warsaw, which connected the western and eastern parts of our capital. Previously, it was necessary to detour trains through the Dworzec Gdański station, which is located in the northern part of Warsaw, using the…
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Electric tram. 2025
Kraków 2025-02-28 Electric tram and electric locomotive. Trams interest us as much as they have to do with railways. It can be said that the tram is the forerunner of the electric locomotive. However, this development of railway technology was not that simple. The electric tram is a means of urban transport that revolutionized the…
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Warsaw Central. 1975
Warszawa 2025-02-27 Warsaw Central. Warsaw Central Station is located in the city center, at Aleje Jerozolimskie, between Aleja Jana Pawła II and Emilii Plater Street, in the cross-city tunnel connecting the Warsaw East and Warsaw West stations. Warsaw Central Station is the main railway station in the capital of Poland, one of the most important…
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Luggage wagon type F 035 060. 2023
Chabówka 2023-08-07 Luggage wagon type F 035 060. 2023 A luggage wagon is a rail vehicle, non-engine, designed to transport luggage. Currently, luggage wagons are not used. Wagons of this type were popular in the period 1850-1950. The wagon was included in a scheduled or occasional passenger train. In this type of wagon, suitcases (trunks)…
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Passenger car 120A, Bwixt, „Bonanza”. 1972
Kraków 2022-07-18 Passenger car 120A, Bwixt, Bh, Bp, B11p, “Bonanza”. The 120A wagon, Bwixt, was developed in Wrocław at the PaFaWag factory in 1972. It has been in operation since 1973. The 120A wagon is a variant of the 104A family “Y” standard wagons already produced in Poland. The wagon was designed mainly for non-electrified,…
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Electric locomotives in Poland in the 1950s.
Kraków 2025-02-27 Post-war electrification in PKP. In Poland, the situation after World War II was bad. Poland was taken over by communists and dependent on Moscow. It was difficult to rebuild the Polish Railway Industry, and the reconstruction of the Warsaw Railway Junction in particular was slow. A statement by one of the Polish communists…
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Passenger car 43A, 101A. 1955.
Kraków 2021-10-27 Passenger car 43A, 101A “Ryflak”. 1955. Passenger car type 43A. Already in 50 years, the Polish State Railways saw the need to introduce new carriages to local lines. The pre-war carriages had a small capacity. Spare parts were missing for them. In absolute numbers, there were many of them, but their transport potential…
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The Vistula Railway. 1877.
Warszawa 2025-02-26 The Vistula Railway. The Vistula Railway was the fourth railway line in the Moscow Partition. It was named Привислинская железная дорога (Vistula Iron Road). The line was managed by the Vistula Iron Road Company – Leopold Kronenberg. The length of the line was 522 km and was built in the tsarist gauge of…
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Warsaw Circular Railway. 1876.
Warszawa 2025-02-26 Warsaw Circular Railway. In 1966, there were already three railway stations in Warsaw; Warsaw Wiedeńska (launched in 1845), Warsaw Petersburska (launched in 1862), Warsaw Terespolska (launched in 1866). All of these stations were head stations. Communication between the left and right bank of Warsaw and between these stations was provided by carriages and…
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First electric locomotives in Poland at PKP. 2025
Kraków 2025-02-24 First electric locomotives in Poland at PKP. In the chapter – Electric traction in Poland in PKP. 2021. – we discussed why we have a 3 kV DC power supply in PKP. After the change of power in Poland, on December 13, 2023, the new government abolished the CPK (Central Communication Port) program.…