Poznań 2023-11-04 InterCity train “Ślązak” 7300 Poznań Główny – Przemyśl Główny. PKP InterCity. PKP InterCity is a Polish railway carrier that belongs to the PKP group. It transports passengers on long distances. In Poland, it has a 15% share in passenger transport in terms of the number of passengers, but 53% in transport measured on…

Kielce 2025-03-17 Herbsko-Kielce Railway. 1911 The fact that the railway was and is the most important stimulant of economic development was already known in 1850. The railway definitely influenced the expansion of the sales market, which had been limited until then. However, the development of railway lines in the Kingdom of Poland was dependent on…

Jelenia Góra 2021-11-24 The passenger train Jelenia Góra – Lwówek Śląski. 2010 The Bóbr Valley Railway. In 2010, the SA135-001 PESA train served the Jelenia Góra – Lwówek Śląski route. The Bóbr Valley Landscape Park is one of the most interesting places in the Sudetes in terms of nature and landscape. It covers almost 11,000…

Hrubieszów 2021-10-29 Krakow Główny – Hrubieszów night passenger train. 1960 – 1970. Passenger cars in Poland. After the end of World War II, the Polish State Railways had about 6,500 passenger carriages. However, the number of active wagons was smaller and amounted to only 3,500 wagons. These were mainly two-axle and three-axle passenger carriages. Many…

Kalisz 2025-03-12 The Warsaw-Kalisz Railway. 1902. There were two wars in the 19th century, the aftermath of which was the effect of building such and not other railway lines in Central Europe. The first war took place in the period 1853-1856, and is called the Crimean War. Its main goal was to stop the Muscovite…

Poznań 2021-10-26 The “Wielkopolanin” train in practice. 1964 – 1988 Photo description: Among other things, this EU07-001 locomotive pulled the “Wielkopolanin” train. In Poland, the first express trains were launched in 1926. After World War II, in 1947, PKP reintroduced the express train category. In timetables, these trains were marked with the letter E, and…

Toruń 2025-03-08 The Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway. 1862 The Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway is one of the first historical railway lines, which was built in the period 1860-1862, i.e. at the same time as the Warsaw-St. Petersburg Railway. However, the line to Bydgoszcz was built using existing sections of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway. The line was opened on December 4,…

Sosnowiec 2025-03-05 Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny. 2025 Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny is a fragment of the historic railway line, which was built in the second half of the 19th century, during the Kingdom of Poland, which was under the rule of the Muscovites. The line was built…

Dęblin 2025-03-05 Railway line No. 26 Łuków – Dęblin – Radom. 2025. Railway line No. 26 Łuków – Dęblin – Radom is a double-track, electrified line built in the second half of the 19th century. It is currently 117.108 km long. The maximum speed of the train is 120 km/h. In its history, the railway…

Kraków 2025-03-04 Ivangorod-Dąbrowa Railway. 1885 The development of railways in the Kingdom of Poland, as in the Muscovite state, was hampered by Moscow. The issuance of concessions lasted for a dozen or so, and sometimes over 20 years. Only on July 10, 1881, did the tsarist government issue a concession for the construction of the…