Railway lines
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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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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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Railway Line No. 6 Zielonka – Kuźnica Białostocka. 2025
Warszawa 2025-02-19 Railway Line No. 6. Railway Line No. 6 together with LK No. 21, is the former route of the Warsaw-Petersburg Railway, within the borders of present-day Poland. LK No. 21 Wileński Station – Zielonka, while LK No. 6 is the Zielonka – Kuźnica Białostocka route. LK No. 6 is 224.163 km long, is…
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PKP Warszawa Wileńska. 2025
Warszawa 2025-02-17 PKP Warszawa Wileńska. Geographic coordinates: 52.255 N 21.038 E. Elevation 84.00 m (275 ft). In 1862, the Petersburg Railway Station in Warsaw in Praga was officially opened, which was the starting station of the Warsaw – Petersburg Railway. It was the second station in Warsaw after the Warsaw – Vienna Railway Station. The…
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Warsaw-Petersburg Railway. 1862.
Warszawa 2025-02-14 The Warsaw-Petersburg Iron Road. The Warsaw-Petersburg Iron Road (Варшавская – Петербурго железная дорога). Remember that St. Petersburg was the capital of the Muscovite state at the time. The Warsaw-Petersburg Iron Road was built with a track gauge of 1524 mm. It had a total length of 1,333 km. The course of the line:…
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Railway line No. 2 Warsaw East – Terespol. 2025.
Warszawa 2025-02-13 Railway line No. 2 Warsaw East – Terespol. The history of the Warsaw-Terespol Railway has been described in another chapter. Here we will discuss the current significance and course of this route. LK No. 2 has a total length of 214.227 km. Individual sections were launched: Siedlce October 9, 1866, Łuków December 1,…
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Warsaw-Terespol Railway. 1867.
Warszawa 2025-02-11 Warsaw-Terespol Railway. The Warsaw-Terespol Railway (in Russian Варшавско-Тереспольская железная дорога) was established in the period 1865-1867, thanks to the initiative of the Warsaw entrepreneur and banker, Leopold Kronenberg (1812-1878). These were difficult times, just after the fall of the January Uprising. It was – after the Warsaw-Vienna Railway and the Warsaw-St. Petersburg Railway…
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PKP InterCity Train “Wyspiański” 6300 Wrocław-Przemyśl. 2025
Kraków 2025-02-05 Long-distance railway in Poland. In the recent period, PKP InterCity launched an average of 420 long-distance trains per day, while in the holiday season there were 454 long-distance trains. In the holiday season of 2024, PKP InterCity increased the number of connections by as many as 31 pairs of trains more than in…
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Railway Line No. 1 West Warsaw – Katowice. 2024
Katowice 2025-02-01 Description of the railway route No. 1. Currently, Railway Line No. 1 Warsaw West – Katowice is largely the former Warsaw – Vienna Railway Road. The length of LK No. 1 is 316.066 km. The line is double-track, electrified with 3 kV DC current, and the maximum speed is 160 km/h. The rail…