Railway lines
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Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway. 1862.
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,…
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Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny. 2025
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…
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Railway line No. 26 Łuków – Dęblin – Radom. 2025.
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…
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Ivangorod-Dąbrowa Railway. 1885
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…
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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:…