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Railway Lines Of Poland
Every railway line in Poland has its own number, with the lowest numbers attached to the most important and most strategic routes. Line number 1 links Warsaw Centralna with Katowice Central Station, while line number 999, the last one on the list, is a side track, joining Piła Main with a secondary-importance station of Piła North (Pila Północ). A very detailed MAP OF RAILWAY LINES OF POLAND may be downloaded from the website 'Polskie Linie Kolejowe - Mapy. Six different maps are available, each of which can be downloaded by clicking on 'POBIERZ.' The first map is the most detailed, showing all railway stations in Poland, with each line labelled by its line number. See also the German Wikipedia article Liste der Eisenbahnstrecken in Polen for fuller details. List })* Warsaw to Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice (1847)* Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice - Katowice (1859) , - , 2 , Warszawa Centralna – Terespol Warsaw–Terespol Railway ( pl, Kolej Warszawsko-Terespolskiej)* War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa Centralna Railway Station
Warszawa Centralna, in English known as Warsaw Central Station, is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1975, the station is located on the Warsaw Cross-City Line and features four underground island platforms with eight tracks in total. It is served by the long-distance domestic and international trains of PKP Intercity and Polregio as well as some of the regional trains operated by Koleje Mazowieckie. Adjacent to the north side of the building is a bus station that serves as the central hub for night bus lines, and Złote Tarasy shopping center. History Warsaw Central was constructed as a flagship project of the Polish People's Republic during the 1970s economic boom, and was intended to replace the inadequate and obsolete Warszawa Główna railway station. However, the project encountered substantial problems from the very beginning. The station's design was innovative, but construction was plagued by continuous alterations to the scope of work whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grodzisk Mazowiecki–Zawiercie Railway
The Central Rail Line ( pl, Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa, ''CMK'', also designated by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe as ''Rail Line No. 4'', Polish: ''Linia kolejowa nr 4''), was completed on 23 December 1977. Designed for speeds of up to , it would have been the first high speed railway line in Europe but high speed service was never introduced on the line. The line goes from the city of Zawiercie in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region of southern Poland, to Grodzisk Mazowiecki in the suburbs of Warsaw. Its length is , and in the Polish rail system it is officially known as ''Rail Line Number 4'' (''Linia kolejowa numer 4''). The line was originally built for rail freight transport, but it now carries InterCity and EuroCity long-distance passenger services, mostly from Wrocław and Opole (E 30 railway in III Pan-European corridors), Częstochowa, Katowice, Kraków to Warsaw. Since 14 December 2014 new Alstom Pendolino trains operate on the CMK between Grodzisk Mazowiecki - Idzikowice secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skierniewice Railway Station
Skierniewice is a city in central Poland with 47,031 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly halfway between Łódź and Warsaw. Through the town runs the small river Łupia, also called Skierniewka. History The oldest known mention of Skierniewice comes from 1359, although it existed earlier. A palace of the archbishops of Gniezno already existed in the village at that time. Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457 and was vested with various privileges in 1456–1458. Administratively it was part of the Rawa Voivodeship of the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown until the Partitions of Poland. Skierniewice was located on a trade route connecting major Polish cities Toruń and Lwów. Local merchants also participated in trade with Gdańsk, Lesser Poland and Podolia, as well as German states. One year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tłuszcz Railway Station
Tłuszcz railway station is a railway station serving Tłuszcz in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is served by Koleje Mazowieckie (who run services from Warszawa Zachodnia to Małkinia and from Tłuszcz to Ostrołęka , image_flag = POL Ostrołęka flag.svg , image_shield = POL Ostrołęka COA.svg , pushpin_map = Poland Masovian Voivodeship#Poland , pushpin_label_position = bottom , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = ...) Przewozy Regionalne and PKP Intercity (TLK services). The station was opened in 1862. File:Stacja kolejowa Tłuszcz - budynek stacyjny.jpg, Station building References *Station article akolej.one.pl External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tluszcz Railway stations in Poland opened in 1862 Railway stations in Masovian Voivodeship Railway stations served by Koleje Mazowieckie Wołomin County 1862 establishments in the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legionowo Railway Station
Legionowo railway station is a railway station in Legionowo, Poland. As of 2011, it is served by Koleje Mazowieckie, who run the KM9 services from Warszawa Zachodnia station, Warszawa Zachodnia or Warszawa Wola railway station, Warszawa Wola to Działdowo railway station, Działdowo, Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw), Szybka Kolej Miejska, who run the S9 services from Warszawa Gdańska station, Warszawa Gdańska to Wieliszew railway station, Wieliszew and by Tanie Linie Kolejowe by their cross-country services to Kraków, Kołobrzeg, Olsztyn, Bielsko-Biała, Gdynia and also to Warszawa Zachodnia station, Warszawa Zachodnia. A major redevelopment of the station has been made between 2014 and 2016 with a large amount of the funding coming froSwiss Contribution It included a transport hub, a multi-storey car park, shops and more. Train services The station is served by the following service(s): * Intercity services (IC) ''Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Gdańsk Glowny — Kołob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdańsk Główny Railway Station
Gdańsk Główny (Polish for ''Gdańsk main station'') is the chief railway station serving the city of Gdańsk, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1900 and is located on the Warsaw–Gdańsk railway, Gdańsk–Stargard railway, the parallel Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway, Gdańsk Główny–Gdańsk Zaspa Towarowa railway and Gdańsk Główny–Gdańsk Nowy Port railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Polregio and SKM Tricity. Koleje Mazowieckie trains operate here during the summer. History The first railway line in Gdańsk opened in 1852. Around 1867, in the area of today's main railway station (Główny) a small, temporary passenger terminal ''Danzig Hohes Tor'' (Gdańsk Brama Wyżynna) was built. Access to it was only from the west, from the so-called. "Promenade" (ul. 3 Maja). To the east of the station the city separated because of the modern fortifications and moat of Gdańsk. The station could begin to expand after filling u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków Główny Railway Station
Kraków Główny, in English Kraków Main, is the largest and the most centrally located railway station in Kraków, Poland. The railway station was situated in a historical building, constructed between 1844 and 1847 by Rosenbaum, which lies parallel to the tracks. The design was chosen to allow for future line expansion. The station was initially a terminus of the KrakówUpper Silesia Railway (''Kolej Krakowsko-Górnośląska'', german: Oberschlesische-Krakauer Eisenbahn). Trains entered the trainshed via a brick archway at the northern end of the station which was almost doubled in size in 1871. In 2014, a new building was opened. History and early connections The station opened on 13 October 1847, with the first train leaving for Mysłowice (the point where the Austrian, German and Russian Empires adjoined during era of the partitions of Poland). The railway line was extended eastwards in 1856, when the first section to Dębica (then Dembitz in the Habsburg Empire) of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vistula River Railroad
Vistula River Railroad (Polish: Kolej Nadwiślańska) was a railroad system, opened on August 17, 1877. It ran from northwest to southeast, through the territory of the former Congress Poland, known after the November Uprising as Privislinsky Krai (part of the Russian Empire). Starting in Mława, which back then was located near the border with the German Empire, the connection ran through Ciechanów, Warsaw, Dęblin, Lublin, and Chełm, to the strategic railroad junction of Kovel (now Ukraine). In Mława, the system reached the Prussian railway network, as the nearby German border station of Działdowo (Soldau) was another important junction, with connections to Gdańsk (Danzig), Olsztyn (Allenstein), and Toruń (Thorn). Altogether, the length of the system was 522 kilometers, and originally, it was a wide gauge line. In 1887, the Vistula River Railroad employed 2364 workers. During the World War II (1939) the railroad was partitioned forming the Soviet Kovel Railways as one of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorohusk Railway Station
Dorohusk ( uk, Дорогуськ, translit=''Dorohus’k'') is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland, at the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dorohusk. It lies approximately east of Chełm and east of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 517. The landmark of Dorohusk is the Suchodolski Palace, a Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ... palace built by the Suchodolski family in the 18th century. References {{Chełm-geo-stub Holocaust locations in Poland Kholm Governorate Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939) Poland–Ukraine border crossings Villages in Chełm County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa Wschodnia Railway Station
Warszawa Wschodnia, in English Warsaw East, is one of the most important railway stations in Warsaw, Poland. Its more official name is ''Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa'' (translated as ''Warsaw East Passenger''). It is located on the eastern side of the Vistula river, on the border of the Praga-Północ and Praga-Południe districts, on the Warsaw Cross-City Line. It serves all trains passing through the larger Warszawa Centralna and Śródmieście stations which stop or terminate at Wschodnia station. It is one of the busiest railway stations in Poland, with over 800 daily trains. History The station first started operating in 1866 as the terminus of the newly built Warsaw–Terespol Railway. By 1933 the station was rebuilt as a through the station with the opening of the Cross-City line. The station building was destroyed during World War II, and in postwar decades provisional, temporary buildings were used to serve passengers. The current station building opened in 1969 and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuźnica Białostocka Railway Station
Kuźnica is a Polish toponym meaning '' Hammer mill'', it may refer to: *Kuźnica, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland), a district of the seaside town of Jastarnia :* Kuźnica railway station * Kuźnica, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Kuźnica, Podlaskie Voivodeship Kuźnica (; formerly Kuźnica Białostocka, be, Кузніца}) is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called G ... (north-east Poland) * Kuźnica, Gmina Rusiec in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Gmina Zelów in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Gmina Nowa Brzeźnica in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Gmina Sulmierzyce in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Radomsko County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Wieluń County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Kuźnica, Masovian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
