Russian heritage lines History of rail transport in Poland

1 russian heritage lines

1.1 saint petersburg – warsaw railway
1.2 warsaw , bydgoszcz railway
1.3 warsaw-terespol railway
1.4 iwanogrodzko–dąbrowska railway
1.5 wrocław–warsaw railway
1.6 ring railway (kolej obwodowa)
1.7 other

russian heritage lines

broad gauge locomotive



st. petersburg station in warsaw,

1862–1915

the standard gauge warsaw , vienna line had been first long distance railway under russian rule @ all.

saint petersburg – warsaw railway

warsaw s first link 5 ft (1,524 mm) system saint petersburg – warsaw railway, completed in 1862. 1 year before, branch of line had reached russian , prussian border verzhbolovo station in kybartai. first junction of russian wide gauge , prussian standard gauge networks passed northeastern corner of russian poland, did not become part of poland again after polish revival.

warsaw , bydgoszcz railway

also in 1862, last standard gauge main railway line in russian poland opened between Łowicz (at branch of warsaw , vienna line) aleksandrów kujawski near prussian border. russian part of warsaw , bydgoszcz railway, first direct connection between warsaw , prussian ruled parts of old poland.

warsaw-terespol railway

in 1866, direct railway form moscow warsaw via brest finished.

iwanogrodzko–dąbrowska railway

later, wide gauge railway track added: iwanogrodzko–dąbrowska railway dęblin via radom–bzin (now skarżysko-kamienna)–kielce–tunnel dąbrowa (now dąbrowa górnicza strzemieszyce) , ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Łódź via bzin–tomaszów mazowiecki–koluszki. caused temporary decrease of cargo transport (mainly coal) on warszawa–vienna railway. russian general staff confirmed exclusive production of wide gauge equipment in territory of russia.

wrocław–warsaw railway

the russian authorities refused extension of wrocław–warsaw railway (oleśnica–podzamcze) Łódź , warsaw on territory.

warszawa praga railway station built around 1877 (no longer existing)

the engineering railway school in warsaw opened under line s protection in 1873.

ring railway (kolej obwodowa)

in 1875, warsaw s first railway bridge across vistula river opened (gdański bridge – former ring railway bridge), connecting wide gauge lines east of river standard gauge lines starting vienna station in west. ring railway (kolej obwodowa), in 1876, connected warsaw-vienna , warsaw-terespol railways

other

in 1888, railroads in russia nationalized.

the revolution of 1905 in russia , congress poland led disorder of rail traffic on many important routes , many important junctions.

however, after revolutionary events, traffic restored , many new technical improvements implemented, military sake.