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The modernization of the Łódź – Warsaw line includes building a new station below ground level, just north of the site of the former Łódź Fabryczna station. A ramp, leading to a new tunnel, begins immediately after Łódź Widzew station, and the tunnel itself starts near the site of Łódź Niciarniana station. Initially it was planned ...
In the summer of 1939, weeks ahead of the Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland the map of both Europe and Poland looked very different from today. The railway network of interwar Poland had little in common with the postwar reality of dramatically changing borders and political domination of the Soviet-style communism, as well as the pre-independence German, Austrian and Russian networks ...
One year later, due to opening of Łódź Fabryczna station, a regular passenger service started operating. [3] From 1898 to 1901 the railway received a second track - this time built with 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge, due to connection with newly built circular railway, going around the southern border of the city to connect with Łódź Kaliska ...
Warszawa Centralna railway station in Poland (1975) At the beginning of 1945, the Ministry of Transport was created, as well as the Regional Directorate of National Railways. Many pre-war locomotives were sent to the Soviet Union. Poland received many German locomotives as a compensation for war losses. In June, the rail connection with Warsaw ...
Abandoned Harrachov-Jakuszyce section of Izera railway in 2006, re-opened for traffic in 2010 Abandoned railway bridge across Ścinawka at Tłumaczów (2009) Cieszyn - Český Těšín (1888) Marklowice - Albrechtice (1914-1931), abolished after enactment of border with Czechoslovakia, only base of bridge across Olza remained
The construction of the new Łódź Fabryczna station was part of a broader project of urban renewal known as Nowe Centrum Łodzi (New Centre of Łódź). [159] The third-largest train station in Łódź is Łódź Widzew. There are also many other stations and train stops in the city, many of which were upgraded as part of the Łódzka Kolej ...
The railway allowed Łódź to be served by trains running on the Warsaw–Vienna railway. [2] In 1903 Łódź Widzew station was opened, serving both the "factory line" to Łódź Fabryczna and a circular line leading to Łódź Kaliska station, which operated on different track gauges. The track gauge was unified during World War I. Before ...
Initially, in 1910, the site of station served as guard post, securing a single-level crossing between the Warsaw-Kalisz Railway and a tram line between Łódź and Aleksandrów. The first building at the station was erected in 1951. Five years later a viaduct for Aleksandrowska street and tram tracks were constructed south to the station.