Galician Transversal Railway
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The Galician Transversal Railway (German: Galizische Transversalbahn, Polish: Galicyjska Kolej Transwersalna) was a railway system, opened in 1884 in the province of Galicia (Austria-Hungary). It was operated by a state-owned enterprise. The line ran from west to east, along the northern side of the Carpathian Mountains from Zwardoń to Zagórz,[1] passing through the oil fields in the Carpathians.[2]
The line was constructed to connect already existing lines into a continuous east-west route parallel to the main
The Transversal Railway started at Čadca (present-day Slovakia), and ended in Husiatyn (present-day Ukraine), with a total length of around 800 kilometers. The main towns located along the route are:
Before construction of the Transversal Railway began, several connections had already existed, such as:
- Zagórz – Krościenko – Chyrów (part of the Łupków – Przemyśl connection of the First Hungarian-Galician Railway, 1872),
- The Dniestr Railway, Chyrów – Sambor – Stryj (1872),
- The Archduke Albrecht Railway, Stryj – Dolina – Stanislawów (1873).
- Nowy Sącz – Stróże (part of the Tarnów – Plaveč connection, 1876)
The lines built within the Transversal Railway project totaled 577 kilometers and these were:
- Čadca – Kraków-Plaszów, and Skawina – Oświęcim),
- Stróze – Jasło – Sanok – Zagórz (together with a branch line to Gorlice),
- Czortków – Husiatyn.
See also
- Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways
- History of rail transport in Poland
- Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis
References
- ^ Chaberko, Tomasz (2008). "Historic train stations in Małopolskie Province during the railroad industry regression". Revija za geografijo. 2008 (3–2): 49–62. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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