Lviv Railways

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Lviv Railways
Lvivska Zaliznytsia
Львівська залізниця
Subdivisions of Ukrainian Railways
Overview
HeadquartersLviv
LocaleUkraine
Dates of operation1861–present
PredecessorLvov Railways (Soviet Union)
Kovel Railways (Soviet Union)
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Length4,521 km (2,810 mi)
Other
Websitehttp://railway.lviv.ua/

Lviv Railways (abbreviated as LR) (

Ukrzaliznytsia headquartered in Lviv
.

General description

Lviv Railways administers all railroads of

Railways of Slovak Republic – ŽSR to the southwest, with the Polish State Railways
to the west.

As of 2008, LR operates on 4521 km of track. 3207 km of track is electrified majorly between Chop and Lviv. Partial electrification is available as well. There are 354 stations operated by Lviv Railways classified as passenger, freight, precinct, sorting, and intermediate. Eight out of the 354 stations are railroad terminals which are located in each regional center as well as the city of Chop. Lviv Railways has also 19 border-customs stations with Poland, Belarus, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova.

The double tracks lay between: Lviv – Zdolbuniv – Rivne; Lviv – Mostyska – (border checkpoint); Lviv – Stryi – Chop; Lviv – Ternopil – Pidvolochysk; Zdolbuniv – Kivertsi. Other branches consist of a single track.

Administrative divisions

  • Lviv Administration
  • Ternopil Administration
  • Uzhhorod Administration
  • Ivano-Frankivsk Administration
  • Rivne Administration

Trains and rolling stock

International

  • 35/36 "Lvivskyi Ekspres" (Lviv Express)
    Wroclaw

Express

  • 171/172 Lviv – Rivne
  • 173/174 Lviv – Rivne
  • 820/821 Lviv – Ternopil

Branded

Suburban

Commuter lines are coded in regards to the railway administrative division. Lviv Railways commuter lines have four digits and start with 6. Second digit refers to one of the Lviv Railways administrations: 4 – Ivano-Frankivsk; 2 – Ternopil; 5 – Uzhhorod; 0 and 1 – Lviv; 3 – Lutsk.

Fast

Passenger

Electric/Diesel trains with elevated luxury

History

The first railway line built in the current territory of

Vistula River Railroad. In 1869, Carl Ludwig Railways built a railroad from Lviv to Brody that was opened on 12 July. In 1870, another branch reached Tarnopil. On 4 November 1871 the railroad network was connected with railroads of Russian Empire near Volochysk over the Zbruch river, ultimately connecting Odesa with Hamburg. In 1884, was created the General Directory which included six state railways. Those railways later formed the local directory of state railway transport which effectively competed with the Carl Ludwig Railways. On 1 January 1892, the government of Austria-Hungary adopted a law nationalising all railways from private companies. In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
three railway directories were formed: Kraków, Lwow, and Stanislawow.

Before World War I, the total length of railways in the region was 2,676 kilometres.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ The 1st railway in Ukraine

External links

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