Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway

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Warsaw–St. Petersburg Railway
Warsaw Wileńska Station (1862–1915)
Technical
Track gauge	(Warsaw–Hrodna) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Hrodna–Saint Petersburg) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
hide Route map Legend km 0.062 1,046 Warszawa Wileńska 000.000 show 000.000 I. Kosmowskiej to Warszawa Wschodnia    to Gdańsk Główny Radzymińska 2.718 Warszawa Wileńska Marki    to Warszawa Wschodnia Goods Yards gen. Rozwadowskiego Bródnowski Canal Bukowiecka 3.953 Warszawa Zacisze-Wilno Łodygowa 6.746 Ząbki Wojska Polskiego Kolejowa Piłsudskiego Ave. to Ząbki Rozjazd Junction    to Warszawa Rembertów Kolejowa 9.942 14.472 Zielonka 000.000 show 000.000 Długa River 17.438 19.339 Kobyłka 21.410 Wołomin 23.053 Niepodległości Ave. 25.082 Zagościniec 27.750 Dobczyn Rządza River 31.044 Klembów to Pilawa    to Krusze 34.838 Cienka River    to Jasienica Mazowiecka Junction    to Legionowo Norwida 37.912 Tłuszcz 000.000 show 000.000    to Ostrołęka 41.020 Chrzęsne 42.084 Mokra Wieś Główna 47.587 Szewnica Fiszor River 53.001 Urle 55.235 Barchów Wyszkowska 58.479 Łochów 63.689 68.680 Topór DK 50 72.978 Kaca Canal 81.762 Prostyń    to Treblinka Bug River    to Siedlce 87.969 Małkinia Górna    to Ostrołęka 000.000 show 096.270 Zaręby Kościelne 99.260 Kietlanka 102.964 105.700 Mazovia Province Podlasie Province Nurska Szkolna 111.838 Czyżew 118.077 Kity 120.800 Mazowiecka 127.379 Szepietowo 000.000 show 000.000 132.363 Szymbory 135.825 Jabłoń Kościelna 140.474 Racibory 146.107 Zdrody Nowe 150.575 Brańska    to Ostrołęka 154.035 Łapy 177.305 882 Białystok show 000.000 Narew River 156.265 Uhowo Kościelna 160.117 Bojary 163.251 Baciuty DW 678 167.107 Trypucie 168.996 Niewodnica Kościelna 172.222 Klepacze Horodnianka River 172.500 Turczyn Junction 173.570    to Bartoszyce │ to Trasa Niepodległości Gen. Fieldorfa Nila    to Czeremcha 176.300 Białystok Towarowy Junction 177.305 882.000 Białystok Solidarności Avenue    to Zubki Sopoćki 000.000 show 000.000 Biała River DK 8 E 67 Gen. Maczka DK 8 E 67 1000-lecia Państwa Ave. Supraśl River 185.155 Wasilków Czarna River DK 19 191.278 Czarny Blok crossover 195.280 Wólka Ratowiecka 199.178 Czarna Białostocka 203.118 Machnacz Jałówka 207.525 Sokołda River 212.882    to Kuźnica DK 19 Białostocka Road Sokółka River 218.527 Sokółka 000.000 show 000.000    to Suwałki Kryńska 225.580 Kundzin Łosośna River 227.100 Łosośna 228.100 Łosośna passing loop 228.320 Krex Czuprynowo passing loop 230.146 Czuprynowo DK 19 234.349 Kuźnica Białostocka Łosośna River Poland Belarus Kuźnica−Hrodna border crossing 000.000 show 000.000 (Брузгі) (Клачкі) (Бакуны) (Нямейшчына) (Каробчыцы) (Гібулічы) (Прыгарадны) to Masty (Масты) Suvorov Street Victory Street Neman River Levanaberazhnaya Street Grodna (Гродна) 000.000 show 000.000 Kochanowski Street to Masty (Масты) (Капліца) (Багушоўка) (Рыбніца) (Перасельцы) (Лосева) (Парэчча) (Салацце) (Ліхачы) (Узбераж) Belarus Lithuania –Senovė border crossing ( closed 2004 ) 000.000 show 000.000 Senovė Kabeliai Margionys Darželiai 752 Marcinkonys Zervynos 732 Varėna Matuizos Pamerkiai Alytus County Vilnius County Rūdiškės Šklėriai    to Trakai Senieji Trakai    to Kaunas 675 Lentvaris Vokė Paneriai 658 Vilnius 000.000 show 000.649 Naujoji Vilnia 634 Bezdonys 610 Pabradė 585 Švenčionėliai 563 Ignalina 540 Dūkštas 520 Turmantas Lithuania Latvia border 000.000 show 000.516 505 Grīva Daugava River 500 Daugavpils 000.000 show 000.493 488 483 halt 477 Višķi 470 467 halt 462 Aglona 457 halt 453 halt 447 Junction 443 halt 435 Malta 427 416 Rēzekne 000.000 show 000.413 km 322 Junction to Zilupe│to Riga 409 402 395 385 380 374 halt 371 Kārsava Latvia Russia border 000.000 show 000.306 Ostrov (О́стров) to Gulbene, Latvia 257 Pskov (Псков) 129 Luga (Лу́га) to Narva (Нарва)│to Paldiski, Estonia 42 Gatchina (Га́тчина) to Saint Petersburg Vitebsky Rail Terminal 0 Saint Petersburg Warsaw Rail Terminal km

Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway ((Russian: Санкт-Петербурго-Варшавская железная дорога) (transliteration: Sankt-Peterburgo–Varshavskaya zheleznaya doroga)) is a 1,333 km (828 mi) long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe. At the time the entire railway was within Russia, as Warsaw was under a Russian partition of Poland. Due to territorial changes, the line now lies within five countries and crosses the eastern border of the European Union three times. Therefore, no passenger trains follow the entire route. Travel by passenger train between Saint Petersburg and Warsaw today (2010) passes Brest instead.

History[]

Construction[]

In February 1851 the Tsarist Government of Russia made a decision to build the St. Petersburg–Warsaw railway line with a length of approximately 1,250 kilometres. It was built to Russian gauge. Construction was completed in 1862.

Now abandoned line between Marcinkonys and Porechye in Lithuania

The first section of the railway was completed in 1853 between Saint Petersburg and Gatchina, with daily scheduled train service started on 31 October 1853. On 19 July 1858 the first train arrived in Pskov.^[1]

In May 1858, construction started near Vilnius on the first section of 19 kilometers. On 1 May 1859 the ground works started along the entire route Daugavpils–Vilnius–Lentvaris–Kaunas–Kybartai. The end of summer of 1860 marked the end of the construction of the Ostrov-Daugavpils–Vilnius railway. The first train from Daugavpils arrived in Vilnius on 16 September 1860. In 1861, this branch was completed to the Prussian border, and between Verzhbolovo Station in Kybartai and Eydtkuhnen in Prussia (now Chernyshevskoye in Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) the first junction between Russian gauge and standard gauge railway systems was built, with rails in both gauges between the border stations.

The construction of the section from Lentvaris to Warsaw was completed on 15 December 1862.

The first locomotives for the St. Petersburg–Warsaw railway were bought in England, France, and Belgium. They were “G” class 0-6-0s with two cylinders. They were produced in Manchester in 1857, in Paris in 1860, and in Belgium in 1862. Their weight was 30–32 tons.

St. Petersburg–Warsaw railway station in Daugavpils

The portion between Vilnius and Warsaw was rebuilt in the standard gauge in the 1920s when that area belonged to Poland. The railway was partly destroyed during both world wars.

Map from 1902 which includes all of the railway

Present[]

The section of the line between Zielonka and Białystok forms part of Rail Baltica. Since 2014 the line is being modernised to ultimately allow passenger trains to run at 200 km/h (125 mph) and freight trains at 120 km/h (75 mph), works include renewal of tracks and overhead lines, replacing level crossings with tunnels or overpasses and installation of ETCS level 2.^[2]

See also[]

References[]

Sources[]

• "Line Riga–Valka celebrates 120 years". "Latvijas dzelzceļš". Latvian State Railways. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2009. In 1907 Baltic Railway was merged with St.Petersburg–Warsaw Railway and was made the Northwest Railways
• Rakov, V. A. (Vitaliĭ Aleksandrovich) (1995). Lokomotivy otechestvennykh zheleznykh dorog 1845-1955 Локомотивы отечественных железных дорог 1845-1955 [National railways locomotives 1845–1955] (in Russian). Moscow: Transport. ISBN 5-277-00821-7.