Latajacy Wilnianin
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Latający Wilnianin was the popular name of a passenger train which in the interbellum period linked Warsaw
with Wilno (now Vilnius in Lithuania
). Another name for that train was Gwiazda Północy (The Star of the North) .
In 1919, it took around 20 hours for a train to cross the distance of 423 kilometers between Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West) and the station in Wilno. In 1939, this distance was crossed in 5 hours and 45 minutes. In the summer of 1939, the fast train left Warsaw daily at 9:05 to arrive at Wilno at 14:50 . A second daily train between the two cities left Warsaw West at 16:41 and arrived at Wilno at 22:31 .
The trains, both of which finished routes at then-border station of Turmont - Zemgale, Latvia
, stopped at the following stations:
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
with Wilno (now Vilnius in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
). Another name for that train was Gwiazda Północy (The Star of the North) .
In 1919, it took around 20 hours for a train to cross the distance of 423 kilometers between Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West) and the station in Wilno. In 1939, this distance was crossed in 5 hours and 45 minutes. In the summer of 1939, the fast train left Warsaw daily at 9:05 to arrive at Wilno at 14:50 . A second daily train between the two cities left Warsaw West at 16:41 and arrived at Wilno at 22:31 .
The trains, both of which finished routes at then-border station of Turmont - Zemgale, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, stopped at the following stations:
- Warsaw Główna
- Warszawa Wschodnia
- BiałystokBiałystok railway stationBiałystok Station ist the most important railway stations in Białystok, Poland. It is sometimes referred to as Białystok Central , to distinguish it from six other stations located in Białystok....
- Grodno
- PorzeczePorzeczePorzecze may refer to the following places:*Porzecze, Pomeranian Voivodeship *Porzecze, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship *Porzecze, Myślibórz County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship...
(32 kilometers northeast of Grodno) - Turmont - Zemgale, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
See also
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- Saint Petersburg – Warsaw Railway