Johannisburg – Kolno railway line
| Johannisburg – Kolno (Pisz – Kolno) |
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| Course book range : |
DR 118d (1940) , 136k (1944) |
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| Route length: | 28.0 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Johannisburg – Kolno railway was a railway line in southeastern East Prussia and at times reached as far as Poland . Over a length of 28 kilometers it connected the district town of Johannisburg ( Pisz in Polish ) with the Powiat capital of Kolno . In 1945 it was finally shut down and its facilities dismantled.
history
On August 15, 1884, the railway line from Allenstein to Lyck , which was under construction, reached the city of Johannisburg, which was connected to the Prussian State Railways network . A year later it was extended to Lyck ( Polish Ełk ). This route is still used by the Polish State Railways (PKP), albeit to a limited extent. A second line was opened in Johannisburg on November 15, 1905. It led north and created a connection to the district town of Lötzen (Polish: Giżycko ).
On September 1, 1908, the railway line was opened to the south-eastern border community of Dlottowen (1938–1945 Fischborn , Polish : Dłutowo ). In 1915 it was extended to the neighboring Polish city of Kolno . Later it was considered to extend the route from Kolno to Łomża . In Kolno, the railway line coming from Johannisburg met the newly built Myszyniec – Kolno small railway .
The railway line in the end of 28 kilometers with a gauge of 1435 mm was under the control of the Reich Railway Directorate Königsberg until the end . Due to changed political conditions, the section from Dlottowen / Fischborn to Kolno was closed in 1923. At the end of the Second World War , the section from Fischborn to Johannisburg, which was used until 1944, was abandoned and its facilities were dismantled.
References
literature
- Siegfried Bufe (Ed.): Railways in West and East Prussia. Egglham 1986, ISBN 3-922138-24-1 .
- German course book. Complete edition of the Reichsbahn course books , edition of January 21, 1940 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, Oberbetriebsleitung Ost, Berlin (reprint of the 1st edition 1988).
- Illustration of the timetable No. 136k Johannisburg – Fischborn 1944