Railway line Savallja – Vyshnytsya
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| Route length: | 39 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1520 mm ( Russian gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Zavallja – Vyshnytsia railway is a branch line in Ukraine . The single-track, non-electrified line runs through Galicia and Bukovina in western Ukraine and is served by the Ukrainian railways , especially the Lvivska Salisnyzja .
history
A large part of today's railway line was licensed on September 25, 1895 by the New Bukowina Local Railway Company in what was then the crown land of Bukowina in Austria-Hungary and opened on July 7, 1898 as the Nepolokoutz – Wiznitz standard gauge (1435 mm) local railway , which was responsible for the management kk Austrian State Railways . The line was initially located entirely in the Bukovina and branched off in Nepolokoutz (today Nepolokiwzi ) from the railway line between Lviv and Chernivtsi (today the Lviv – Chernivtsi railway ), crossed the Prut south of the town and then led from Waschkoutz Waschkiwzi on the line that still exists today on to Wiznitz (today Wyschnyzja ). After the end of the First World War , the railway came to Romania and was taken over by the Romanian State Railways and continued to operate. Between 1930 and 1934 a wooden bridge was built over the Cheremosh to Kuty , which was in what was then Poland , and a short railway line over this bridge to Kuty station branched off just before the Romanian Vijniţa station. During the Second World War , North Bukovina was briefly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, but came back into Romanian possession after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union and the reconquest of North Bukovina by Romanian troops in the summer of 1941 to 1944. During the reconquest by the Soviet troops, the wooden bridge over the Cheremosh near Vyshnytsia was set on fire and not rebuilt, the tracks on the north bank of the river were dismantled. After the end of the Second World War, the northern Bukovina was finally connected to the Soviet Union and the railway line was switched to broad gauge (1520 mm), but the single track was retained. Later, part of the line was rebuilt with a bridge over the Cheremosh between Sawallja and Waschkiwzi, the old line from Nepolokiwzi to Barbeschty was abandoned, but the tracks on both sides of the Prut are still used for factory traffic. After a severe flood in July 2008, the bridge over the Cheremosch was damaged and the route was interrupted. The bridge could already be repaired on December 5, 2008 and the trains could run again, but on May 11, 2010 the bridge could be repaired and renovation will be reopened.
In addition to passenger traffic, the route is particularly important for transporting the wood from the sawmill in Vyshnytsya.
