Narajow – Lany – Dunajow light railway

Narajow – Lany – Dunajow
Narajow – Lany – Dunajow light rail passenger car Gravel transport near Narajow
Route length:	approx. 100 km
Gauge :	700 mm
Legend Pomorjany (Pomorzany) Lviv Oblast Dunajiw (Dunajów) Lviv Oblast Narajiw (Narajów) Ternopil Oblast

The light railway Narajow-Lany-Dunajow was during the First World War by the Austro-Hungarian land forces moved and as a horse course operated military field railway with 700 mm gauge in today's Ukraine .

purpose

After the battle of Gorlice-Tarnów in the war year 1916 , the approximately 100 km long field railway was mainly used to transport guns , supplies and ammunition .

Route

In Dunajiw there was a station south of the town center on the broad gauge - railway Pidhaitsi-Lviv where only the building materials and later the assets were transferred to the light railway.

A section of the line built in December 1916 led in a north-easterly direction from Dunajiw to Pomoryany .

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  Construction of the Pomorzany - Dunajow light railroad , December 12, 1916

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  Light rail bridge on the Pomorzany – Dunajow line, Dec. 12, 1916

Ukrainian, Russian and Polish names of the light rail stations

• Pomorjany (Ukrainian Поморяни ; Russian Поморяны , Polish Pomorzany )
• Dunajiw (Ukrainian Дунаїв ; Russian Дунаев / Dunajew , Polish Dunajów ).
• Narajiw (Ukrainian Нараїв ; Russian Нараев / Narajew , Polish Narajów )

See also

• Lokomotivfeldbahn Ozydow – Monasztyrek
• Załośce – Zborów horse-drawn railway
• Varannó – Kelcse light railway
• Tryńcza light railway

Web links

Commons : Narrow gauge railway Narajow-Lany-Dunajow  - Collection of images

Commons : War press headquarters albums 1914-1918 (Feldbahn Pomorzany - Dunajow)  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mauro Bottegal: Ferrovie portatili della Prima Guerra Mondiale. P. 71.

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 24 ° 49 ′ 25 ″  E