Bieszczady Forest Railway

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Bieszczady Forest Railway
Bieszczady Forest Railway
Bieszczady Forest Railway
Bieszczady Forest Railway Line
Route of the Waldbahn Bieszczady
(thin black line from NW to SE)
Route length: 75 km previously, 21 km today
Gauge : previously 760 mm, today 750 mm
Legend
   
 Rzepedź
   
 Duszatyn
   
 Mików
   
 Smolnik
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25th Nowy Łupków
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 Wola Michowa
Stop, stop
 9 Balnica
   
 Solinka
Railroad Crossing
 DW897
   
 Żubracze
Station, station
 0 Majdan
Railroad Crossing
 DW897
Stop, stop
 2 Cisna
Stop, stop
 6th Dołżyca
   
 8th Krzywe
Stop, stop
 11 Przysłup
   
 DW897
   
 Smerek
   
 DW897
   
 Wetlina
   
 Moczarne

The forest railway Bieszczady ( Polish Bieszczadzka Kolejka Leśna) is a 21 km long museum railway with a gauge of 750 mm in the low mountain range Bieszczady [ bʲɛ'ʃtʃadɨ ] of the Carpathian foothills in southeastern Poland .

history

construction

The construction of the narrow-gauge railway line from Cisna to Nowy Łupków on the Stryj – Łupków railway line began in 1890. With the railway constructed by the Polish engineer Albin Zazula, the forests were opened up to use the wood deposits there. Most of the work in building the railway line was done by hand without any technical equipment.

The main route ran through the valley of the Solinka River . Stonemasons from Italy were hired for the construction of bridges, culverts and retaining walls, some of whom stayed in the area along the forest railway even after the construction work was completed. B. the Meinardich family. On January 22, 1898, the first section from Nowy Łupków to Cisna was opened. The sawmills built along the route resulted in an economic boom in the region. In the years from 1900 to 1909 the railway line was extended by 20 km from Cisna to Kalnica and Beskid ( Smerek ) due to the increased demand for wood .

business

Railway station in the village of Majdan [ˈmai̯dan]

During the First World War , the route was damaged and bridges were blown up. After the withdrawal of the Russian army in 1916, the line was rebuilt and, after Poland regained independence in 1918, belonged to the Polish State Railways .

During the Second World War , the line was destroyed again in 1944/1945. After the war it was taken over by the State Forests and rebuilt. In the early 1950s the nominal track width was reduced from 760 mm to 750 mm and in the 1960s it was extended to a length of 75 km. Passenger traffic began in 1963 and continued until November 30, 1994, when train traffic ceased entirely. Until then, the railway company had employed around 300 people.

After the acquisition of the railway company by the Bieszczady Forest Railway Foundation , operations were resumed in sections as a museum railway from July 4, 1997. From May to September the trains run on weekends, in July and August even daily from Majdan to Balnica and in the other direction to Przysłup .

Passenger numbers

Museum railway

The annual traffic volume was as follows:

  • 1980s: approx. 30,000 passengers
  • 1994: 13,000 passengers
  • 1997: 23,000 passengers
  • 2007: 52,000 passengers
  • 2009: 68,000 passengers
  • 2011: 72,000 passengers
  • 2014: 102,000 passengers
  • 2017: 138,000 passengers

Rail vehicles

Locomotives in operation

Kp4-3772
  • Locomotive Kp4-3772 (3772/1957), originally used in the Kruszwica sugar factory , acquired in 2007, put back into operation in 2012 after repairs
  • Diesel locomotive Lyd2 -CWO-01 (24064/1980)
  • Motor bogie DM101 (type WM5, Year 1956)
  • Motordraisine Dm102 (overhauled 2010)

Locomotives out of service

  • Steam locomotive Las -1884 (4967/1956)
  • Diesel locomotive Lxd2-347 (ex Lxd2-321, bought 2006)
  • Diesel locomotives Lyd2-01 (23393/1977), 05 (24048/1980), 06 (24049/1980), 07 (24050/1980)
  • Kp-4 -1257 (returned to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum ( Muzeum Kolei Wąskotorowej ) in Sochaczew in 1991 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bieszczady Forest Railway.
  2. ↑ Bieszczady Timetable 2016.
  3. ^ Bieszczady Forestry Railway - Bieszczadzka Kolejka Leśna.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f M. Jerczyński: 10 lat Bieszczadzkiej Kolejki Leśnej , "Świat Kolei" No. 11/2007, pp. 14-18.
  5. ↑ a b c M. Ciesielski: Nowości z kolejki bieszczadzkiej , "Świat Kolei" no 8/2010, p.7
  6. ↑ J. Chiżyński: Zima na Bieszczadzkiej Kolei Leśnej , "Świat Kolei" no 3/2012
  7. ↑ PAP / (mb) Wąskotorowa kolejka leśna przewiozła 102 tys. osób , wiadomosci.onet.pl, 2014-12-28
  8. ↑ PAP: Bieszczadzka Kolejka Leśna pojedzie w ferie , inforail.pl, 2018-01-11
  9. ↑ a b M. Ciesielski: Powrót "kapcia" na BKL! , "Świat Kolei" No. 2/2012, p. 7.
  10. ↑ a b J. Chiżyński: Dm101 po remoncie / Lxd2 na BKL , "Świat Kolei" No. 8/2006, p. 7.

Web links

Commons : Waldbahn Bieszczady  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '44.9 "  N , 22 ° 14' 9.7"  E