#regionalrail — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #regionalrail, aggregated by home.social.
-
Before I go into the objections, let's see how things are laid out:
The voivodeship divided the order into three lots, all mostly centered on Olsztyn, its capital:
- Lot I - "Internal" - covering electric trains to Elbląg and Ełk via Korsze-Giżycko, and also diesel trains Korsze-Bartoszyce when that reopens in 2028 (hopefully)
- Lot II - "Diesel" - covering trains to Braniewo, Ełk via Szczytno-Pisz, Ostrołęka, the airport near Szymany, NEW trains from Ełk to Olecko (they're reopening that in 2027? huh), and on the middle east-west line that is to reopen for passenger traffic in June 2027 up to Mrągowo and in June 2028 to Ełk via Mikołajki
- Lot III - "Interregional Axis" - covering electric trains to Działdowo, Iława and Jabłonowo Pomorskie, as well as along the Warsaw-Gdańsk mainline between Działdowo and Iława, so everything south-west of Olsztyn (how did I manage to miswrite this so hard)Here's a Paint-quality map of these for the more visual-minded:
-
The Podlachian Voivodeship would be very interested in trains returning to Białowieża, known for the deep forests home to the barely-brought-back-from-exinction-in-the-wild european bison or żubr. As long as the state takes the line back from it, repairs it, and supplements the anemic offer they're going to provide with InterCitys, that is: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/podlaskie-proponuje-pociagi-dalekobiezne-do-bialowiezy--152909.html
-
The newly-restored line to Łomża will only have three pairs of regional trains on weekends (four on working days) - less than the four required by the terms of the Kolej Plus scheme covering the investment. The voivodeship justifies this with 'continuing works' and claims that the proper minimum service will be run - once the project is really done: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/podlaskie-tylko-trzy-pociagi-regionalne-do-lomzy-w-weekendy-152778.html
-
I like that headline: Podlachia: Another Declaration Of End Of Rolling Stock Issues
(It got bad enough that they were running short DMUs on mainline EMU routes. After they said they would have it all under control half a year ago)