Varsovia (train)
Appearance
Overview | |
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Service type | EuroCity (EC) (1993–2002) (and since 2012) |
Status | Absorbed by Berlin-Warszawa-Express / Operational |
Locale | Poland Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary |
First service | 23 May 1993 |
Last service | 29 September 2002 (but revived in 2012) |
Successor | Berlin-Warszawa-Express / Operational |
Route | |
Termini | Warszawa Wschodnia Berlin (1993–2002) / Budapest Keleti (since 2012) |
Service frequency | Daily |
Train number(s) | EC 40/41 (1993–2002) EC 131/130 (since 2012) |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz (Hungary) |
Varsovia, the Neo-Latin word for Warsaw, Poland, has been the name of two distinct EuroCity international express trains, each of them originating and terminating in Warsaw.
Routes
[edit]The first Varsovia ran between Warsaw and Berlin, Germany. Introduced in 1993, it was absorbed, minus its name, into the EuroCity Berlin-Warszawa-Express service in 2002.
In 2012, a second Varsovia was introduced to link Warsaw with Budapest, Hungary, as an extended replacement for the EC Moravia, which had run only between Ostrava in the Czech Republic and Budapest.[1]
See also
[edit]- Vindobona (train)
- History of rail transport in the Czech Republic
- History of rail transport in Germany
- History of rail transport in Poland
- History of rail transport in Slovakia
- List of EuroCity services
- List of named passenger trains of Europe
References
[edit]- ^ "Newslines: Advance details of services from December 9 - International". www.europebyrail.eu. Thomas Cook Publishing. November 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
Categories:
- EuroCity
- International named passenger trains
- Named passenger trains of the Czech Republic
- Named passenger trains of Germany
- Named passenger trains of Hungary
- Named passenger trains of Poland
- Named passenger trains of Slovakia
- Railway services introduced in 1993
- Railway services discontinued in 2002
- Railway services introduced in 2012