Przeworsk

This line dates from the first years of the twentieth century, when Malopolskie Towarzystwo SA of Lwow built a 760mm gauge line (this part of Poland was then ruled by Austria) from Przeworsk (on the standard gauge Rzeszow – Przemysl line) 46km to Dynow. After the First World War the line was taken over by PKP. It has the only tunnel on a narrow gauge railway in Poland, near Jawornik Polski, being 602m long and passing 30m under the ground. In 1989 the line was quoted as 750mm gauge and carrying 12,669 passengers and 79,454 tons of freight. In 1991 it was registered as a monument by the local authority.

In recent years freight was carried (standard gauge wagons on ‘Rollwagen’) from Przeworsk to Kanczuga and Jawornik Polski, but only low wagons could reach Dynow, and there does not appear to have been any freight beyond the tunnel for some time. There were reports of sugar beet being carried in standard gauge wagons (the narrow gauge connection to the sugar works at Przeworsk having been broken a few years ago) but a visit in autumn 1998 was a few days too early to verify these reports.

PKP ran tourist trains on the line, with a single working each way on summer weekends. In July 1999 a festival at Dynow led to a special train being run, and the unprecedented sight of this train crossing the timetable service at Manasterz. Following the end of PKP's narrow gauge operations it was initially suggested that the local authority would take over the line, with Connex as operator. However, negotiations with Connex appear to have been unsuccessful and it is now understood that SKPL are the operator, with trains running at weekends through the summer, and plans for freight traffic in 2003.

Other web sites featuring Przeworsk:

Paul Engelbert's site (German language): http://www.fortunecity.de/lindenpark/bruecke/549/polen.htm

Milosz Mazurek's site (Polish language): http://www.kolej.pl/~milosz/pkd/


Oct98	Oct98	Oct98
The narrow gauge station is directly oppersite the standard hauge.	This rail-car has now moved to the Upper Silesia system	Large numbers of transporter wagons await loads.

Oct98	Oct98	Oct98
Kanczugo appears to be the busiest station on teh line	Dynow station with a display of rolling stock	Jawornic Polski appears to be the limit pf freight working.

July99	July99
Passinger train at Jawornic Polski	Passinger trains passing at Manasterz