Eastern National Railway (Austria)

Railways in Germany and Neighbouring Countries in 1849; bold lines = working,
narrow lines = projected or in construction

The k.k. Östliche Staatsbahn (ÖStB, English: Imperial and Royal Eastern National Railway) was a national railway company in the Cisleithania part of Habsburg Austria. It was founded in 1850 on the base of the Cracow and Upper Silesia Railway (German: Krakau-Oberschlesische Bahn; Polish: Kolej Krakowsko-Górnośląska, opened in 1847) for the purpose to build up a railway network in the crown land of Galicia and Ladomiria. In 1858 the company was resolved, and its network was divided among companies in private property. All its lines west of Cracow were left to the Northern Railway, while all its lines east of Cracow were left to the new founded Galician Railway (Ger.: Galizische Carl-Ludwig-Bahn, CLB, Pol.: Kolej galicyjska im. Karola Ludwika).

Lines of the company:

Cracow – Mysłowice (taken over from the Cracow and Upper Silesian Railway)
Trzebinia – Oświęcim, opened 1856, link from the upper to the Northern Railway
Cracow – Bierzanów – Podłeże – Dębica, 1856
Bierzanów – Wieliczka, 1857
Dębica – Rzeszów, completed in 1858 by the CLB

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