Varsovia (train)

Varsovia
Overview
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 (1993-05-23)
Last service 29 September 2002 (2002-09-29)
(but revived in 2012)
Successor Berlin-Warszawa-Express /
Operational
Route
Start Warszawa Wschodnia
End 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 12 in)
Electrification 25 kV AC, 50 Hz (Poland)

Varsovia, the New 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

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

References

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