Galician Transversal Railway

The Galician Transversal Railway (German: Galizische Transversalbahn, Polish: Galicyjska Kolej Transwersalna) was a railway system, opened in 1884 in the province of Galicia (Austria-Hungary).

[2] The line was constructed to connect already existing lines into a continuous east-west route parallel to the main Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis route Kraków - Lwów, which would be less exposed to attacks in a war with the Russian Empire.

The railway was also supposed to activate underdeveloped mountainous areas of Galicia.

The main towns located along the route are: Before construction of the Transversal Railway began, several connections had already existed, such as: The lines built within the Transversal Railway project totaled 577 kilometers and these were: This Polish rail-related article is a stub.

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