Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway
Saint Petersburg Pskov Russia–Latvia Daugavpils Latvia–Lithuania Vilnius Lithuania–Belarus Hrodna Belarus–Poland Białystok Warsaw

The Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway is a 1,333 km (828 mi) long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe. At the time the entire railway was within Russia, as Warsaw was under a Russian partition of Poland. Due to territorial changes, the line now lies within five countries and crosses the eastern border of the European Union three times. Therefore no passenger trains follow the entire route.

[edit] History

The construction, started in 1851, was completed in 1862. It was built with Russian gauge. The portion between Vilnius and Warsaw was rebuilt in the standard gauge in the 1920s when that area belonged to Poland. The railway was partly destroyed during both world wars.

[edit] References

"Line Riga – Valka celebrates 120 years". Latvian State Railways. http://www.ldz.lv/?object_id=3925. Retrieved 2009-07-28. "In 1907 Baltic Railway was merged with St.Petersburg – Warsaw Railway and was made the Northwest Railways"