Krakow to Przemysl this afternoon.

[AntoniC]

Flying to Krakow this morning with my 84 year old.
We are then catching the train to Przemysl for a few days so I can see where he lived during WW2 and for him to collect his birth certificate so he can apply for his Polish citizenship so he can get a Polish passport to avoid all the queues getting into Europe.
( bonus for me is that I can do the same)

 

[Gag Halfrunt]

When you're at Przemyśl Główny you should look out for Ukrainian trains, but you probably know that already.

File:Przemyśl Główny11.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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(Photo shows a UZ inter-city EMU at Przemyśl Główny.)

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Does UZ still manage to run electric trains to Przemysl?
The power network must be under great strain at the moment, from the repeated attacks on the energy system.
I did the trip from Przemysl to Lviv and Kyiv under the wires in 2019, but it's a different world today.
I see UZ has ordered another two tranches of the Hyundai Rotem express EMUs.
I spent a couple of hours between trains exploring Przemysl and thought it looked an attractive town.

 

[superalbs]

Does UZ still manage to run electric trains to Przemysl?
The power network must be under great strain at the moment, from the repeated attacks on the energy system.
I did the trip from Przemysl to Lviv and Kyiv under the wires in 2019, but it's a different world today.
I see UZ has ordered another two tranches of the Hyundai Rotem express EMUs.
I spent a couple of hours between trains exploring Przemysl and thought it looked an attractive town.

Where did you get that information?

 

[nwales58]

Where did you get that information?

't usual definitive source of news:

Ukraine to order more South Korean trainsets

UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia is negotiating to buy a further 20 Hyundai Rotem electric trainsets for Intercity+ branded services. The planned order is valued at around US$450m, including five years of maintenance, It would be financed via a preferential loan from South Korea’s...

www.railwaygazette.com

(OT: next article in RGI also tells us the JHMD lines in Czechia are in business again)

 

[AntoniC]

I must admit I wasn't looking for Ukrainian trains by the time I got to Przemysl as I started at Manchester Airport this morning at 06.25 and got to Przemysl at 14.39 on time!.
It cost approx £25.00 for me and my dad to travel first class on loco hauled stock.

 

[Cloud Strife]

When you're at Przemyśl Główny you should look out for Ukrainian trains, but you probably know that already.

Interestingly, they've started using the border crossing within the international terminal at Przemyśl Główny again. It wasn't being used before the war, as controls were being carried out on the train before departure, but now it's returned to use.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Where did you get that information?

From here (Railway Gazette):

Ukraine to order more South Korean trainsets

UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia is negotiating to buy a further 20 Hyundai Rotem electric trainsets for Intercity+ branded services. The planned order is valued at around US$450m, including five years of maintenance, It would be financed via a preferential loan from South Korea’s...

www.railwaygazette.com

UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia is negotiating to buy a further 20 Hyundai Rotem electric trainsets for Intercity+ branded services.
The planned order is valued at around US$450m, including five years of maintenance, It would be financed via a preferential loan from South Korea’s Economic Development Co-operation Fund. This is to be finalised following the Ukrainian parliament’s ratification of an inter-governmental framework agreement on August 21.

Ukrzaliznytsia Chairman Yevhen Lyashchenko said the additional trainsets would enable the launch of new daytime inter-city routes as well as an increase in existing services, increasing capacity by 6 million passengers per year.
The trains would be delivered within 18-24 months of the signing of a final agreement, and Ukrzaliznytsia said Korean manufacturers are considering partial localisation in Ukraine.

 

[reb0118]

I've recently finished reading a book on the Great Siege of Przemyśl. Very interesting. There is a large monument to the siege at Budapest.

 

[AntoniC]

Museum of Przemyśl Fortress

The Museum of the Przemyśl Fortress was founded on the initiative of members of the Society of the 3rd Historical Galician Fortress Artillery Regiment named after Prince Kinsky and is a continuation...

visit.przemysl.pl

I found and visited this small but interesting museum detailing the Przemysl forts - its well worth a visit

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My train back to Krakow this morning (11.19 Przemysl Glowny to Krakow Glowny) has a Swiss Railway Panaromic Coach for 1st class passengers attached.
I am lucky to be seated in it !

 

[30907]

My train back to Krakow this morning (11.19 Przemysl Glowny to Krakow Glowny) has a Swiss Railway Panaromic Coach for 1st class passengers attached.
I am lucky to be seated in it !

They are hired to Austrian Railways who are short of stock.

 

[nwales58]

Panoramas of the Semmering are more impressive than of the Silesian coalfields, I did most of it earlier this year.

One set I assume is now stranded shuttling in Poland beyond the catastrophe zone.

 

[route101]

Does UZ still manage to run electric trains to Przemysl?
The power network must be under great strain at the moment, from the repeated attacks on the energy system.
I did the trip from Przemysl to Lviv and Kyiv under the wires in 2019, but it's a different world today.
I see UZ has ordered another two tranches of the Hyundai Rotem express EMUs.
I spent a couple of hours between trains exploring Przemysl and thought it looked an attractive town.

I was tempted to go Przemysl. On the map it looks further from the border than I thought. Not sure how easy it is to cross the border into Ukraine, is there ea town across the border?

 

[AntoniC]

I was tempted to go Przemysl. On the map it looks further from the border than I thought. Not sure how easy it is to cross the border into Ukraine, is there ea town across the border?

There were Ukrainian coaches at Przemysl Station when I left on Thursday.
Przemysl is actually closer to the border than it looks, that's why it helped so many refugees when the war started.