Lviv Railways

Lviv Railways

Lviv Railways (LR) ( _uk. Львівська залізниця) headquartered in Lviv, is a composing part of Ukrzaliznytsia company. LR's route map covers all railroads of Lviv Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Volyn Oblast and Rivne Oblast.

As of 2008 LR opperates on 4521 km of track. 3207 km of track is electrificated. 354 stations are operated by LR.

History

The first railway road that was built in current territory of Ukraine was railway track Przemyśl - Lviv, which was part of the connection from Kraków. The line was constructed by Imperial Austrian State Railways and its official name was "K. K. Priv. Galizische Carl Ludwig-Bahn". It was built in 1861 under initiative of Leon Sapieha, and was 98 km long. In 1866 railway road reached Chernivtsi. In 1869 railroad Lviv - Brody was built. In 1870 railroads reached Ternopil. In 1871 LR was connected with railroads of Russian Empire. Before World War I the total length of LR railway road was 2676 km.

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External links

* [http://www.railway.lviv.ua/index.php?section=1 LR official site]
* [http://www.uz.gov.ua/?m=all.road.lviv&lng=uk Ukrzaliznytsia official site]


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