Strzała Bałtyku Explained

Strzała Bałtyku (English: Baltic Arrow) was an express train of the Polish State Railroads, which in the interbellum period travelled from Warsaw, via Laskowice Pomorskie, to Hel, crossing the distance within 6 hours and 50 minutes.[1]

After the war, the train continued service on a changed, shorter route, going in the early 1960s from Warsaw to Gdynia in 4 hours and 18 minutes.[2] The 1960s train, which used steam engines, was faster than contemporary InterCity Express Kaszub, which takes 4 hours and 26 minutes.

Route

1937–1939

Early 1960s

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: W pogoni za luxtorpedą rp.pl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718023310/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/180130_W_pogoni_za_luxtorpeda.html. 2011-07-18.
  2. http://miasta.gazeta.pl/trojmiasto/1,49421,5550856,Remont_torow_trwa__ale_co_z_pociagami_.html
  3. http://beworld.info/btpk/nazwy.htm Names of Polish trains