Varsovia (train)

Varsovia

Varsovia train near Ostrava, 2014
Overview
Service type	EuroCity (EC) (1993–2002) (and since 2012)
Status	Absorbed by Berlin-Warszawa-Express / Operational
Locale	Poland Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary
First service	23 May 1993 (1993-05-23)
Last service	29 September 2002 (2002-09-29) (but revived in 2012)
Successor	Berlin-Warszawa-Express / Operational
Route
Termini	Warszawa Wschodnia Berlin (1993–2002) / Budapest Keleti (since 2012)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	EC 40/41 (1993–2002) EC 131/130 (since 2012)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC, 50 Hz (Hungary)

Varsovia, the Neo-Latin word for Warsaw, Poland, has been the name of two distinct EuroCity international express trains, each of them originating and terminating in Warsaw.

Routes

The first Varsovia ran between Warsaw and Berlin, Germany. Introduced in 1993, it was absorbed, minus its name, into the EuroCity Berlin-Warszawa-Express service in 2002.

In 2012, a second Varsovia was introduced to link Warsaw with Budapest, Hungary, as an extended replacement for the EC Moravia, which had run only between Ostrava in the Czech Republic and Budapest.^[1]

See also

• Vindobona (train)
• History of rail transport in the Czech Republic
• History of rail transport in Germany
• History of rail transport in Poland
• History of rail transport in Slovakia
• List of EuroCity services
• List of named passenger trains of Europe

References

1. "Newslines: Advance details of services from December 9 - International". www.europebyrail.eu. Thomas Cook Publishing. November 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.