Railway musings south of Warsaw

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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Sadness at the death of Tadeusz Mosz

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I rose this morning to several SMSs informing me of the death of Tadeusz Mosz, the Polish radio and TV journalist, economic commentator and ...
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Hotel room with a railway view

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Imagine staying in a hotel overlooking the platforms at Warszawa Centralna station - the continual racket of muffled announcements of train ...
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Weatherwise, it's such a lovely day!

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The perfect day for taking off from Warsaw's Okęcie airport and looking at Mazowsze from the air. I'm off to Glasgow for three days....
Monday, 3 February 2014

Sorry, takie mamy koleje

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My train to work today arrived on time - all was going smoothly until the train approached W-wa Zachodnia station. The train stood still at ...
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Saturday, 1 February 2014

Snowdrifts and trains in winter

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I have written before ( here and here ) about the danger of snowdrifts on railway lines and how PKP's answer has been to erect wooden f...
Friday, 31 January 2014

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it

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And January 2014 rolls round to a close, Lent is still a long way off (starting 5 March). But I kicked off the New Year with healthy resolut...
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Thursday, 30 January 2014

Protecting Poland's railways - or not

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Regular travellers on Poland's railway network will have observed the railway guard - Straż Ochrony Kolei - a strange institution - nei...
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Plac Zbawiciela, lunchtime, winter

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Plac Zbawiciela lies near the southern end of Śródmieście Południowe, Warsaw's city centre south. Here lies the Church of the Holiest Sa...