Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning – Where cold and warm air masses meet, just like the border of the great empires, we can witness the unimaginable. So it is at the Polish–Ukrainian border, where the European 1435 mm and the Russian 1520 mm railway gauges intertwine. It used to be a major railway line of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but this section lies today on Ukrainian territory. However, the standard gauge track has been preserved, so in theory, standard gauge trains could still run along the full route, connecting Zagórz and Przemyśl. In practice, they don’t, Polish trains only run as far as this station. -- Khyriv, 8 May 2010, 16:41