A New Station for Medyka

A new Station is now open at Medyka to serve the Village and Border traffic. Situated closer to the village, and border crossing. The following photos were taken whilst the station was under construction .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final special train awaiting to depart for Hannover on the 14/04/23 from Przemyśl with 180 displaced Ukrainians. The locomotive will be changed at Frankfurt Oder before it continued to Hannover. The service was totally free to it’s passengers who were also given food and drink.

 

 

The same Train arriving at Hannover Laatzenthe following day,having travelled overnight from Poland. Note the new locomotive that took over at Frankfurt Oder.

 

 

 

The special train arriving at Frankfurt Oder bahnhof on the 11/07/22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seen at Medyka on 12.01.23  BR 232 “Ludmilla” now owned by Captrain. It was delivered to a Soviet industrial company in 1977, was only imported to Germany in 1999 and was rebuilt / modernized at ADtranz for private trains. In 2012 it was sold by  ITL to the Polish subsidiary. This machine was never used in DDR. (Thanks to Martin Schwarze for this information)

 

Captrain Polska, is one of the companies cooperating with Ukrainian Railways at the Mostiska / Medyka railway Border. Thank you Captrain

 

 

Proud to be helping Ukraine !

 

A “Ludmilla”in DR service leaving the DDR with a cross border train in the 1980’s near Lübeck Germany. (photo taken by myself)

 

Ludmilla perfection. 132 139-8 entering Berlin Zoo Garten Hbf in the late 1980’s Note the Red flag and DDR flag above the buffers (copyright unkown)

 

These Locos when in service with the DR operated both freight and passenger services.

Medyka in the News

The following was recently published in RailTech a leading industry news site. Medyka is becoming well known for its importance as a Polish Rail Centre:

As of this week, the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic (RFC NS-B) is extended to include the Polish town of Medyka in the east as well as the ports of Gent and Zeebrugge in the west. The extension means the inclusion of the cross border port area North Sea port, which consists of the ports of Gent and of Terneuzen in the Netherlands.

The RFC NS-B’s principle line runs to Gent, while Terneuzen is serviced by a so-called connecting line. The extension is aimed at solidifying the freight corridor’s role in bridging European and Asian markets, as well as improving connections between Eastern and Western European markets. In order to stream line access to the corridor, capacity can now be requested via a the so-called Corridor One Stop Shop.

The extension to the western ports was supported by Infrabel and ProRail, the Belgian and Dutch rail infrastructure managers, respectively. Connecting Medyka sits well with their Polish counterpart PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe’s diversification strategy.

RFC NS-B was set up in November 2015 and runs across eight EU countries and services 14 seaports and 257 terminals. The freight corridor consists of over 5,200 kilometres of main lines and 2.552 diversionary lines. Additionally, there are are 891 kilometres of connecting lines. A further 960 kilometers of rail is planned.

The RFC NS-B’s principle line runs to Gent, while Terneuzen is serviced by a so-called connecting line. The extension is aimed at solidifying the freight corridor’s role in bridging European and Asian markets, as well as improving connections between Eastern and Western European markets. In order to stream line access to the corridor, capacity can now be requested via a the so-called Corridor One Stop Shop.

The extension to the western ports was supported by Infrabel and ProRail, the Belgian and Dutch rail infrastructure managers, respectively. Connecting Medyka sits well with their Polish counterpart PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe’s diversification strategy.

RFC NS-B was set up in November 2015 and runs across eight EU countries and services 14 seaports and 257 terminals. The freight corridor consists of over 5,200 kilometres of main lines and 2.552 diversionary lines. Additionally, there are are 891 kilometres of connecting lines. A further 960 kilometers of rail is planned.

 

Medyka  is a village, in south-eastern Poland on the international border with Ukraine. It is situated approximately 13 km (8 miles) east of Przemyśl and 72 km (45 miles) east of the regional capital Rzeszow. Until 1948 the village belonged to the Soviet Union as part of the Drohobych Oblast. The village is well worth a visit and is home to a historic wooden church dating from 1607.

Major upgrade work is being carried out at Medyka as part of a 200 million Zloty project to improve the infrastructure in the area of border crossings, this includes new track, both European gauge and Russian gauge.

Modernisation of the Medyka district – Mościska II will cost 51 million zlotys. The project is divided into two phases , planned for implementation in 2016-2019 and 2022-2023.

Medyka is now truly an international transport hub, serving destinations such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Bremen and Rotterdam to name a few. Travellers can now connect to most of Europe from Medyka using both the long distance coach services operated by Flixbus and rail connections.

With the upgrade of both the Station and track, Medyka will hopefully soon see high speed rail services arriving and departing.

New border infrastructure is planned which will make enhance the gateway to Europe.

Our office in Przemyśl is open, where our future plans are for a Model shop, together with Frog Model Aircraft http://www.frogmodelaircraft.co.uk We are located at plac Legionów 3 in Przemyśl. opposite the main station. 

We are always happy to help travellers visiting the area . Please feel free to contact us with your requirements, using the contact us page. We will shortly be putting both Rail and coach timetable’s on the site.  Please Note: Since the start of the War in Ukraine our efforts now are to help those affected by the conflict 

 

MEDYKA BAHN MODELS

We are pleased to announce that Medyka Bahn have launched a range of model Overhead catenary masts and associated systems in H0, 00 TT and N gauge. The masts are of PKP, DB, DR, OBB prototypes. We have already produced Masts of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in England in 00 as part of the LBSCR range. We are also producing masts for South African and Rhodesian Railways. Feel free to contact us for masts from any part of the World and will do our best to produce them.

Our on-line shop is nearly ready. Click Here  for a preview of Medyka Bahn Models We also produce Signals and other items in H0 and 00

 A new working model railway is now on show in our office window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

*Obviously due to the ongoing conflict a lot of what follows is out of date. Freight traffic continues to cross the border including VIP trains ,Armour and fuel. Passenger trains still operate but take much longer to reach their destinations.

For obvious security reasons no photographs or details  of these trains will be published . (please read our announcement about this)

 

 

A  totally full local Train from Lviv seen between Medyka and Przemyśl bringing those fleeing the War to safety. This was  a regular site March and April. A special thank you to the Ukrainian and Polish Railwaymen who make this happen, they are truly Heroes.

 

Ukrainian Railways has announced is to start building European gauge track this year from Lwow to Mostyska-1 station, close to the border between Ukraine and Poland. This station already has a dual track that allows freight trains from Medyka to use this section without bogie exchange.

After running through the Mostyska – Medyka border crossing and entering Poland, the trains will use the existing standard gauge lines to  Przemyśl and the Polish network.

It is expected that Leo Express will operate Lviv-Kraków services on this route initially. We may well see PKP Pendalino’s  eventually running from Lwow to Warsaw. Ukrainian Railways expect the work to be completed within a year. 

This is further good news for the Railways of Medyka.

It is worth noting that Originally the line was standard gauge until 1945 when the Soviet Union converted it to “Russian Gauge” 

Leo Express have announced a new service to operate between Kraków and Medyka on the Ukrainian border. Passengers will be able to travel from Prague via Kraków direct to the border with Ukraine at Medyka. Leo Express only received permission to operate the route after the publication of the new timetable, so now have to look for new possible time frames, to start the service to Medyka, hopefully in the coming months.

Additionally, Leo Express has requested permission to operate between Kraków and Warsaw. The approval for this could be made within a year, the operator said. Together with Flix Bus it will soon be possible to travel to many European destinations directly from Medyka, including Berlin, Breman, Amsterdam, Paris and Rotterdam

PKP are currently upgrading passenger and border facilities at Medyka to cope with the extra demands and a new bus stand has been constructed for international services and is now operational.

A PKP Cargo Loco at a road crossing near Medyka on a beautiful June day in 2022. 

Today the Station is not only the Border Station with Ukraine but the outer border of the European Union.

© Medyka Bahn April 2024