Piaseczno and Grójec Narrow-gauge Railway

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The Piaseczno and Grójec Narrow-gauge Railway (Polish: Piaseczyńska Kolej Wąskotorowa), until 2004 known as the Grójec Commuter Railway (Polish: Grójecka Kolej Dojazdowa) is the tourist narrow-gauge railway service in Warsaw, Poland, operated by the Piaseczno–Grójec Narrow-Gauge Railway Society, with the metre-gauge railway (1,000 mm) line. It was originally opened in 1900, and operated as a local transit railway line in Warsaw and it suburbia. Currently, most of the historical lines has been closed, with the remaining stations serving as a tourist attraction.^[1]^[2]

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References

^ Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 343.
^ Ryszard Mączewski: Warszawa między wojnami. Łódź: Księży Młyn, p. 61. ISBN 978-83-61253-51-8.

v t e Narrow-gauge railways in Poland
Operational	Bieszczady Ełk Gniezno Upper Silesian (Górnośląskie) Piaseczno (Grójecka) Seaside (Nadmorska, Gryficka) Kalisz Koszalin Mława Vistula (Nadwiślańska / Nałęczów) Przeworsk Białowieża Forest (Hajnówka) Rogów Sochaczew Starachowice Śmigiel Środa (Średzka) Świętokrzyska Wigry Żnin Żuławy
Closed	Bydgosko-Wyrzyska Hrubieszowska Krośniewicka Stargardzka
Lifted	Balkan Bełżec – Trawniki Bialska Białogardzka Częstochowski Obszar Rudonośny Dobre Kujawskie – Aleksandrów Kujawski Garbów Gdańska Jabłonowska Jarocińska Krotoszyńska Lublin Marecka Nasielska Opalenicka Ostrołęcka Pionki Piotrkowska Sompolińska Warszawa Wawer – Zegrze Wieluńska Wrocławska Struga Warszawska – Izabelin Zagnańsk Zwierzyniec – Biłgoraj
Park Railways	Chorzów Cichowo Krośnice Maltanka (Poznań) Myślęcin (Bydgoszcz) Ogrodzieniec Ostrów Wlkp.
Active Industrial	Cegielnia Bielowice Nowy Sącz Kopalnia miedzi Lubin Kopalnia miedzi Polkowice
Closed Industrial	Cukrownia Brześć Kujawski Cukrownia Zbiersk Cukrownia Ostrowite KWK Kazimierz-Juliusz Huta Florian Cementownia Odra Huta Pokój
Military	Rejon Umocniony Hel Toruń
Museums	Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja

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