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Piaseczno and Grójec Narrow-gauge Railway

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Piaseczno railway station.

ThePiaseczno and Grójec Narrow-gauge Railway(Polish:Piaseczyńska Kolej Wąskotorowa), until 2004 known as theGrójec Commuter Railway(Polish:Grójecka Kolej Dojazdowa) is the touristnarrow-gauge railwayservice inWarsaw,Poland,operated by the Piaseczno–Grójec Narrow-Gauge Railway Society, with themetre-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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  1. ^Encyklopedia Warszawy.Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 343.
  2. ^Ryszard Mączewski: Warszawa między wojnami. Łódź: Księży Młyn, p. 61. ISBN 978-83-61253-51-8.