ELECTRIFICATION OF THE WEJHEROWO-TCZEW RAILROAD LINE

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006500070008-8
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2
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December 21, 2016
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March 20, 2008
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8
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June 15, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/03/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500070008-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This matmW ooatatne lnfa,m.poa .laetllt! tba No- ttanai Dafm= of the United /MOs wlthfa the meaa- ins of the iplooate Laws. Title it. U.B.C. ft". 7IS and M. the toatmudm or revelation of which in w manger to an unautl.rlod 1ar.oa L peohthtM by law. INFORMATION REPORT REPORT Electrification of the Wejherowo-Tozew Railroad Line DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAQES 2 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 15 June 1955 25X1 1. The sector of the Wejherowo (K 54-36, E 18-14) -Tczew (N 54-06, E 18-.L8) railroad line from Gdynia to Gdansk (Danzig) has been completed. The line is now in commission. 2. The following work has been completed on the 11-kilometer sector between Gdansk and Pruszcz (N 51i.-16, E 18-38): a. The original embankment has been widened on the east side so that it can take four railroad tracks, two for steam- driven trains and two for electric trains. The vo rk of building the new embankment was done by the SP (Service for Poland). b. A second railroad bridge across the Radunia River has been built at Sw. Wojciech. It is very near the old bridge but is quite separate. The new bridge is 10 meters long and is made of reinforced concrete. It has three piles, one of which is in mid-river, and is built li to 2 meters above the water. c. Posts for carrying electric cables are erected along the old tracks; the work was carried out by teams of railroad men. When the line goes into commission the electric trains will run along the old tracks and the steam trains along the new. Approved For Release 2008/03/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500070008-8 3. 4. Approved For Release 2008/03/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500070008-8 The only -m rk done on the 21-kilometer sector between Pruszcz and Tozew has been the moving of the railroad telegraph line. No work has been carried out at the Pruszcz railroad station. Nor has work been done at the passenger stops between Gdansk and Pruszcz to adapt them to electric train traffic. s-E-C-a- - T Approved For Release 2008/03/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500070008-8