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After the World War II most of the communication network in Warsaw was destroyed. The streets were filled with rubble, and the tramway infrastructure was either transported to Germany by the Wehrmacht or destroyed.
However, the city entered the path of quick reconstruction and was in need of a transport network both cheap and efficient. In 1946 several dozens of troleybuses were bought in the Soviet Union and first two lines were soon opened. The trolleybuses were using a reconstructed tramway lines and the lines ran from Union of Lublin sq. (Plac Unii Lubelskiej) to Warszawa Gdanska train station and from Lazienkowska depot to the city centre (Piekna street area).
In March 1946 a second line was opened (Plac Saski-Bonifraterska), but was closed and replaced by tramways in December. However, the reconstruction of tramway net was halted, mostly for political reasons, and until 1955 5 new lines were opened, covering most of the city centre.
The last period of Warsaw troleybus comunication started in 1977, when it was decided that the existing cars could be used as a means of communication between Warsaw and the southern suburb of Piaseczno. Additional line was planned through Wilanów (now a part of the city), Powsin and Konstancin-Jeziorna . However, economical crisis made construction of the latter line impossible and only the earlier was opened on July 1, 1983.
After the system transformation of 1989 it became apparent that the trolleybuses were in dire need of replacement (those used were built in early 1950s) and that maintenance costs of running a single line were very high. On September 1, 1995 the Warsaw City Council decided that all services on the 51 and 651 lines be halted. In July 2000 the trolleybus depot in Piaseczno was closed and the remaining cars sold to Minsk and to various museums.
For detailed info on the Warsaw underground railway see: Warsaw Metro.
The first railroad reached Warsaw in 1848 (Warsaw- Vienna line). Nowadays Warsaw is one of the main railway nodes and exchange points in Poland. Cheap and fairly efficient, PKP (Polskie Koleje Panstwowe or Polish State-owned Railways) are one of the principal means of transport in Poland.
The main train station is Warszawa Centralna. Both domestic and international connections run from there to almost every city in Poland and Europe. There are also 5 additional major train stations and a number of smaller stations for suburban lines.
The railway crosses the city through a tunnel (Tunel Srednicowy). It is approximately 2.2 km long and runs directly under the city centre. It is a part of an east-west line connecting the Warszawa Zachodnia, Warszawa Centralna and Warszawa Wschodnia train stations through the tunnel and a railway bridge over the Vistula river. There are plans of converting this line into a metro.
The principal train stations are:
Warsaw is home to 2 major proffesional football clubs and a number of smaller clubs. Those currently playing in the first division (Pierwsza Liga) are Legia Warszawa and Polonia Warszawa.
Like most of Polish sport clubs, those based in Warsaw have also branches that sepcialize in other disciplines. The following lists the major sport clubs and the discipline the club is famous for:
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