Polish National Railway's Structure in 1939
In the summer of 1939, the PKP was divided into eight regions - Warsaw, Toruń, Poznań, Katowice, Cracow, Radom, Lwów and Wilno, with PKP's headquarters located in Warsaw. Also, for practical purposes, PKP was divided into five communications districts and every train in the timetable was numbered according to the district within which it operated. The districts were as follows:
- First - North-West, starting with the 278 km route Warsaw - Mława - Grudziądz - Laskowice Pomorskie (timetable route number 101),
- Second - West, starting with the 379 km route Warsaw - Kutno - Poznań - Zbąszyń (timetable route number 201),
- Third - South-West, starting with the 318 km route Warsaw - Koluszki - Ząbkowice - Katowice (timetable route number 301),
- Fourth - South-East, starting with the 491 km route Warsaw - Radom - Skarżysko - Rozwadów - Przemyśl - Lwów (timetable route number 401),
- Fifth - North-East, starting with the 571 km route Warsaw - Białystok - Wilno - Turmont (timetable route number 501).
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