Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants
(metro area 269,000 inhabitants) as of June 2009. The city has been situated in
the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the
capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the
strategic east-west connection from Lwów to Kraków. Also, from Tarnów two
additional lines stem - a southwards main line to the Slovak border via Stróże,
as well as a minor northwards line to Szczucin (now defunct)
