Lokalna Kolej Drezynowa

The construction of railway line No. 103 was dictated by the need to connect the industrialised area of Trzebinia with Skawce, from where it was possible to travel by rail to the southern and western parts of what was then Galicia. The founder of this project was Count Andrzej Potocki of Krzeszowice. At the end of the 19th century, the Potocki family owned a mine, steelworks and a refinery in Trzebinia. The new railway line was needed to supply these enterprises and transport their products.

The concession for the construction of the Wadowice-Skawce Local Railway was granted to Juliusz Siegler from Eberswalde, the administrator of the Tenczyn estate belonging to the Potocki family. The document announcing the issuance of permits, legal and technical conditions, and the deadling for the completion of the investment is the Journal of Laws for the kingdoms and countries represented in the State Council published on 7 April 1897. The content of the concession is written in the languages of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, including Polish.

After agreeing on the details of the railway line and connections at transport hubs, preliminary work began in 1897. At that time, Juliusz Siegler developed a plan to finance the investment based on funds entrusted by Potocki and on the issue of shares and bank loans. The construction itself proceeded smoothly, with the work being mainly manual and transport being provided by horse-drawn carts. The engineering structures were built by Italian and German workers under the supervision of engineers. An interesting fact is that the guardian of the monastery in Alwernia complained that it was difficult to find workers for the monastery tower being built at the time because the railway paid its employees so well.

In June 1899, just before the completion of the line, a flood occured, causing the local Regulka River to wash away 50 metres of track. Repair work was carried out very quickly and on 15 August 1899, the first train passed through Regulice. From the very beginning of the line's operation, the locations of two stops were established: the first was Oblaszki (located at the site of the current Nieporaz border stop), and the second was the Regulice-Alwernia station (the current home station). From its early years, the railway line was used to transport coal and metallurgical products. Wood for the mine and mineral raw materials were brought to Trzebinia.

Passenger traffic was low at the beginning of the line's existence. This was due to the small number of rolling stock, expensive tickets and long travel times. In the interwar period, the railway was incorporated into PKP (Polish National Railways). This resulted in an increase in passenger and freight traffic. During the war, the railway was used by the Germans in the same way.

In 1957, the Oblaszki passenger stop was moved, creating a new one called Regulice Górne (Upper Regulice), located closer to the buildings. The Regulice-Alwernia station was renamed Regulice, while the former Kwaczała stop was renamed Alwernia. In 1982, the Trzebinia-Bolęcin section was electrified, in 1989 - the Spytkowice-Wadowice section, and in 1991 - the Bolęcin-Spytkowice section.

On 1 January 1988, train services on the Wadowice-Skawce section were suspended due to the construction of a dam in Świnna Poręba. The tracks were dismantled and the existing bridge was adapted for road traffic. In 2002, passenger traffic on the Trzebinia-Wadowice route was closed, in 2003 the overhead contact line was removed on the Trzebinia-Spytkowice section, and at the end of 2012 on the Spytkowice-Wadowice section. Currently, freight traffic takes place on the Spytkowice-Okleśna section (to the Chemical Plant in Alwernia).

Another interesting fact is that in the 1970s, the "Tatry" express train ran on this route. Travelling on this route, it bypassed Kraków in order to reach Zakopane faster.

Based on the monograph Regulice: historia, tradycja, współczesność (Regulice: history, tradition, present day) by Kazimierz Kulczyk and the book Koleje Lokalne Zachodniej Małopolski (Railways of Western Lesser Poland) by Marek Ćwikła.