In the inter-war period, Lviv (known then as Lwów) was one of the most important hubs of the Polish State Railways. The Lwów junction consisted of four stations in mid-1939 – main station "Lwów Główny" (now ), Lwów Kleparów (now "Lviv Klepariv"), "Lwów Łyczaków" (now "Lviv Lychakiv"), and "Lwów Podzamcze" (now "Lviv Pidzamche"). In August 1939 just before World War II, 73 trains departed daily from the Main Station including 56 local and 17 fast trains. Lwów was directly connected with all major centres of the Second Polish Republic as well as such cities as Berlin, Bucharest, and Budapest.