In September 1926, workers working on a new railway line between Veselí nad Moravou and Nový Mesto nad Váhom met under Polana Mountain. At that time, the longest railway tunnel in Czechoslovakia was drilled, an extraordinary technical feat of 2,423 meters long. Its construction employed fifteen hundred people and was not without tragedy.
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In September 1926, workers working on a new railway line between Veselí nad Moravou and Nový Mesto nad Váhom met under Polana Mountain. At that time, the longest railway tunnel in Czechoslovakia was drilled, an extraordinary technical feat of 2,423 meters long. Its construction employed fifteen hundred people and was not without tragedy.