 With the improvement of the railway network in Germany, Graudenz transiently lost its meaning as an important trading place for grain.In 1878 the railway line Goßlershausen—Graudenz was opened.After the construction of a railroad bridge across the Vistula in 1878, in 1879 the railway line Graudenz—Laskowitz was opened in addition, and 
Graudenz became a rapidly growing industrialized city.