Warsaw–Kunowice railway

Warsaw–Kunowice railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Poland
Germany
Termini Warsaw
Kunowice and Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany)
Operation
Opened 1870 (1870)
Technical
Line length 475 km (295 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 3000 V DC
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Route number 3
Route map
 from Warszawa Wschodnia
 Warszawa Zachodnia
from Warszawa Gdańska
to Krakow and Grodzisk Mazowiecki (WKD)
to Katowice
to Katowice
 Warszawa Ursus Północny
from Warszawa Gdańska
 Warszawa Gołąbki
to Józefinów
 Ożarów Mazowiecki
 Płochocin
 Błonie
 Boża Wola
 Seroki
 Teresin Niepokalanów
 Piasecznica
 Sochaczew
 Kornelin
 Leonów
 Kęszyce
 Jasionna Łowicka
 Bednary
 Mysłaków
to Skierniewice and Łódź
to Łódź
 Łowicz Główny
 Niedźwiada Łowicka
 Słudźwia
 Jackowice
 Zosinów
 Żychlin
 Złotniki Kutnowskie
 Stara Wieś
 Sklęczki
from Łódź
 Kutno
to Sierpc
to Toruń
 Azory
 Nowe Kutnowskie
 Krzewie
 Turzynów
 Kłodawa
 from Inowrocław to Chorzów
 Barłogi
 Koło
 Budki Nowe
 Kramsk
 Patrzyków
from Kazimierz Biskupi
 Konin
 Konin Zachód
 Kawnice
 Spławie
 Cienin Kościelny
 Cienin
 Słupca
from Powidz Airport
 Strzałkowo
 Wólka
 Otoczna
 Gutowo Wielkopolskie
to Września
 from Gniezno to Jarocin
from Września
 Podstolice
 Nekla
 Gułtowy
 Kostrzyn Wielkopolski
 Paczkowo
 Swarzędz
to Poznań Franowo freight yard
 Poznań Antoninek
from Inowrocław
from Gołańcz
 Poznań Wschód
 Poznań Garbary
from Szczecin and Piła
 Poznań Główny
to Jarocin
to Wrocław
from Jarocin
 Poznań Górczyn
 Poznań Junikowo
 Poznań Plewiska
 Palędzie
 Dopiewo
 Otusz
 Buk
 Wojnowice Wielkopolskie
to Kościan
 Opalenica
 Porażyn
 Sątopy
 Nowy Tomyśl
 Jastrzębsko
 Chrośnica
from Leszno
from Międzychód
 Zbąszyń
from Gorzów Wielkopolski
 Zbąszynek
to Gubin
 Szczaniec
 Kupienino
 Świebodzin
to Sulechów
 Wilkowo Świebodzińskie
 Mostki
 Bucze
from Międzyrzecz
 Toporów
 Drzewce
 Torzym
 Boczów
from Międzyrzecz
from Wrocław
 Rzepin
to Szczecin
 from Szczecin to Wrocław
 Kunowice
to Cybinka
 Słubice
 Border Poland / Germany
 Frankfurt (Oder)
 to Berlin

The Warsaw–Kunowice railway is a Polish 475-kilometre long railway line, that connects Warsaw with Lowicz, Kutno, Poznań and further to the Polish-German border at Frankfurt an der Oder.

The line is one of the longest and most important routes in Poland and is part of the European E20 (Berlin - Moscow) route.

Opening

The first calls for a railway between Poznań and Frankfurt (Oder) were in 1842 when an appeal was made to landowners along the route. However, the line did not come to fruition, due to the deposition of a decision on the matter by the government of Prussia. Eventually the line was opened in stages from 1870.

Between 1925 and 1930 the course of the section Chlastawa - Dąbrówka Zbąska changed in connection with the construction of the station in Zbąszynek. The original section of the line, built in 1870, remained active until the reconstruction of the Zbąszynek–Gorzów Wielkopolski railway as a temporary course of the line to Gorzow Wielkopolski.[1] In Poznan and Września the course of the line has also been changed over the years.

Route

The town of Września has a bypass which is used by express trains, with a number of services leaving the line to serve the station in Września and rejoin the main line again afterwards.

Modernisation

Between 1998 and 2007 the route underwent considerable modernisation because of its importance as part of route E20. The work made it possible for passenger trains to travel at 160 km/h, freight trains at 120 km/h. This involved improving the track, catenary, stations, level crossings and signalling.

Usage

The line sees trains of all categories (EuroCity, EuroNight, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).

See also

References

  1. ↑

Media related to Warsaw–Kunowice railway at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.