Railway Święta Katarzyna – Wrocław Kuźniki

Święta Katarzyna – Wrocław Kuźniki Kattern – Breslau-Schmiedefeld
Route number :	349/750
Route length:	349: 19.061 km 750: 7.834 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3000 volts  =
Top speed:	60 km / h
Legend from Oława (Ohlau) −0.239 Święta Katarzyna (Kattern) 122 m from Jelcz-Laskowice (Laskowitz-Beckern) from Jelcz-Laskowice Wrocław Brochów WBA 3,083 4,936 Wrocław Brochów (Brockau) 120 m to Wrocław Główny (Wrocław Central Station) to Wrocław Główny to Wrocław Główny Wrocław – Strzelin (Breslau – Strehlen) after Strzelin and Sobótka Zachodnia (Ströbel) Wrocław – Strzelin and Wrocław – Sobótka Zachodnia 13,134 Wrocław Stadium branch 120 m 12.770 Wrocław Stadium branch to Wrocław Muchobór (Breslau-Klein Mochbern) to Wrocław Muchobór Wrocław Główny – Jaworzyna Śląska Wrocław Główny – Wrocław Muchobór to Wrocław Popowice (Breslau-Pöpelwitz) from Wrocław Świebodzki (Breslau Freib. Bf) from Wrocław Główny from Wrocław Zachodni (Breslau Märk. Bf) by Wrocław Popowice and Wp3 (Łąki) 17.024 Wrocław Gądów (Breslau-Mochbern) 117 m to Legnica (Liegnitz) 18,822 Wrocław Kuźniki (Wroclaw Blacksmith Field ) 118 m to Głogów (Glogau)

The Święta Katarzyna – Wrocław Kuźniki railway is an electrified railway line in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship that bypasses the Wrocław Główny station to the west.

Course and condition

The line begins at the Święta Katarzyna (Kattern) station on the Bytom – Wrocław railway line and runs parallel to it to the Wrocław Brochów freight yard , then westwards and northwards again to the Wrocław Stadion junction, northwest across the Wrocław Gądów station (Breslau-Mochbern) ) to Wrocław Kuźniki station on the Wrocław – Szczecin railway line . Feeders of their existence to and from the railway line Wroclaw-Międzylesie , railway Wroclaw-jedlina-zdrój , railway Wroclaw-Guben ( Berlin-Wrocław railway ), railway Wroclaw-Poznan and railway Kalety-Wroclaw .

Line 349 (Święta Katarzyna – Wrocław Kuźniki) is double-tracked and can be traveled at twenty to sixty kilometers per hour; the line 750 (Wrocław Brochów – Wrocław Stadion) is mostly single-track and can be traveled at thirty to forty kilometers per hour. There are thus three tracks between Wrocław Brochów and Wrocław Stadion.

history

The line was opened from 1874 to 1896, and in 1940 the second pair of tracks was opened between Brockau and today's Wrocław Stadium branch.

Only goods traffic is operated.

literature

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , p. F4

Web links

• Description of route 349 on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description of the route 750 on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)

Individual proof

1. ↑ PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from April 10, 2018.