Bytom – Wrocław railway line

Bytom – Wrocław Główny Beuthen (Oberschles.) Hbf – Breslau Hbf
Route number :	132
Course book range :	220
Route length:	163.676 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend from Chorzów Stary (Chorzow) 17.365 Bytom (Beuthen (Oberschles.) Hbf) 290 m Piekary Śląskie Szarlej – Chorzów Stary (Scharley – Chorzow) to Radzionków (Radzionkau) Bytom Karb – Bytom narrow-gauge railway Sidings Bytom – Ruda Orzegów ( Bytom – Orzegow) Bytom Bobrek by Bytom from Radzionków (Radzionkau) 20.052 Bytom Bobrek (Bobrek Stsbf, 1943 Bobrek) 288 m Connection to the Miechowice coal mine Connection to the Pstrowski coal mine by Ruda Orzegów (Orzegow) Connection to the coking plant 23,160 Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk Stsbf, 1943 Borsigwerk) 278 m Nowy Karb – Maciejów Śląski narrow-gauge railway State road 88 to Gliwice (Gleiwitz) State road 88 Upper Silesian dirt track Connection to the Mikulczyce mine Upper Silesian dirt track 28.257 Zabrze Mikulczyce (Mikultschütz, 1943 Klausberg; until 1996) 255 m Connection Bumar after Tworóg Brynek (Brunneck) State road 78 30.328 Czekanów Wieś (1947–1996) 248 m Autobahn 1 32,213 Czekanów Śląski (Schakanau; until 1996) 247 m 34.752 Przezchlebie (? –1996) 252 m from Gliwice (Gleiwitz) 40.110 0.000 Pyskowice (Peiskretscham) 223 m drama State road 40 4,964 Pyskowice Miasto 225 m 44.767 Paczyna (Patschin, 1943 Hartlingen) 231 m Toszek Północ – Rudziniec Gliwicki to Lubliniec (Lublinitz) 49.920 Toszek (Tost) 230 m 53.837 Ligota Toszecka (since 1960) 246 m 56.249 Kotulin (since 1979) 254 m Silesian and Opole Voivodeships 59.118 Błotnica Strzelecka (Blottnitz, 1943 Quellengrund) 245 m State Road 94 from Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin) Connection to the limestone quarry 66.931 Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) 230 m Agromet connection to Fosowskie (Vossowska) State Road 94 73.004 Szymiszów (Schimischow, 1943 Heuerstein) 221 m Connection to the airport 80.523 Kamien Śląski (Great Stone) 188 m Connection to the limestone quarry 84,585 Tarnów Opolski (Tarnau) 175 m from Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin) Sidings 0.000 95.769 Opole Groszowice (Groschowitz) 167 m to Opole Wschodnie (Opole East) Connection mine by Fosowskie (Vossowska) by Fosowskie and Jełowa (Jellowa) Opole Główne Towarowe (since 1948) 4,154 99,322 Opole Główne (Opole, 1943 Opole central station; wedge station ) 158 m Or (twice) State road 45 101.331 Opole Zachodnie (1936 Stefanshöh, 1943 Opole West; since 1936) 157 m to Nysa (Neisse) from Nysa Opole Zachodnie OPZ Sidings 107.030 Chróścina Opolska (1943 Reisern; since 1925) 154 m State road 46 112,385 Dąbrowa Niemodlińska (Dambrau; former train station) 163 m 119.858 Przecza (Arnsdorf (Oberschles.); Former train station) 150 m Nysa Kłodzka (Glatzer Neisse) Connection to the sugar factory 124.715 Lewin Brzeski (Lions) 151 m 130.041 Łosiów (Lossen; former train station) 170 m by Nysa (Neisse) State Road 94 Sidings 139.447 Brzeg (Brieg) 148 m State road 39 to Strzelin (Strehlen (Schles.)) 148.076 Lipki (Linden; since 1885; former train station) 141 m Opole and Lower Silesia Voivodeships Ohlauer Kleinbahn Sidings Oława Dworzec Mały (Ohlau Klbf) 134 m State Road 94 154.513 Oława (Ohlau) 134 m Oława (Ohle) 161.866 Lizawice (Leisewitz; former train station) 127 m 167.205 Zębice Wrocławskie (Sambowitz, 1943 Seydlitzaue; since 1882; formerly Bf) 122 m 170.974 Święta Katarzyna (Kattern) 122 m from Jelcz-Laskowice (Laskowitz-Beckern) from Jelcz-Laskowice 173.12 Wrocław Brochów WBA 175.726 Wrocław Brochów (Brockau; since 1858) 122 m to the Wrocław Stadium junction State Road 94 Sidings von Strzelin (Strehlen (Schles.)) by Kobierzyce (Koberwitz) Wrocław Główny Towarowy (since 1856) 121 m State road 98 181.041 Wrocław Główny (Wrocław Central Station) 123 m to Leszno (Lissa) and Głogów (Glogau)

The railway Bytom-Wroclaw or Bytom-Wroclaw is a double track and electrified railway in the Polish provinces of Silesia , Opole and Lower Silesia , which, however, between Zabrze Biskupice and Pyskowice is shut down.

course

Opole Główne Railway Station (2015)

Wrocław Główny Railway Station (2012)

The route begins at Bytom station ( Bytom (Oberschles.) Hbf; km 17.365) on the Chorzów – Tczew railway line and runs westwards via Bytom Bobrek (Bobrek Stsbf; km 20.052) to Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk Stsbf; km 23.160), where the railway line is Zabrze Biskupice – Gliwice , business continuation begins. This is where the disused section of the Bytom – Wrocław line begins and leads via Zabrze Mikulczyce (Mikultschütz; km 28.257), formerly the start of the Zabrze Mikulczyce – Tworóg Brynek railway , to Pyskowice (Peiskretscham; km 40.110). This is where the Gliwice – Pyskowice railway ends , which merges into the part of the Bytom – Wrocław line that is still in operation. A branch line to Pyskowice Miasto also began here from 1964 to 2000. At the next train station, Paczyna (Patschin; km 44.803), the Pyskowice – Lubliniec line branches off . In the long-distance train station Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz; km 66.931) the former Kędzierzyn-Koźle-Kluczbork railway line is crossed. The Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Opole railway ends in the Opole Groszowice station (Groschowitz; km 95.679) and the Opole – Wrocław railway begins (via Jelcz-Laskowice). This is followed by the Opole Główne long-distance train station (Opole Central Station; km 99.322), where the Tarnowskie Góry – Opole railway ends and the Opole – Namysłów railway begins, and the Opole – Nysa railway begins across the Oder . The nearest long-distance train station is Brzeg (Brieg; km 139.447), the end of the Nysa – Brzeg railway and the beginning of the former Brzeg – Łagiewniki Dzierżoniowskie railway ; then Oława (Ohlau; km 154,313), end point of the former Ohlauer Kleinbahn . The line ends in Wrocław Główny station (Wrocław Central Station ; km 181.041), including the start of the Wrocław – Poznań railway line .

State of development

The line is double-tracked and electrified, but it is impassable between Zabrze Biskupice and Pyskowice .

Between Bytom and Zabrze Biskupice (km 23.619) the maximum speed for both passenger and freight trains is thirty to one hundred kilometers per hour, between Pyskowice (km 40.580) and Opole Groszowice mostly one hundred and twenty, for freight trains seventy to one hundred and twenty. From Opole Główne railway station (km 99.322) to Święta Katarzyna (km 172.600), the maximum speed for passenger trains is almost always one hundred and sixty for freight trains; then to Wrocław Główny railway station (km 181.041) ninety to one hundred and twenty for passenger trains and eighty for freight trains.

history

Railway network around Wroclaw in 1849

As the first section of today's line, the section Breslau - Ohlau was opened by the Upper Silesian Railway on May 22, 1842 as the first railway line in present-day Poland, on August 3, 1842 the continuation to Brieg , on May 29, 1843 to Opole west of the Oder, the Oderbrücke and the following section to Groschowitz were only used from November 2, 1845, thus simultaneously with the continuation to Kosel . The line was soon expanded to two tracks.

On October 27, 1872, the section Beuthen - Borsigwerk was opened together with the continuation to Gleiwitz by the Upper Silesian Railway (OSE), since 1857 under state administration. On October 2, 1878, the Groschowitz– Groß Strehlitz section was opened by the OSE, Tost was reached on May 15, 1879 , and Peiskretscham on August 15 . The gap between Borsigwerk and Peiskretscham was closed on May 15, 1880. The line was completely expanded to two-track.

After the Second World War , large parts of the German eastern territories had to be ceded to Poland, so that the line came to the Polish State Railways (PKP) . These electrified the line between Pyskowice and Opole until October 3, 1960 together with the line from Gliwice , and since December 15 of the same year the line to Wroclaw has been electrically operated. On December 31, 1979 the section Zabrze Biskupice –Pyskowice was electrified, on December 23, 1980 the remaining section Bytom –Zabrze Biskupice together with the continuation to Gliwice .

Passenger traffic between Zabrze Biskupice and Pyskowice was discontinued in 1996, this section was then shut down and de-electrified, and passenger traffic between Bytom and Zabrze Biskupice was discontinued in 2001, has since been resumed and discontinued.

On December 4, 1964, a branch line from Pyskowice to Pyskowice Miasto was opened electrified. Passenger traffic on this was stopped on April 3, 2000; it was shut down on November 23, 2000.

Literature and web links

Commons : Bytom – Wrocław railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8
• Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Station name in 1917 and 1943
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} According to Stankiewicz / Stiasny
3. ↑ ^{a b} Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from December 6, 2017