Wrocław – Szczecin railway line

Wrocław Główny – Szczecin Główny
Kostrzyn nad Odrą ( Küstrin ) railway station
Course of the PKP line 273
Route number :	273 D 49
Course book range :	PKP 265, 355, 366
Route length:	355.903 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	120 km / h
Legend by Bytom , Międzylesie and Jedlina-Zdrój 0.000 Wrocław Główny (Wrocław Central Station) 123 m 2.048 Wrocław Grabiszyn junction (Breslau-Gräbschen) 119 m to Poznan to Wałbrzych to Wrocław Gądów Freight bypass 4,900 Wrocław Muchobór (Breslau-Mochbern; since 1896) 122 m 5.255 Wrocław Muchobór junction 122 m State roads 5 and 94 to Żagań Wrocław – Żagań from Wrocław Gądów 7.184 Wrocław Kuźniki (Wroclaw Blacksmith Field ) 118 m 8,629 Wrocław Stadium (since 2011) 118 m State Road 94 Autobahn 8 connection 13,042 Wrocław Pracze (Breslau-Herrnprotsch) 115 m 20.457 Brzezinka Średzka (Little Bresa) 108 m 23.040 Czerna Mała (since 1985) 106 m 26.097 Księginice (Kniegnitz; former train station; since 1884) 107 m single track from here Or Connection PCC Rokita 30,321 Brzeg Dolny (Dyhernfurth; from here double-track again) 111 m 35,577 Łososiowice (Loßwitz; former train station; since 1884) 96 m by Malczyce 40.369 Wołów (Wohlau) 113 m 51.885 Orzeszków (since 1970) 93 m 54,553 Małowice Wołowskie (Kunzendorf; since 1884) 111 m to and from Rawicz 56.197 Ścinawa Odra junction Or Landesstrasse 36 from the port 58.720 Ścinawa (Steinau [Oder]) 96 m to Legnica 65,577 Chełmek Wołowski (Kulmikau; since 1884) 111 m 74,469 Rudna Miasto (Raudten City; former train station) 116 m from Legnica from Polkowice 77.651 Rudna Gwizdanów (Raudten-Queissen) 103 m 83,200 Krzydłowice (Lindenbach; 1906–1991) 85 m 87.530 Grębocice (Gramschütz) 82 m 94,303 Krzepów (Black Valley) 91 m connections connections Landesstrasse 12 from Łódź 99.095 Głogów (Glogau) 74 m connection to Forst (Lausitz) 105.425 Głogów Huta (since 1966) 84 m to the copper smelter 108.240 Wróblin Głogowski (Froebel) 80 m 110,805 Brzeg Głogowski (Brieg [Kr. Glogau]) 88 m 113,442 Czerna (old oaks) 93 m Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships 118.708 Bytom Odrzański ( Bytom (Bz Liegnitz)) 88 m Connection port from Żagań 130.675 Nowa Sól (New Salt [Oder]) 67 m connection to Wolsztyn 138.640 Niedoradz (Nittritz) 72 m 148.389 Stary Kisielin (old boiler; former train station) 144 m Expressway 3 from Szprotawa 153.858 Zielona Góra (Grünberg [Silesia]) 128 m after Żary Connection to Zastal Connection of the thermal power station Connection Diament Landesstrasse 32 160,950 Przylep (Schertendorf) 74 m 164.078 Junction Czerwieńsk Południe (since 2013) 60 m to and from Zbąszynek 166.545 Czerwieńsk (Rothenburg (Oder); Inselbahnhof ) 52 m according to Guben 169.420 Czerwieńsk Towarowy (since 1973) 47 m Or 173.035 Nietkowice (German Nettkow; former train station) 46 m 176.350 Będów (since 1992) 48 m 179.814 Radnica (Rädnitz) 49 m 189,450 Bytnica (Beutnitz [Mark]; former train station) 49 m 194,643 Budachów (Baudach [Mark]) 71 m 201.898 Pliszka (Pleiskehammer; former train station) 70 m 207.904 Gądków Wielki (Great Gandern) 75 m 217.356 0.001 Jerzmanice Lubuskie (Hermania) 67 m Autobahn 2 from Poznań 5.513 0.250 Rzepin (Reppen), Inselbahnhof 67 m to Frankfurt (Oder) 227,380 2,979 Drzeńsko branch 71 m 228.380 Drzeńsko (Drenzig; former train station; since 1885) 71 m 231.253 Kowalów (Kohlow) 82 m 235.295 Radów (Groß Rade; former train station; since 1907) 83 m 238,994 Laski Lubuski (Casual) 75 m 245.137 Górzyca (Göritz [Oder]) 30 m 247,039 Ługi Górzyckie (Göritz Bruch Gbf; since 1936) 15 m Landesstrasse 22 254.295 Chyrzyno (Kietzerbusch) 16 m from Gorzów Wielkopolski Branch Landesstrasse 31 Warta 255.485 Kostrzyn (Küstrin Neustadt Hbf) Ostbahn 21 m Kostrzyn R 208 T13 / 15a ( goods curve from Tczew ) Kostrzyn R 207 ( goods curve from Berlin ) 256.506 Kostrzyn Towarowy (Küstrin Gbf) 19 m Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodeships 266.730 Namyślin (Neumühl-Kutzdorf) 23 m 274.231 Boleszkowice (Fürstenfelde [Neumark]) 43 m 279.663 Mieszkowice (Bärwalde [Neumark]) 51 m 284,415 Bielin (Bellin; former train station; since 1895) 56 m 289,539 Witnica Chojeńska (Vietnitz; former train station) 69 m Landesstrasse 31 by Siekierki 293,417 Godków (Jädickendorf) 64 m after Pyrzyce Landesstrasse 26 Connection to the airport 300.567 Chojna (Königsberg [Neumark]) 22 m 307,499 Lisie Pole (Uchtdorf; former train station) 35 m 314.856 Krzywin Gryfiński (Kehrberg) 60 m 318.966 Widuchowa (Wilhelmsfelde-Fiddichow; former train station) 47 m 324.746 Pacholęta (Pakulent; former train station) 32 m Landesstrasse 31 328,300 Nowe Czarnowo (New Zarnow) 6 m Connection power plant 329,448 Dolna Odra (Lower Oder; since around 1975) 4 m Landesstrasse 31 by Pyrzyce Junction Tywa 12 m connection 334,406 Gryfino (Greifenhagen) 21 m Landesstrasse 31 Connection Gryfskand 338.235 Czepino (Wintersfelde; former train station) 8 m 340.752 Daleszewo Gryfińskie (Ferdinandstein) 8 m 345,432 Szczecin Klucz (Klütz; from 1907) 6 m Autobahn 6 348.178 Szczecin Podjuchy (Podejuch) 4 m to Szczecin Dąbie Szczecin Dąbie – Szczecin Turzyn from Szczecin Dąbie 350.200 Szczecin Port Centralny SPA 3 m from Szczecin-Gumieńce 351,700 Szczecin Port Centralny SPB 3 m from Poznań 354,535 Szczecin Port Centralny (Stettin HGbf) 4 m Szczecin Dworzec Wrocławski (Stettin Breslauer Bf) port Szczecin Port Centralny Lokomotywownia 355.903 Szczecin Główny (Szczecin Central Station) 6 m to Trzebież to Szczecin Dąbie to Pasewalk and Berlin

The railway line Wrocław – Szczecin ( Breslau – Stettin ) is a double-track electrified main line of the Polish State Railways (PKP). It runs through the three voivodeships of Lower Silesia , Lebus and West Pomerania in western Poland .

course

The route runs in a south-north direction and connects the two large cities of Breslau ( Wrocław ) and Stettin ( Szczecin ). It is also a link between the cities of Wołów ( Wohlau ), Głogów ( Glogau ), Nowa Sól ( Neusalz (Oder) ), Zielona Góra ( Grünberg (Silesia) ), Rzepin ( Reppen ), Kostrzyn nad Odrą ( Küstrin ) and Gryfino ( Greifenhagen ). At Rzepin it crosses the important east-west railway line from Berlin via Frankfurt (Oder) to Warsaw .

State of development

The line is continuously electrified with 3000 volts DC and is double-tracked except for the section Księginice – Brzeg Dolny (km 26.328 to km 29.400).

For passenger trains, the maximum speed between the start of the route and the kilometer point 108.706 is 60 to 120 kilometers per hour, then up to kilometer 148.300 continuously 120, up to kilometer 168.000 80 to 120, up to kilometer 228.900 120, then 60 to 120 on the last one Meters 30. Freight trains can also travel up to 120 kilometers per hour, but tend to be slower than passenger trains. The permissible maximum speeds often vary depending on the track.

history

The train station in Czerwieńsk ( Rothenburg (Oder) )

In 1841 the Breslau-Schweidnitz-Freiburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (BSF) was founded in Breslau , which developed into an important transport company with a rail network of over 600 kilometers in length until its nationalization in 1886. On October 1, 1871, the BSF opened the railway line from Liegnitz (now in Polish: Legnica ) via Raudten ( Rudna ) to Glogau ( Głogów ), which was then extended along the Oder to Rothenburg (Oder) ( Czerwieńsk ). In the following years the line was extended in sections, on May 1, 1874 to Reppen ( Rzepin ), on January 2, 1875 to Küstrin-Neustadt ( Kostrzyn nad Odrą ) and on November 16, 1876 to Königsberg (Neumark) ( Chojna ). From there, the port city and Pomeranian provincial capital was reached on May 15, 1877 Stettin ( Szczecin ).

The railway station in Głogów ( Glogau )

As early as April 1, 1874, the direct line from Breslau to Raudten via Wohlau ( Wołów ) was put into operation, so that a more than 350 kilometers long railway line was created.

In the first few years the trains in Szczecin ended at a separate station east of the main branch of the Oder, the Wroclaw station . After the trains from Wroclaw started at the Berlin train station in Stettin, later the main train station, from 1886, the Wroclaw train station remained in operation for goods traffic, today: Szczecin Dworzec Wrocławski .

The Breslau – Glogau section was expanded to two tracks by 1912, the Glogau – Rothenburg (Oder) section between 1925 and 1941, and the Greifenhagen – Stettin section in 1936.

A serious railway accident occurred on November 10, 1919 when a freight train drove into a shunting department near Neumühl-Kutzdorf / Namyślin . 45 people died and 18 were also injured.

After the establishment of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , the line was assigned to the territory of the Reichsbahndirektion Breslau and from Küstrin Stettin , with the exception of the Schwarztal ( Krzepów ) station, which belonged to the RBD Osten .

After the Second World War , the second track was largely dismantled, between Zielona Góra and Czerwieńsk it was reopened in 1948, between Wroclaw and Brzeg Dolny in 1949, in 1974 between Brzeg Dolny and Ścinawa , between Rudna Gwizdanów and Głogów , between Wróblin Głogowski and Niedoradz , between Stary Kisielin and Zielona Góra and between Gryfino and Stettin. 1974 to 1976 the Czerwieńsk – Rzepin section was expanded to two tracks, in 1975 the Kostrzyn - Chojna and the Dolna Odra - Gryfino , and in 1976 the Drzeńsko –Kostrzyn. This, together with the two-track sections from the pre-war period, made the whole route double-track.

The line was electrified from 1982 to 1985: The Wroclaw – Brzeg Dolny section was electrified on March 4, 1982, the Dolny – Sćinawa section since May 22, 1982, and the Ścinawa – Głogów section since December 29, 1982 December 23, 1983 the Głogów – Czerwieńsk, since December 27, 1983 the Rzepin – Dolna Odra, since 1984 the Czerwieńsk – Rzepin and since May 28, 1985 the Dolna Odra – Stettin. In 1984, a double-track bypass route went into operation, mainly for freight traffic, which passes Rzepin station to the west and relieves this node.

The maximum route speed of 120 km / h can only be achieved on some sections, the speed is significantly lower on a number of sections. Because of the long journey times, most of the long-distance passenger traffic, including trains from Berlin to Kraków, has been relocated to other routes since the 1990s.

literature

• Wolfram Bäumer, Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Pomerania . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1988, ISBN 3-922138-34-9 ( East German Railway History 3).
• Johannes Hinz : Pomerania. Signpost through an unforgettable country . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-181-3 .
• Johannes Hinz: Pomeranian Lexicon ... for everyone who loves Pomerania. Special edition . Flechsig, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-88189-394-6 .
• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 .
• German course book. Complete edition of the Reichsbahn course books . January 21, 1940.

Web links

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

• Linia Wrocław Główny - Szczecin Główny. bazakolejowa.pl, accessed July 23, 2016 (Polish). 

• 273 Wrocław Główny - Szczecin Główny. atlaskolejowy.net, accessed May 11, 2020 (Polish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from December 1, 2016
2. ^ Hans Joachim Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. Splinters of German history . Vol. 1: Landsberg-Pürgen 1979, p. 134.