Brodnica – Bydgoszcz railway line

Brodnica – Bydgoszcz Wschód
(Strasburg (Westpr.) - Karlsdorf near Bromberg / Bromberg Ost)

Route number :

209

Course book range :

416

Route length:

109.120 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

Bydgoszcz Fordon – B. Wschód 3000 V =

Top speed:

80 km / h

Legend

	from Działdowo (Soldau)
	by Sierpc
	Connection Sits
	connection
0.000	Brodnica (Strasburg (West Pr.))	72 m

	Landesstrasse 15
	to Jablonowo Pomorskie (Goßlershausen)
5,866	Drużyny (Druschin / Dörschen)	115 m
9.349	Niewierz (since 1927)	99 m
11.268	Małki (Malken)	106 m
16.764	Kawki (Hermannsruhe)	100 m
22,321	Wrocki (Wrotzk / Frödenwalde)	92 m
	Landesstrasse 15
24.774	Tokary (tokars)	86 m
29,702	Gałczewko (Galsburg)	98 m
34.871	Golub-Dobrzyń (Gollub)	102 m
39.437	Ostrowite koło Golubia ( Easter Bitz )	91 m
43.196	Chełmoniec (Gruneberg)	93 m
46,970	Kowalewo Pomorskie Miasto (Schönsee (Western Pr.) City )	97 m
	Landesstrasse 15
	by Jablonowo Pomorskie (Goßlershausen)
49.764	Kowalewo Pomorskie (Schönsee (West Pr.))	92 m
	to Toruń (Thorn)
55.001	Mlewiec (court life)	94 m
	Autobahn 1
62.275	Mirakowo (Mirakowo / Merch)	93 m
	from Toruń (Thorn)
	Connection to the sugar factory
70.075	Chełmża (Culmsee / Kulmsee)	91 m
	to Mełno (Melno)
	to Grudziądz (Graudenz)
	State road 91
75.298	Głuchowo (Glauchau (Westpr./Kr Thorn); formerly Bf)	93 m
78.274	Nawra (Nawra / Nefer; former train station)	93 m
80.850	Grzybno (since 1972)	95 m
	from Chełmno (Culm)
	connection
85.110	Unisław Pomorski (Unislaw / Kulmischwenzlau)	92 m
	to Toruń (Thorn)
88.965	Gzin (since 1968)	90 m

92.867	Dąbrowa Chełmińska (Damerau (Kr.Culm) / Kulmischdamerau; former train station)	99 m

98.570	Ostromecko (Ostrometzko / Ostermetz; former train station)	65 m
	State road 80
102	Ostromecko Przystanek	39 m
	Rudolf Modrzejewski Bridge over the Vistula
	State road 80
104.078	Bydgoszcz Fordon (Fordon; former train station)	43 m
	connection
105.586	Bydgoszcz Akademia (since 1986)	43 m
107.419	Bydgoszcz Brdyujście (Jaschnitz / Brahemünde)	43 m
	Bydgoszcz Wschód Towarowa – Nowa Wieś Wielka
	from Toruń (Thorn)
109.120	Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg / Bromberg Ost )	42 m
	to Bydgoszcz Główna (Bromberg Stsbf / Hbf)

The Brodnica – Bydgoszcz railway is a single-track railway line in the Polish Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship that is only passable from Chełmża and is operated as a passenger service except for the short section from Bydgoszcz Fordon to Bydgoszcz Wschód .

Course and condition

Chełmża Railway Station (2011)

The line began at Brodnica station (Strasburg (West Prussia)) on the Działdowo – Chojnice railway line , which was closed to the east of Brodnica , and which is also the end point of the Kutno – Brodnica railway line, which is no longer used by passengers , and ran southwest via Golub-Dobrzyń (Gollub; km 34.871) , then westwards via Kowalewo Pomorskie (Schönsee (West Prussia); km 49.764) on the Toruń – Tschernjachowsk railway line , Chełmża (Culmsee / Kulmsee; km 70.075) on the Toruń – Malbork railway line , from where the Brodnica – Bydgoszcz line is still operated, and Unisław Pomorski (Unislaw / Kulmischwenzlau; km 85.110) on the disused Toruń – Chełmno railway line to Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg / Bromberg Ost; km 109.120) on the Kutno – Piła railway line .

The line is single-track throughout and in the Bydgoszcz Fordon – Bydgoszcz Wschód section is electrified with 3000 volts DC, otherwise not electrified. The maximum speed in the section that is still passable is sixty for passenger trains in the Chełmża station area, eighty up to the 87.500 kilometer point, seventy up to the 102.140 kilometer point, then sixty kilometers per hour for passenger trains, and forty kilometers per hour for freight trains in the Chełmża station area, otherwise fifty kilometers per hour Hour.

history

Rudolf Modrzejewski Bridge

The first section of the line from Karlsdorf to Fordon was opened by the Prussian State Railways on November 1, 1885 , followed on October 25, 1893 by the continuation to Culmsee on the line from Thorn to Graudenz (1883 to Marienburg ), which was opened in 1882 . In July 1894, the continuation to Schönsee on the Thorn – Allenstein – Insterburg line opened in 1871–1873 was put into operation and on November 1, 1900 the last section from Schönsee via Gollub to Strasburg on the Soldau – Jablonowo line opened in 1887–1888 (from 1903 Goßlershausen ).

After the end of the First World War in 1918, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and the cession of the Polish Corridor in 1920, the line was transferred to the Polish State Railways . During the German occupation of Poland 1939–1945 after the Polish campaign , the line was operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn , in 1939 (restored in 1941) and 1945 the bridge over the Vistula (now the Rudolf Modrzejewski Bridge ) was badly damaged; it was rebuilt in 1952–1956 .

The line from Bydgoszcz Wschód to Bydgoszcz Fordon has been electrified since May 31, 1984. On October 1, 1999, passenger traffic between Brodnica and Chełmża was stopped, on April 3, 2000 that from Chełmża to Bydgoszcz Fordon and then between Bydgoszcz Fordon and Bydgoszcz Wschód was also stopped. Passenger trains have been running between Chełmża and Bydgoszcz again since December 13, 2008, while the eastern section between Brodnica and Kowalewo Pomorskie has been closed and the section from Kowalewo Pomorskie and Chełmża is still listed on the PKP Polskie line Kolejowe route list, but as impassable.

Literature and web links

Commons : Brodnica – Bydgoszcz 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 , pp. C6 – C7
Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
Description on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ PKP Polskie Line Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from March 15, 2020.

[1] PKP Polskie Line Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from March 15, 2020.