Chorzów – Tczew railway line

Chorzów Batory – Tczew
Bismarckhütte / Königshütte-Bismarck – Dirschau

131
127 3rd platform Radzionków – Tarnowskie Góry
128 4th platform Radzionków – Nakło Śląskie
129 3rd platform Tarnowskie – Kalety
130 4th platform Tarnowskie Góry – Kalety
741 Inowrocław bypass

Course book range :

Chorzów – Herby Nowe 180,
Inowrocław – Tczew 430,
Bydgoszcz – Tczew 430a

Route length:

492.019 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

continuously 3 kV =

Top speed:

160 km / h

Dual track :

continuously

Legend

	from Katowice (Katowice)
	by Ruda Kochłowice (Kochlowitz)
5,900	Chorzów Batory (Bismarckhütte Stsbf, 1943: Königshütte-Bismarck)	272 m

	to Gliwice (Gleiwitz)
	from Gliwice
	Connection chemical plant
8,984	Chorzów Miasto (Königshütte (Oberschles.) Stsbf, 1943: Königshütte)	289 m
	State road 79
	Connection to the Prezident coal mine
	Maciejkowice – Chorzów narrow-gauge railway
	Connections u. a. Konstal , Arcelor Mittal
	from Siemianowice Śląskie (Laurahütte)
12.210	Chorzów Stary (Chorzow, 1943: Königshütte (Oberschl) Ost)	292 m
	to Radzionków via Piekary Śląskie Szarlej (Scharley)
	Upper Silesian dirt track
	Maciejkowice – Pole Północne narrow-gauge railway
	Polish-German border 1922–1939
	Sucha Góra – Bytom Rozbark narrow-gauge railway
	State road 79
17.365	Bytom (Beuthen (Oberschles.) Hbf)	290 m
	Piekary Śląskie Szarlej – Chorzów Stary
	to Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk)
	to Ruda Orzegów (Morgenroth)
	Bytom Karb Wąskotorowy – Bytom Wąskotorowy narrow-gauge railway
	Bytom carb
	Bytom Karb Wąskotorowy – Nowy Karb narrow-gauge railway
	State Road 94
	by Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk)
20.056	Bytom Karb (Karf)	281 m
	Connection to coal mine "Centrum"
	Connection of coal mine "Powstańców Śląskich"
	Autobahn 1
22.575	Bytom Północny ( Bytom (Oberschles.) City Forest)	283 m
	State road 11
	German-Polish border 1922–1939
25,591	Radzionków Rojca (New Radzionkau; since 1890)	283 m
	from Chorzów Stary via Piekary Śląskie Szarley
27.405	Radzionków (Radzionkau)	311 m
	3rd and 4th track

30.143	Nakło Śląskie (Naklo)	318 m
	State road 78
	Narrow-gauge railway Tarnowskie Góry – Bytom

33,882	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)	297 m
	to Fosowskie (Vossowska)

	Tarnowskie Góry marshalling yard
	to and from Zawiercie
40.375	Miasteczko Śląskie (Georgenberg)	293 m
44,600	Block post Zwierzyniec (since 1975)	287 m

47.996	Kalety (steel hammer)	274 m
	to Lubliniec (Lublinitz)
53.965	Strzebiń (1943: Strzebin; former train station)	292 m
	to Woźniki Śląskie
	Connection to Baza Paliw OLPP
59.678	Boronów (1943: Boronow)	287 m
	Liswarta (Lisswarthe)
67.099	Junction Kalina	276 m

	Częstochowa – Lubliniec (Czestochowa – Lublinitz)

69.439	Herby Nowe (1943: New Herby)	281 m

	to Wieluń

79.184	Wręczyca (1943: Wreczyca)	279 m
	Landesstrasse 43
89.209	Kłobuck (1943: Klobuck)	249 m
94,950	Mokra Częstochowska (from 1957)	238 m
96.683	Block location Izbiska	232 m
101.058	Miedźno (1943: Miedzno)	216 m
106.260	Annolesia (from 1957)	214 m
109.271	Blocking point Więcki	197 m
	Silesian and Łódź Voivodeships
	Warta (Warta)
113.248	Działoszyn (1943: Dill Valley)	201 m
	Landesstrasse 42
119.931	Sadowiec block post	206 m
	from Częstochowa (Czestochowa)
124.172	Chorzew Siemkowice (1943: Saatgrund)	187 m
131.210	Huta (from 1953)	171 m
136.465	Rusiec Łódzki (1943: Rustitz)	167 m
	State road 74
146.560	Chociw Łaski (1943: Wiedenbruch (Warthel) )	151 m
	Widawka
152.918	Siedlce Łaskie (from 1950)	161 m
157.112	Kozuby (1943: Kospendorf)	181 m
162.165	Kustrzyce (from 1957)	163 m
	Expressway 8
	connection
167.509	Zduńska Wola Południowa (since 1950)	170 m
168,803	Zduńska Wola Karsznice (1943: Karschnitz)	174 m
	to Łódź and Kalisz (Kalisch)
	Łódź – Kalisz
	from Łódź and Kalisz (Kalisch)
173.653	Dionizów branch	182 m
179.639	Szadek (1943: Schadeck)	175 m
191,082	Otok (1943: Heimwald)	137 m
203.216	Poddębice (1943: Wandalenbrück)	130 m
	State road 72
213,089	Kłudna (1943: Kluden)	121 m
	Autobahn 2
221.501	Kraski (1943: Buntfeld)	115 m
	Łódź and Greater Poland Voivodeships
	Ner
229.491	Dąbie nad Nerem (1943: Eichstädt (Warthel))	108 m
240.456	Ponętów (1943: Lockheim)	118 m

	Konin – Kutno

243,973	Borysławice junction	110 m
	State road 92
251.281	Lipie Góry (1943: Liebguhren)	106 m
260.679	Babiak (1943: Babenwald)	116 m
	Narrow-gauge railway Izbica Kujawska – Przystronie
271.912	Zaryń (1943: Sarin)	103 m
	Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships
283,964	Piotrków Kujawski (1943: Petrikau (Warthel))	106 m
	Narrow-gauge railway from Radziejów Kujawski to Sompolno
	State road 62
294.614	Chełmce (1943: Grünholm)	92 m
300.904	Bachorce (from 1948)	84 m
306.285	Karczyn (1943: Talrode)	83 m
	Roads 15 and 25
	from Kruszwica (Kruschwitz)
317,048	Inowrocław Rąbinek (1943: Romburg)	91 m
	Inowrocław Chemia


	to Mogilno and Barcin (Bartschin)
	by Mogilno and Bartschin
321,040	Mimowola junction


	Inowrocław Towarowy
324,936	Inowrocław (Hohensalza)	88 m
	to Toruń (Thorn)
	Landesstrasse 25

331,651	Jaksice (Jakschitz, 1943: Axelhausen; since 1885)	87 m
337.871	Złotniki Kujawskie (Güldenhof)	82 m
	connection
346,082	Nowa Wieś Wielka (Groß Neudorf)	76 m
	to Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg; coal main line )
	Landesstrasse 25
351.085	Chmielniki Bydgoskie (1943: See hop garden; since 1926)	72 m
354,516	Brzoza Bydgoska (hop garden; since 1890)	71 m
	Expressways 5 and 10
	connection
362,520	Trzciniec (burst pipe; since 1886)	71 m
	connection
	connection
	by Szubin (Schubin)
366.220	Bydgoszcz Błonie (since 2016)	66 m
	Canal Bydgoski
	Bydgoszcz – Nakło nad Notecią (Bromberg – Nakel)
	by Nakło nad Notecią (Nakel)
	Narrow-gauge railway Koronowo – Bydgoszcz (Crone ad Brahe – Bromberg)
	Landesstrasse 25


	by Nakło nad Notecią (Nakel)

370.310	Bydgoszcz Główna (Bromberg Stsbf, 1943: Hbf; Inselbahnhof )	48 m

	to Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg)
	State road 80
	to Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg)
	Connection Pesa
372,550	Rynkowo Wiadukt (since 1967)	54 m
	from Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg; coal main line )
374.770	Rynkowo (1943: Rinkau; from 1912)	67 m

379.848	Maksymilianowo (Maxtal; since 1880)	83 m

	Narrow-gauge railway Kozielec – Smukała (Koselitz – Mühlthal, Bromberger Kreisbahn )
	Military connection
	to Wierzchucin ( coal highway )
389,807	Kotomierz (Klahrheim, 1943: Klarheim)	93 m
	State road 56
397,344	Pruszcz Pomorski (Prust)	97 m
403.691	Parlin (parlin)	90 m
	from Pruszcz Bagienica (Prust-Bagnitz)
410.863	Terespol Pomorski (Terespol, 1943: Terzelwald)	61 m
	Wda (Schwarzwasser)

	to Świecie nad Wisłą (Schwetz)
	Bedlenki (1915–1968)
	by Wierzchucin
422,552	Laskowice Pomorskie (Laskowitz (Western Pr.), 1943: Lassewitz)	87 m
	to Grudziądz (Graudenz)
	to Szlachta (Königsbruch)
	A1 motorway
438,565	Warlubie (Warlubia, 1943: Warlieb)	76 m
	from Nowe (Neuchâtel (West Pr.))
449.586	Twarda Góra (Hardenberg; since 1883)	86 m
	Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships
	from Skórcz (Skurz)
457.250	Smętowo (Schmentau)	86 m
	to Opalenie Tczewskie (Münsterwalde)
463,404	Majewo (Paulshof; since 1895; former train station)	59 m
467,340	Morzeszczyn (Morroschin, 1943: Leutmannsdorf)	48 m
	to Gniew (Mewe)
472.106	Kulice Tczewskie (1943: Kulitz; since 1924)	50 m
	Wierzyca (heel)
	Connection to the sugar factory
477.619	Pelplin (pelplin)	49 m
485.155	Subkowy (Subkau; since 1878)	42 m
	State road 91
492,328	Czarlin ( Narkau ; since 1906)	34 m
494,077	Górki junction (Georgental; since 1918)	33 m
	to Zajączkowo Tczewskie
497.15	Tczew Południe junction
	to and from Malbork (Marienburg; Prussian Eastern Railway )
497.919	Tczew (Dirschau)	23 m
	to Gdańsk (Danzig) and Starogard Gdański (Prussian Stargard; Pr. Ostbahn )

The Chorzów – Tczew (Königshütte – Dirschau) railway is a double-track and electrified railway line in the Polish Voivodeships of Silesia , Łódź , Greater Poland , Kuyavian-Pomerania and Pomerania .

course

Radzionków Railway Station (2011)

Kalety Railway Station (2013)

The Chorzów – Tczew railway, the longest railway line in Poland, begins at the Chorzów Batory station (Bismarckhütte State Station ; km 5,900) on the Katowice – Legnica railway . The first long-distance train station is Chorzów Miasto (Königshütte (Upper Silesia) State Railway Station; km 8.984), then Bytom ( Bytom ( Bytom (Upper Silesia) Central Station; km 17.365) - the beginning of the Bytom – Wrocław railway line -, then Tarnowskie Góry (km 33.882), the start of here Tarnowskie Góry – Opole railway line, which is only operated in freight traffic, and the disused Tarnowskie Góry – Zawiercie railway line . The route continues via Kalety (Stahlhammer; km 47.996), the beginning of the Kalety – Wrocław and Strzebiń railway (km 53.976), the beginning of the disused Strzebiń – Woźniki Śląskie railway to Herby Nowe (km 69.439), a little north of the junction with the Kielce railway –Fosowskie and the start of the Herby – Oleśnica railway line .

From there, the route is no longer served by regular local public transport. It runs through the Kłobuck station (km 89.209) to the Chorzew Siemkowice station (km 124.172), where the Wyczerpy – Chorzew Siemkowice railway , which is also no longer regularly used by passengers, ends. The route continues northwards to the Zduńska Wola Karsznice station, which is served by a pair of night trains in the summer (as of 2018) , a little south of the junction with the Łódź Kaliska – Forst (Lausitz) border , from which long-distance traffic exists on the route, via Poddębice (km 203,216) to Ponętów station (km 240,456), which is connected to the crossing with the Warsaw – Poznań railway line .

The stations Babiak (km 260.679) and Piotrków Kujawski (km 283.964) be operated over long distances, the nearest node is Inowrocław (Hohensalza) with the stations Inowrocław Rąbinek (km 317.048) - Beginning of until Kruszwica operated in freight railway Inowrocław Mogilno , the Inowrocław – Drawski Młyn and the Inowrocław bypass - and the Inowrocław station (km 324.936) on the Poznań – Toruń railway line, still used by freight traffic to Wapienno . From Inowrocław, the route will be used again by local public transport.

The route continues northwards via Jaksice (Jakschitz; km 331.651), where the bypass meets again, and Nowa Wieś Wielka (Groß Neudorf; km 346.802), the beginning of the Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia railway to Bydgoszcz Główna, which is only operated by freight to Maksymilianowo (Bydgoszcz State Railway Station; km 370.310), the main train station of the city of Bydgoszcz , where the Kutno – Piła railway crosses and the Poznań – Bydgoszcz railway , which is no longer continuously operated, ends.

Dirschau station (around 1900)

The route runs north to Maksymilianowo (Maxtal; km 379.848), where the Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia railway line , which is then also used by passenger traffic to the north, crosses. The line runs north-east via Terespol Pomorski (Terespol; km 410.863), where the western disused railway line Świecie nad Wisłą – Złotów , which is still in freight traffic to the east , crosses, the next long-distance train station behind Bydgoszcz, Laskowice (Laskowitz (West Prussia); km 422.552) intersection with the railway line Działdowo-Chojnice and the beginning of the railway Laskowice Pomorskie Bak , Twarda Góra (Hardenberg; km 449.586), the start of the former small web Hardenberg Neuenburg , Smętowo (Schmentau; km 457.250), the beginning of the railway paths according Kwidzyn and Skórcz , Morzeszczyn (Morroschin; km 467.340), start of the disused railway line Morzeszczyn – Gniew , to Tczew (Dirschau; km 497.919) on the Warsaw – Gdańsk railway line .

State of development

The line is double-tracked and electrified. The maximum speeds differ between the two main tracks, some of which are dozens of kilometers long. In addition, it should be noted that there is no longer any passenger traffic on many sections.

Up to Bytom Północny (km 23) the maximum speed for passenger trains and freight trains is 30 to 100 km / h, to Rusiec Łódzki (km 137) mostly 80 to 120, to Chociw Łaski (km 147) depending on the track 70/80 to 120, for Freight trains 70 to 100, to Zduńska Wola (km 167) Południowa for passenger trains 120, for freight trains 100 to 120, up to shortly before Inowrocław (km 325) there are 100 to 120 for passenger trains, for freight trains 70 to 100. The Inowrocław bypass is allowed be used by passenger trains at 100 km / h and freight trains at 80 km / h.

The further distance from Inowrocław to Bydgoszcz Główna can be used by passenger trains at 120 to 150 km / h, apart from the areas of the two stations, freight trains at 70 to 100. On the remaining distance to Tczew , passenger trains are allowed to travel at 120 to 160 km / h , Freight trains 100 km / h.

Between the kilometer points 325,234 near Inowrocław and 449,400 near Twarda Góra , the route is to be expanded to a maximum speed of 200 km / h.

history

The first section of today's route, Bromberg - Dirschau , was opened on August 5, 1852 together with the continuation to Danzig as part of the then course of the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway . This gave a continuous connection Berlin - Stettin - Stargard in Pomerania - Kreuz - Schneidemühl - Bromberg - Dirschau - Danzig.

On September 15, 1859, the Karf - Radzionkau section was opened by the Upper Silesian Railway , and the subsequent section to Tarnowitz by the Right-Oder-Bank Railway . This connected the Tarnowitz – Opole line via Karf with Morgenroth on the Opole – Kandrzin – Kattowitz line. On August 15, 1860, the short section Bismarckhütte - Königshütte was opened by the Upper Silesian Railway. The gap between Königshütte and Karf was closed later, presumably 1868–1872.

On May 26, 1872 the section Bromberg - Inowrazlaw was opened by the Posen-Thorn-Bromberger Eisenbahn including the continuation to Posen , on April 21, 1884 the section Tarnowitz - Stahlhammer , again by the Rechts-Oder-Ufer-Eisenbahn . By 1911, the Hohensalza (until 1904 Inowrazlaw) –Bromberg – Dirschau line was continuously expanded to two-track.

These sections are all built on what was then German territory, but after the First World War they came to re-established Poland in accordance with the Versailles Peace , with the exception of the section from the new border at Chorzów Stary via Beuthen (Upper Silesia) Hbf to the new border at Radzionków, which is why the Chorzów – Radzionków railway line was built with its current route. From the beginning of the 1920s, the port of Gdynia was built. The task now was to build a more direct connection between the Upper Silesian industrial area and this port. This connection was largely opened on what was previously Russian territory. As the first section of today's Chorzów – Tczew railway line, the Kalety (steel hammer) - Herby Nowe and its continuation to Wieruszów (Wilhelmsbrück) was opened by the Polish State Railways on November 6, 1926 , then the Herby Nowe– Karsznice , from where it went to Zduńska Wola continued on today's railway line Łódź Kaliska – Forst (Lausitz) border . The gap between Karsznice and Inowrocław (Hohensalza) was no longer opened by the Polish State Railways, but on March 1, 1933 by the French-Polish Railway Company (Francusko-Polskie Towarzystwo Kolejowe). By 1942, the entire line, partly under German occupation, had two tracks, the Radzionkau – Tarnowitz section had three tracks in 1943, four tracks between Naklo and Tarnowitz in 1944, and the Tarnowitz – Stahlhammer section in 1944 three tracks.

After the Second World War , the line was electrified: The Tarnowskie Góry – Karsznice section has been electrified since November 28, 1965, the Karsznice – Lipie Góry since May 30, 1966, the Lipie Góry – Inowrocław since December 30, 1966 September 9, 1967 the Inowrocław– Maksymilianowo , since December 23, 1968 the Maksymilianowo – Tczew. The last section Chorzów Batory – Tarnowskie Góry, however, has only been electrified since May 23, 1974. In 1980 a fourth track was put into operation between Tarnowskie Góry and Kalety.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Herby Nowe – Inowrocław section was closed, so today only the Chorzów Batory – Herby Nowe and Inowrocław – Tczew sections are operated, the Borysławice – Inowrocław branch is still operated by two TLK pairs of trains with stops in Babiak and Piotrków Kujawski , the section Dionyzów –Inowrocław junction is served by an IC train pair Gdynia - Katowice . In summer, a night train pair uses Krakow - Kolberg the distance to Bydgoszcz (as of 2018).

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Chorzów – Tczew railway line - collection of images, videos and audio files

Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)

Individual evidence

^ German station names according to the Kursbuch 1917 and 1943.

↑ Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from December 6, 2017.
↑ Martyn Janduła: Z Inowrocławia do Tczewa 200 km / h , Rynek Kolejowy, January 30, 2017, accessed on the same day.
↑ So bazakolejowa.pl and pod-semaforkiem.aplus.pl .
↑ For orientation: Map of the railway network in 1925 , i.e. before the coal mainline was opened, and in 1933 , after it opened.

[1] German station names according to the Kursbuch 1917 and 1943.