Chorzów Batory – Ruda Kochłowice railway line

Chorzów Batory – Ruda Kochłowice
Route number :	164, 651
Route length:	4,760 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3000  =
Top speed:	40 km / h
Legend from Gliwice (Gleiwitz) from Bytom ( Bytom ; Coal Main Line ) 0.010 Chorzów Batory (1943: Königshütte-Bismarck) 272 m 3,989 Junction Gottwald 275 m to Katowice (Katowice) Upper Silesian dirt track 2.820 1.443 Hajduki junction 262 m 0.003 Radoszowy branch 282 m to Katowice Ligota (Kattowitz-Idaweiche) 4,770 Ruda Kochłowice (1943: Kochlowitz) 277 m to Ruda Wschodnia (Peace Hut ) to Zabrze Makoszowy (Makoschau)

The Chorzów Batory – Ruda Kochłowice railway is a freight line in the Upper Silesian industrial area of the Silesian Voivodeship .

Course and condition

Line 164 begins at Chorzów Batory station (km 0.010), the beginning of the Chorzów – Tczew line is on the Katowice – Legnica line and runs to the southwest via the Hajduki junction (km 2.820) to Ruda Kochłowice on the Katowice Ligota – Gliwice line , is single-track, electrified and can be traveled at thirty to forty kilometers per hour.

Line 651 begins at the Radoszowy junction on the Katowice Ligota – Gliwice railway line and runs northwest via the Hajduki junction (km 1.443) to the Gottwald junction on the Katowice – Legnica railway line , is single-track, electrified and can be traveled at 30 kilometers per hour.

history

The two lines were opened for freight traffic on June 1, 1924 by the Polish State Railways . Route 164 has been electrified since May 27, 1970, route 651 since May 30, 1970.

Literature and web links

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , p. R21
• Description of route 164 on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description of route 651 on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from December 6, 2017