Działdowo – Chojnice railway line

Działdowo – Chojnice (Soldau – Konitz)
Route number :	208
Course book range :	431, 431a
Route length:	200.377 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	100 km / h
Legend from Nasielsk 0.000 Działdowo (Soldau) 163 m to Iława (German Eylau) to Nidzica (Neidenburg) 2.72 Działdowo Zachód junction (Soldau West; 1941–1995) 161 m 4,515 Pierławki (since 1949) 179 m 7.832 Prioma (Priom; from 1907) 165 m 11,150 Płośnica (Heinrichsdorf- Ruttkowitz ) 170 m 22,956 Lidzbark (Lautenburg (Westpr.) Bf / Lautenburg (Westpr) Ost) 152 m 24.408 Lidzbark Miasto (Lautenburg (Westpr.) City; from 1906) 140 m 30.175 Klonowo koło Lidzbarka (Klonowo / Klonnau) 145 m Warmian-Masurian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships 35.258 Gutowo Pomorskie (Guttowo / Guttendorf) 116 m 40.104 Radoszki (Radosk / Radebusch) 79 m connection 44.30 Długi Most 82 m 47.09 Nowy Dwór Pomorski 75 m Drwęca (Drewenz) from Iława (German Eylau) 50.878 Tama Brodzka (Broddydamm / Dammfurt) 74 m by Sierpc connection connection 55.256 Brodnica (Strasburg (West Pr.)) 72 m Landesstrasse 15 to Kowalewo Pomorskie (Schönsee (Westpr.)) 63,049 Najmowo (Najumowo / Nalme; former train station) 107 m 71.089 Konojady (Konojad / Koppelgrund; former train station) 91 m from Iława (German Eylau) from Kisielice (Freystadt (Westpr.)) 78.560 Jabłonowo Pomorskie (Goßlershausen) 94 m to Kowalewo Pomorskie (Schönsee (Westpr.)) 85.904 Bursztynowo (Fürstenau (West Pr.); Former train station) 97 m 88.525 Linowo (Lindenau (Westpr.) / Lindenau (Kr Graudenz) ; former Bf; since 1890) 99 m 90.990 Boguszewo (Boguschau; former train station; since 1885) 95 m 94.931 Mełno (Melno Stsbf ​​/ Report) 90 m to Chełmża (Culmsee / Kulmsee) 100.108 Nicwałd (Nitzwalde; former train station) 81 m from Kwidzyn (Marienwerder) Roads 16 and 55 Sidings 108.845 Grudziądz (Graudenz) 23 m to Chełmża (Culmsee / Kulmsee) connection Landesstrasse 16 Vistula 112,366 Dragacz (Dragass; former train station) 20 m State road 91 114.733 Górna Grupa (upper group; since 1890) 29 m connection 117,951 Grupa (group) 37 m Autobahn 1 122.848 Dubielno (Dubelno / Wolfsbruch; since 1890) 67 m 127.383 Jeżewo (Jeschewo / Jeschau; former train station) 84 m by Tczew (Dirschau) from Czersk 130.363 Laskowice Pomorskie (Laskowitz (Westpr.) / Lassewitz) 87 m to Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) 136.509 Leosia (Teufelstein; former train station) 55 m Realignment in 1949 Wda (Schwarzwasser) 142.755 Drzycim (Dritschmin / Dretz; former train station) 101 m 145.788 Jastrzębie Pomorskie (Falkenhorst; former train station) 106 m 149.930 Lniano (Lianno / Linne (Western Pr.)) 108 m Realignment in 1930 from Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) 156.743 Wierzchucin (linden bush; wedge station ; since 1930) 116 m to Kościerzyna (Berent) 159.227 Wierzchucin Stary (Lindenbusch / Alt Lindenbusch; formerly Bf) 115 m 163.980 Cekcyn (Polish Cekzin / Seehaupten) 116 m 171,900 Nowy Młyn (1975–?) 107 m connection 175.873 Tuchola (Tuchel) 110 m to Pruszcz Bagienica (Prust-Bagnitz) 183.220 Żalno (Sehlen; former train station) 128 m 186.647 Piastoszyn (Petztin; since 1910) 122 m Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships 190.324 Silno (Frankenhagen) 126 m 194,066 Racławki (Rakelwitz / Rakel; since 1912; former train station) 144 m Landesstrasse 22 from Kościerzyna (Berent) from Czersk Connection to Mostostal 200.377 Chojnice ( Inselbahnhof ; Konitz, 1943 Konitz (Westpr) ) 174  m according to Nakło nad Notecią (Nakel) Landesstrasse 22 to Człuchów (Schlochau) to Złotów (Flatow (West Pr.))

The Działdowo – Chojnice railway is a partly no longer passable, but mostly still regularly used single-track and non-electrified railway line in the Polish Warmian-Masurian , Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships .

Course and condition

Brodnica Railway Station (2011)

The initially impassable line began at Działdowo (Soldau) station on the Warszawa – Gdańsk railway line , also the start of the Działdowo – Olsztyn railway line , and ran westwards via Lidzbark (Lautenburg (West Prussia) station / east; km 22.956) and Tama Brodzka (Broddydamm / Dammfurt; km 50.878), the beginning of the former Tama Brodzka – Iława railway line , to the first Brodnica junction (Strasburg (West Prussia); km 55.256), the end point of the Kutno – Brodnica railway line, which is no longer operated by passengers, and the beginning of the disused railway line Brodnica – Bydgoszcz . From here the Działdowo – Chojnice line is passable and regularly used; it continues westward via the Jabłonowo Pomorskie station on the Toruń – Iława line (Jablonowo / Goßlershausen; km 78.560), which was also the start of the Jabłonowo Pomorskie – Prabuty railway line , Mełno (Melno State Station / Report; km 94.932), where there was a transition to the Culmsee – Melno small railway and Grudziądz (Graudenz; km 108.845) on the Toruń – Malbork railway to the Laskowice Pomorskie ( Laskowice (West Prussia) / Lassewitz) junction on the Chorzów – Tczew railway line ; km 130.363), which is also the start of the Laskowice Pomorskie – Bąk railway . The Działdowo – Chojnice line continues westwards via Wierzchucin (Lindenbusch; km 156.743) on the Maksymilianowo – Gdynia and Tuchola (Tuchel; km 175.873), the beginning of the former Tuchola – Koronowo railway , after the Chojnice (Konitz / Konitz (West Prussia ) railway junction ); km 200.896) on the Tczew – Küstrin-Kietz border . It is also the beginning of the lines to Szczecinek – Runowo Pomorskie and Kościerzyna and the end point of the Oleśnica – Chojnice railway line, which is no longer regularly used for passenger traffic .

Mełno Railway Station (2008)

The line is not electrified and has been a single track since 1945. In the Działdowo station area up to kilometer point 0.729, the maximum speed for all types of train is eighty kilometers per hour, after that the route is impassable up to kilometer 54.300 in Brodnica station, after that the maximum speed up to kilometer point 111.050 near Dragacz for locomotive- hauled passenger trains is seventy, for railcars eighty and for freight trains fifty (97.570–100.054: seventy) kilometers per hour, then to kilometer point 129.930 in Laskowice Pomorskie station for locomotive hauled passenger trains eighty, for multiple units one hundred and for freight trains seventy kilometers per hour, then up to kilometer point 158,000 at Wierzchucin for all types of train sixty , then up to kilometer point 187.840 at Piastoszyn eighty for passenger trains and sixty for freight trains, up to kilometer point 199.700 eighty for all types of train and on the short remainder for every sixty kilometers per hour.

history

Silno station (2011)

The first section was opened on November 15, 1878, from Jablonowo (from 1903 Goßlershausen ) to Graudenz , located on the route from Thorn to Allenstein , followed a year later by the continuation to Laskowitz on the route from Bromberg to Dirschau . Between these two lines of the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway , a cross connection was created, the western continuation of which to Konitz on the Schneidemühl – Konitz line of the Prussian Eastern Railway was opened on August 15, 1883. In the east followed on November 1, 1888, the continuation from Jablonowo to Strasburg , on September 1, 1887 to Lautenburg and on October 1, 1887 to Soldau on the Deutsch Eylau – Warsaw route .

In 1909 the second track was opened between Graudenz and Laskowitz, which was followed around 1930 by the one from Graudenz / Grudziądz to Goßlershausen / Jabłonowo Pomorskie. Since 1920 the route had been in the Polish Corridor , which it almost completely crossed from west to east. The time under the Polish State Railways was only interrupted during the German occupation from 1939 to 1945 when the line was part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The second Lassewitz –Gosslershausen track was lost in 1945, the bridge at Leosia / Teufelstein was rebuilt and the route was somewhat re-routed.

On December 12, 2004, passenger traffic between Działdowo (Soldau) and Brodnica (Strasburg) was discontinued. Between 2007 and 2009 a pair of long-distance trains ran on this section, stopping in Działdowo, Lidzbark Miasto (Lautenburg City), Brodnica, Jabłonowo Pomorskie and Grudziądz. The section was closed on January 1, 2014. It is still listed in the route directory of the PKP Polskie Line Kolejowe , but with a maximum speed of 0 kilometers per hour . On June 12, 2016, the previously very scarce passenger traffic between Laskowice Pomorskie and Wierzchucin was also discontinued; a pair of trains currently runs here on Fridays and Sundays. The passenger transport is operated by Arriva RP .

Literature and web links

Commons : Działdowo – Chojnice 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. B5 – B7, C7 – C8
• Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pierławki stop at bazakolejowa.pl , accessed on December 20, 2016.
2. ↑ According to Stankiewicz / Stiasny.
3. ↑ PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from April 8, 2019.
4. ↑ Information about the route on bazakolejowa.pl , accessed on January 4, 2017.
5. ↑ Course book June 9 - August 31, 2019.