Kutno – Piła railway line

Kutno – Piła
Station Solec Kujawski (Schulitz)
Route number :	18th
Course book range :	420 Kutno– Bydgoszcz Główna , 425 Bydgoszcz Główna – Piła Główna
Route length:	246.867 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	140 km / h
Dual track :	continuously
Legend from Łowicz by Zgierz 0.314 Kutno 108  m to Plock 3.32 Azory (1925-?) 111  m Kutno Azory Lokomotywownia after Konin 7.22 Grochów 13.658 Ostrowy (1943 Kranzwerder ) 123  m Ostrowy Wąskotorowe (1943 Kranzwerder Smbf ) Narrow-gauge railway to Krośniewice Łódź and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships 21,134 Rutkowice (since 1945) 127  m State road 91 27.287 Kaliska Kujawskie (since 1890; 1943 Lubenstadt ) 130  m 33.290 Viktorovo (since 1948) 111  m 38.555 Czerniewice (1943 Schernhausen ) 106  m Autobahn 1 42.662 Gołaszewo Kujawskie (since 1939; 1943 Nackenau ) 91  m 47.056 Warząchewka (since 1916) 68  m State road 62 connection Narrow gauge railway from Włocławek Port Narrow gauge railway from Izbica Kujawska Włocławek Wąskotorowy (1943: Leslau Smbf ) 54,808 Włocławek (1943 Leslau ) 61  m 57.048 Włocławek Zazamcze (since 1967) 58  m 59,956 Włocławek Brzezie (since 1960) 60  m Nitrogen plant 62.943 Brzezie (former train station; 1943 Fuchswinkel ) 60  m State road 91 69.223 Lubanie (since 1923; 1943 Liebingen ) 71  m 77.189 Nieszawa Waganiec (1943 Nessau ) 90  m Nieszawa Wąskotorowa (1943 Nessau Smbf ) Narrow-gauge railway to Dobre Alexandrowskie State road 91 Autobahn 1 84.160 Turzno Kujawskie (since 1915; 1943 Radensburg ) 96  m Narrow-gauge railway from Dobre Aleksandrowskie by Ciechocinek Aleksandrów Kujawski Wąskotorowy 74 m 91.702 Aleksandrów Kujawski (1943 Weichselstädt ) 74  m Russian-German border until 1918 95.947 Otłoczyn (Ottlotschin, 1943 Krügershauland ) 55  m Autobahn 1 101.493 Brzoza Toruńska (since 1915; former train station; 1943 Balkau ) 62  m Military connection Motorway 1 and expressway 10 103.249 Toruń Czerniewice (since 1885; Czernewitz, 1943 Schwarzwalde ) 57  m twice national road 91 by Toruń Wschodni (Thorn-Mocker) 109.058 Toruń Główny (Thorn Central Station) 45  m Landesstrasse 15 Toruń Towarowy to Inowrocław (Hohensalza) 111.741 Toruń Kluczyki (since 1884; key mill ) 46  m 113.035 Toruń Podgórz junction to Inowrocław (Hohensalza) Landesstrasse 10 119,304 Cierpice (Schirpitz (Kr. Thorn)) 55  m 120.890 Cierpice Kąkol (since 2016) 55  m Block office Wodek 131.386 Przyłubie (Vistula Valley, 1943 Vistula Valley ) 54  m Landesstrasse 10 138.699 Solec Kujawski (Schulitz) 41  m Makowiska block post 148.699 Bydgoszcz Łęgnowo (former train station; Brahnau) 36  m Connection cancellation Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia railway line ( coal main line ) State road 80 from Chełmża (Culmsee) 152,300 Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg , 1943 Bromberg Ost ) 42  m from Inowrocław (Hohensalza; Coal Main Line ) Bydgoszcz Wschód Towarowa 43  m Sidings 154.395 Bydgoszcz Bielawy (since?) 51  m Route until 1964 Landesstrasse 5 Sidings 156.343 Bydgoszcz Leśna (since?) 53  m to Maksymilianowo (Maxtal; Coal Main Line ) from Maksymilianowo (Maxtal) 160.058 Bydgoszcz Główna (Bromberg Stsbf, 1943 Bromberg Hbf ) 48  m Brda (Brahe) Bydgoszcz Wąskotorowa (Bromberg (district)) Narrow-gauge railway to Koronowo (Crone; Bromberger Kreisbahn ) to Inowrocław (Hohensalza; Coal Main Line ) and Poznań (Posen) 162.578 Czyżkówko branch 50  m 163.068 Bydgoszcz Zachód (since 1959) 50  m 164.762 Prądy (since 1895) 54  m Military connection Connection Centrostal 165.979 Bydgoszcz Osowa Góra (since 1983) 55  m Landesstrasse 10 169.863 Pawłówek (1943 Paulshöfen ; since 1925) 66  m 173.095 Zielonczyn (Strelau) 62  m 180.203 Ślesin (since 1885; Slesin, 1943 locks ) 68  m from Chojnice (Konitz) from Kasprowo ( Bromberger Kreisbahn and Wirsitzer Kreisbahn ) Nakło Wąskotorowy (Nakel (circular path)) 186.887 Nakło nad Notecią (Nakel Stsbf, 1943 Nakel ) 75  m to Gniezno (Gnesen) 195.140 Anieliny (since 1895, former train station; Elsenort) 63  m 198.674 Samostrzel (Walden) 63  m 202.833 Jadwiżyn (since 1983) 60  m Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Greater Poland 208.183 Wyrzysk Osiek (Netzthal, 1943 Wirsitz-Netztal ) 56  m 213,983 Krostkowo (Freymark) 55  m 219.898 Białośliwie (Weißenhöhe Stsb, 1943 Weißenhöhe ) 62  m Białośliwie Wąskotorowe (Weißenhöhe Kreisbahn) Museum narrow-gauge railway to Kocik Młyn (former Wirsitzer Kreisbahn ) to the port on the Noteć (nets) 226.963 Miasteczko Krajeńskie (former train station; Friedheim) 62  m 236,800 Kaczory (Erpel (Pos.), 1943 Erpel (Kr Kolmar) ) 87  m Polish-German border 1920–1939 State road 11 Piła Główna Towarowa connection from Chodzież (Kolmar) from Złotów (Flatow; Prussian Eastern Railway ) from Ujście (Usch) 247.181 Piła Główna (Inselbahnhof; Schneidemühl) 60  m to Szczecinek (Neustettin), Wałcz (German Crown) and Krzyż (Cross)

The Kutno – Piła railway is a double-track and electrified railway line in the Polish voivodeships of Łódź , Kuyavian-Pomerania and Greater Poland . It connects Kutno via Włocławek (Leslau) , Toruń (Thorn) and Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) with Piła (Schneidemühl) and serves long-distance traffic to and from Warsaw .

course

The double-track and electrified line branches off from the Warsaw – Poznań railway line in Kutno . There are further connections there via Łęczyca, Ozorków and Zgierz to Łódź and via Płock and Sierpc and Brodnica , with the last section no longer being operated by passenger traffic. From Kutno, the Kutno – Piła railway runs northwest across the Ostrowy station (km 13.658), which was called Kranzwerder during the German occupation of Poland from 1939–1945 and which was once connected to the Ostrowy – Ozorków narrow-gauge railway to the first long-distance stop in Włocławek ( Leslau ; km 54.808), where there was once a connection to the narrow-gauge railway Włocławek – Przystronie . From there it continues north-west via the Nieszawa Waganiec station ( Nessau ; km 77.189), which is located southwest of the city of Nieszawa and on which there was once a connection to the Nieszawa – Dobre Alexandrowskie narrow-gauge railway , to the nearest long-distance train station, Aleksandrów Kujawski ( Vistula City; km 91.702), where the railway line Aleksandrów Kujawski – Ciechocinek, which is no longer operated for passenger traffic, branches off. Shortly afterwards, the line crosses the former Russian-German border and reaches the nearest long-distance train station, Toruń Główny (Thorn Central Station, km 109.058), where there are railway lines via Inowrocław (Hohensalza) and Gniezno (Gnesen) to Poznan and via Jabłonowo Pomorskie (Goßlershausen) and Iława Connect (German Eylau) to Olsztyn (Allenstein) . From Toruń the line runs westward via the Solec Kujawski long-distance train station (km 138.699) into the urban area of ​​Bydgoszcz, where the first long-distance train station is Bydgoszcz Wschód (Karlsdorf near Bromberg / Bromberg Ost ; km 152.300), where the Brodnica – Bydgoszcz line branches off and the Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia railway line , part of the so-called coal highway, is crossed. It forms the bypass of the main station for freight trains. Long-distance trains also stop at the Bydgoszcz Leśna stop (km 156.343), as well as at the Bydgoszcz Główna station (Bydgoszcz State Station ; km 160.058), where the Chorzów – Tczew railway , part of the so-called coal highway, crosses . There was once a connection to Posen , which is interrupted and from the direction of Bydgoszcz is only used by freight traffic as far as Szubin (Schubin / Altburgund). The narrow-gauge railway Bydgoszcz – Koronowo of the former Bydgoszcz Kreisbahn no longer exists. The Kutno – Piła railway runs further west to the nearest long-distance train station Nakło nad Notecią (Nakel State Railway Station; km 186.887) on the Oleśnica – Chojnice railway, which is only operated here for goods traffic . Here there was once a connection to the narrow-gauge railway Nakło nad Notecią – Kasprowo of the former Bydgoszcz Kreisbahn. The route continues via the nearest long-distance train station Wyrzysk Osiek (Netzthal / Wirsitz-Netzthal ; km 208.183), a few kilometers south of the city of Wyrzysk, and Białośliwie (Weißenhöhe; km 219.898), where the narrow-gauge railway Białośliwie – Witosław is still part of the museum traffic operated, begins, to the railway junction and island station Piła Główna (Schneidemühl; km 247.181), which lies among other things on the Tczew – Küstrin-Kietz border , a piece of the former Prussian Eastern Railway .

The line is between Kutno and Bydgoszcz, with the exception between Włocławek Brzezie and Aleksandrów Kujawski, where passenger trains can travel 140 kilometers per hour, and in the area of ​​larger stations for a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour for passenger traffic and for freight traffic of 100 kilometers per hour and between Bydgoszcz and Piła for a maximum speed of largely 100 kilometers per hour in passenger traffic and 70 kilometers per hour in freight traffic.

history

The Schneidemühl – Bromberg section was opened on July 27, 1851 as part of the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway , together with the Kreuz –Schneidemühl section of today's Tczew – Küstrin-Kietz railway . At that time there was no direct connection to the Prussian capital Berlin , a detour via Stettin had to be taken. The direct connection via Landsberg an der Warthe , Küstrin and Strausberg was only opened between 1857 and 1867. On October 24, 1861, the continuation of the Schneidemühl – Bromberg line to Thorn was opened, the continuation across the Russian border to Alexandrowo followed on December 5, 1862, the day before the Kutno – Alexandrowo line was the continuation of December 1, 1861 The route Lowitsch – Kutno was opened by the Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway . Since 1888/1889 the section Bromberg – Schneidemühl and since 1910 the section Thorn – Bromberg has been operated on two tracks. The May 1914 timetable provided for four pairs of express trains between Thorn and Schneidemühl. Express train stops were then: eight times (four times in each direction) Thorn Hbf, Schirpitz once (in the direction of Schneidemühl), Schulitz four times, Brahnau once (in the direction of Thorn), Bromberg eight times, Nakel six times, Netzthal twice, Weißenhöhe twice, Schneidemühl eight times. At that time, the Nord-Express ran between Thorn and Alexandrowo , as the route was the fastest connection between Berlin and Warsaw because the direct railway line Poznan – Warsaw did not yet exist.

After the First World War , the line became Polish, only about two thirds of the section between Erpel (Polish: Kaczory) and Schneidemühl remained on German soil. Russia no longer had any share. The 1939 summer course book provided for two pairs of passenger trains to cross the border. In the meantime, the Kutno – Toruń line had been expanded to two tracks in 1936/1937. Presumably in 1943, during the German occupation of Poland, a new route between Bromberg Ost (Bydgoszcz Wschód) and Bromberg Hbf (Bydgoszcz Główna) was opened, the old one closed in 1964.

After the Second World War , the route became completely Polish. Two serious railway accidents later occurred: on July 3, 1972, a train accident occurred between Zielonczyn and Ślesin with 12 dead and 26 injured, and on August 19, 1980 the Otłoczyn railway accident occurred with 67 deaths and 62 injuries. The Toruń – Bydgoszcz section has been electrically operated since July 20, 1984, the Aleksandrów Kujawski – Toruń since May 31, 1985, the Kutno – Aleksandrów Kujawski since December 21, 1985 and the Bydgoszcz – Piła since December 23, 1989.

Literature and web links

Commons : Kutno – Piła 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. C4–7, D7
• Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8
2. ↑ PKP Polskie Line Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , rail buses and freight trains from January 9, 2018
3. ^ Course book May 1914
4. ^ Course book summer 1936