Katowice – Legnica railway line

Katowice – Legnica Katowice – Liegnitz
Route number :	137; 713 (3rd track Katowice – Chorzów Batory (partly closed)) 168 (3rd / 4th track Gliwice – Gliwice-Łabędy) ; 199 (3rd track Rudziniec – Kędzierzyn-Koźle) ; 683 (4th track junction Nowa Wieś– Kędzierzyn-Koźle )
Course book range :	Katowice - Gliwice 101 Katowice- Kędzierzyn-Koźle 220 Kędzierzyn- Koźle- Legnica 235
Route length:	283.524 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Katowice - Kędzierzyn-Koźle 3000 V  =
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	Katowice - Kędzierzyn-Koźle Zachodnie, Twardawa - Kamieniec Ząbkowicki and Świdnica - Jaworzyna Śląska
Legend from Sosnowiec (Sosnowitz) and Mysłowice (Myslowitz) 0.381 Katowice (Kattowitz Stsbf, 1943 : Kattowitz) 271 m 1.621 Katowice Towarowa to Tychy (Tichau) 2.528 Katowice Załęże (since 1971) 272 m "Kleofas" coal mine Junction Gottwald Freight line to the Radoszowy junction Freight line from Ruda Kochłowice (Kochlowitz) 6.166 Chorzów Batory (Bismarckhütte Stsbf, 1943: Königshütte-Bismarck) 272 m to Bytom (Beuthen; Coal Main Line ) by Bytom 8.413 Świętochłowice (Schwientochlowitz; formerly Bf.) 283 m Hut connections 11.740 Ruda Chebzie (Morgenroth Stsbf, 1943: Morgenroth) 295 m Upper Silesian narrow-gauge railway Freight line to Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk) Freight line from Ruda Orzegów to Ruda Kochłowice 14.068 Ruda Śląska (Ruda; formerly Bf) 280 m Polish-German border 1922–1939 Upper Silesian dirt track to the Ruda Wschodnia – Gliwice railway line Coking plant connection 18,926 Zabrze (Zabrze / Hindenburg (Oberschles.) Stsbf) 252 m Freight line from Ruda Kochłowice (Kochlowitz) by Zabrze Biskupice (Borsigwerk) to the Sośnica colliery Gliwice Sośnica by Ruda Wschodnia to the Sośnica colliery Autobahn 1 Bytomka 27,100 Gliwice (Gleiwitz [Stsbf]) 221 m State road 78 State road 88 28,350 Szobiszowice junction 216 m Gliwice Port (Gleiwitz Hafen; since 1936) 215 m connection Part of the Gliwice Łabędy station in front of the junction 32.985 Gliwice Łabędy (Laband; wedge station ) 215 m to Pyskowice (Peiskretscham) Hut connection Gliwice Canal Kłodnica (Klodnitz) 37,400 Rzeczyce Śląskie (since 1957) 217 m Autobahn 4 and Landesstrasse 88 41.648 Taciszów (since 1880; Tatischau / Vatershagen) 228 m Upper Silesian dirt track Freight line from Toszek 49.056 Rudziniec Gliwicki (since 1850; Rudzinitz / Rudgershagen) 208 m Silesian and Opole Voivodeships 55,700 Sławięcice (Slawentzitz / Ehrenforst; with connections) 197 m 57.898 Kędzierzyn Blachownia Śląska (1953–2002) 190 m 61.623 Nowa Wieś junction 211 m to and from Racibórz (Ratibor) 64,162 Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin / Heydebreck (Oberschles.)) 180 m State road 40 Kłodnica (Klodnitz) to Opole (Opole) Kędzierzyn-Koźle Port (since 1891) 175 m 68,370 Kędzierzyn-Koźle Przystanek (Cosel Hafen Hp; since 1884) 175 m Odra (Or) 70.150 Kędzierzyn-Koźle Zachodnie (Cosel) 171 m to Baborów (Bauerwitz) State road 45 73.772 Pokrzywnica (Nesselwitz; since 1890) 185 m 79.619 Twardawa (Twardawa / Hartenau) 186 m Siding State road 40 88.597 Głogówek (Ober Glogau / Oberglogau) 211 m Osobłoga (Hotzenblotz) from Głubczyce (Leobschütz) 97.739 Racławice Śląskie (German Rasselwitz) 225 m 104.144 Dytmarów (Dittersdorf (Oberschles.); Formerly Bf) 240 m Landesstrasse 40 and Landesstrasse 41 Freight line from Krapkowice (Krappitz) 111.204 Prudnik (Neustadt (Oberschles.)) 256 m 118,406 Szybowice (Schnellewalde; formerly Bf) 292 m 123,600 Nowy Las (Neuwalde; since 1890; formerly Bf) 290 m Stary Las junction 281 m to and from Głuchołazy (goat neck) from Sławniowice Nyskie (Groß Kunzendorf) 127.228 Nowy Świętów (German bet) 279 m 132,000 Przełęk (Preiland; since 1890) 235 m from Kałków Łąka (Kalkau-Wiesau) Nysa Przedmieście ((Neisse) Ober Neuland) State road 41 from Ścinawa Mała (Steinau (Oberschles.)) Nysa Mały Dworzec (Neisse Kleinbahnhof) from Opole (Opole) Nysa Miasto (Neisse city) 139.075 Nysa (Neisse) 189 m State road 46 to Brzeg (Brieg) 144.846 Radzikowice (Stephansdorf; formerly Bf) 221 m 147.933 Goświnowice (Friedenthal-Giesmannsdorf / Großgießmannsdorf ) 229m 150.885 Wójcice (Woitz / Eichenau near Ottmachau; since 1890) 229m from Dziewętlice (Heinersdorf) 155,805 Otmuchów (Ottmachau) to Przeworno (Prieborn) 156.930 Otmuchów Jezioro (from 1962) 217 m Opole and Lower Silesia Voivodeships Lower Silesian and Opole Voivodeships 166.107 Paczków (Patschkau) 222 m Mine connection Opole and Lower Silesia Voivodeships 172.123 Doboszowice (Hertwigswalde; formerly Bf; since 1885) 232 m Mine connection from Wrocław (Breslau) by Złoty Stok (Reichenstein) 177.220 Kamieniec Ząbkowicki (Camenz / Kamenz (Silesia) [Stsbf]) 263 m to Kłodzko (Glatz) 187.080 Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein (Silesia) [Stsbf]) 280 m Z. Ś. Dworzec Mały (F. (Schles.) Klbf) to Srebrna Góra (Silver Mountain) Landesstrasse 8 to Ciepłowody (Tepliwoda / Lauenbrunn) Ślęza (Lohe) from Łagiewniki (Heidersdorf) 196,991 Piława Górna (Free of Mercy) 304 m Mine connection 206.174 Piława Dolna (Nieder Peilau; 1866–1992) 270 m from Bielawa (Langenbielau) 208.815 Dzierżoniów Śląski (Reichenbach (Schles./Eulengeb)) D. Dworzec Mały (Reichenbach (Schles./Eulengeb) Klbf) to Pieszyce (Peterswaldau) 211.481 Dzierżoniów Dolny (Reichenbach Niederst./Ndst .; 1885–1993) 251 m 215.552 Mościsko Dzierżoniowskie (Faulbrück) 245 m 219,952 Krzyżowa (Creisau / Kreisau; formerly Bf) 236 m Jakobsdorf (until about 1902–1904) 260 m from Jedlina-Zdrój (Bad Charlottenbrunn) 223.708 Świdnica Kraszowice (Croischwitz / Kroischwitz; since approx. 1902–1904) 260 m Freight route to Świdnica Przedmieście (Schweidnitz N.) Bystrzyca (Schweidnitzer Weistritz) Freight line from Świdnica Przedmieście (Schweidnitz N.) 226.796 Świdnica Miasto (Schweidnitz central station) 245 m Landesstrasse 35 Schweidnitz (1844–1855) Heating plant connection Electrolux connection 232.216 Bolesławice Świdnickie (Bunzelwitz; formerly Bf) 220 m from Wrocław (Breslau) 236.765 Jaworzyna Śląska (King's Tent) 235 m to Wałbrzych (Waldenburg) 242,095 Stanowice (Stanowitz / Standorf (Kr. Schweidnitz); formerly Bf) 224 m Strzegomka Landesstrasse 5 245,801 Strzegom Międzyrzecze junction 218 m Connection to the Grabina mine (trenches) 247.227 Strzegom (Striegau Bf / Striegau) 222 m to Malczyce (Maltsch) 251,962 Goczałków (since 1959; formerly Bf) 209 m 253.624 Rogoźnica (large roses; with sidings) 208 m Wierzbiak (meadow pool) Connection from Borów (Bohrauseifersdorf) by Malczyce (Maltsch) 262,333 Jawor (Jauer) 196 m Landesstrasse 3 Sugar factory connection 266,040 Stary Jawor (Alt Jauer; formerly Bf) 189 m 268,307 Brachów (Brechelshof) 189 m 271.731 Przybyłowice (Triebelwitz; formerly Bf) 165 m Landesstrasse 3 Autobahn 4 Connection to Centrozłom 277.642 Nowa Wieś Legnicka (Neuhof near Liegnitz; formerly Bf) 124 m connections 280.494 Legnica Piekary (since 1985) 121 m State Road 94 from Wrocław (Breslau; Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway ) Legnica bypass Kaczawa (Katzbach) Connection to Pątnów Legnicki (Panten) 283,905 Legnica (Liegnitz [Stsbf]) 120 m Freight line to Złotoryja (Goldberg) Freight route to Lubin (Lüben) to Żagań (Sagan; Lower Silesian-Märkische Eisenbahn )

The Katowice – Legnica (Katowice – Liegnitz) line is a partially electrified, partially double-track, and only mostly regular passenger line in the Polish Voivodeships of Lower Silesia , Opole and Silesia .

course

Racławice Ślaskie Railway Station 2012

Nowy Świetów Railway Station 2008

Świdnica Miasto Railway Station 2010

The Katowice – Legnica railway line begins at Katowice railway station (Katowice, long-distance train station ) - the end of the Warszawa – Katowice railway line and the Oświęcim – Katowice railway line and the start of the Katowice – Zwardoń railway line - and runs westwards across the stations of the independent towns of Chorzów Batory (Bismarckhütte; km 5.900 ), Start of the railway line Chorzów Batory – Tczew , Świętochłowice (Schwientochlowitz; km 8.413), Ruda Śląska (Ruda OS, km 14.068) and Zabrze (Hindenburg OS; long-distance train station; km 18.926) to Gliwice (Gliwice; long-distance train station; km 27.100), from from there via Gliwice Łabędy (Laband; km 32.985), the beginning of the Gliwice – Pyskowice railway to Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin; long-distance train station; km 64.162), the beginning of the northward Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Opole railway, which goes south towards the Czech border, extending railway Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Bohumín and the disused railway Kedzierzyn-Kozle-Kluczbork . The line continues westward via the Westbahnhof (Zachodnie; km 70.150), the beginning of the disused railway line Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Baborów , Racławice Śląskie (German Rasselwitz; km 97.739), end point of the disused railway line Głubczyce – Racławice Śląskie , OS Prudnik (km 111,204), end point of the former New Town-Gogoliner Railway and Nowy Świętów (German Wette; km 127.228), start of the Nowy Świetów – Głuchołazy railway line , which is still operated on weekends, and the former Nowy Świetów – Sławniowice railway , km 139.075 Nyskie to Nysa (Neisse); where passenger traffic ends. The route continues westward via Otmuchów (Ottmachau; km 155.805), the beginning of the former routes to Przeworno and Dziewiętlice to Kamieniec Ząbkowicki (Camenz; km 177,220), where passenger traffic begins again and the Wrocław – Międzylesie railway crosses , from there northwards via Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein; km 187.080), station of the Frankensteiner Kreisbahn , Pilawa Górna (no grace; km 196.991), end point of the former railway line Kobierzyce – Piława Górna , Dzierżoniów (Reichenbach Ślążów Ślążów – Dzieroniski– Dzieroni), start of the reopened railway line bielawa and the former Eulengebirgsbahn , Świdnica Kraszowice (Croischwitz; km 223.708), the former junction station with the railway line Wroclaw-jedlina-zdrój , jaworzyna śląska (Königszelt; km 236.765), where the railway track Wroclaw Świebodzki-Zgorzelec is crossed, Strzegom (Striegau; km 247.227), junction station with the former railway , which was still partially used as a connecting railway route Malczyce – Marciszów , Jawor (Jauer; km 262.333), the beginning of the former Jauer – Maltsch railway and the Jawor – Roztoka railway, which is still used as a connecting line , to Legnica station (Liegnitz; km 283.905), which is on the Wrocław – Guben railway line , the former Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway , lies.

State of development

The track is of Katowice to Kedzierzyn-Kozle (km 64.162) electrified and Katowice to Kedzierzyn-Kozle Zachodnie (km 70.985) and Twardawa (km 78.600) to Kaminiec Ząbkowicki (km 177.492) and Świdnica Miasto (km 226.463) to Jaworzyna Śląska (km 236,420) expanded to two tracks. On the remaining sections, the second track is either impassable or dismantled.

The permissible maximum speeds differ in part from track to opposite track. From Katowice to Kędzierzyn-Koźle, the route can be used by passenger and freight trains with the exception of individual station areas at one hundred to one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour, on the rest of the route it is fifty to one hundred kilometers per hour, on the opposite track tends to be more than on the other Regular track, more for passenger trains than for freight trains. As an example: On the section from kilometer 80.067 to kilometer 93.365, passengers may travel sixty kilometers per hour on one track and seventy to one hundred on the opposite track. Forty to a hundred for freight trains.

history

Route network of the Breslau-Schweidnitz-Freiburg Railway

The first section of today's line Katowice – Legnica, Königszelt - Schweidnitz was opened on July 21, 1844 by the Breslau-Schweidnitz-Freiburg Railway (BSF) as a branch of the Wroclaw – Freiburg line in Silesia , which was opened in 1843 . On November 2, 1845, the Upper Silesian Railway (OSE) opened the first eastern section of today's line, Kandrzin - Gleiwitz , as a continuation of the Opole – Kandrzin line . On November 15, 1845, the continuation followed to the eastern Schwientochlowitz and on October 3, 1846 that to Kattowitz . In the west, in turn, the BSF extended its route on November 24, 1855 to Reichenbach im Eulengebirge and northwards on December 16, 1856 to Liegnitz . In the south it opened on November 1, 1858, the continuation to Frankenstein . On April 1, 1874, the now state-run OSE opened the continuation to Camenz , since 1873 station on the Breslau – Wartha line . On December 28, 1874, it opened the continuation to Friedenthal-Giesmannsdorf . In November 1875, the Neisse - Deutsch Wette - Ziegenhals line , only part of today's Katowice – Legnica railway line as far as Deutsch Wette, was opened as a continuation of the line from Brzeg opened in 1847–1848 . The gap between Neisse and Friedenthal-Giesmannsdorf was closed on June 12, 1876 and at the same time a branch of the Neisse – Ziegenhals line from Deutsch Wette to Neustadt in Upper Silesia was opened. The continuation via Deutsch Rasselwitz to Leobschütz was only two months later, on August 15 Opened in 1876, once again only the first section is part of today's Katowice – Legnica line. The gap between Kandrzin and Deutsch Rasselwitz was closed in the same year. After that, the line was nationalized and double-tracked.

From 1922, after the referendum in Upper Silesia , until the German occupation of Poland in 1939, the German-Polish border lay east of Hindenburg OS , and the entire route has belonged to Poland since 1945.

The sections Kędzierzyn-Koźle Zachodnie - Twardawa , Kamieniec Ząbkowicki - Świdnica Miasto and Jaworzyna Śląska - Legnica will only be used on a single track.

Since June 1, 1957, the Katowice - Gliwice section has been operated electrically, since October 3, 1960, the Gliwice – Gliwice Łabędy , since July 18, 1962, the Gliwice Łabędy– Kędzierzyn-Koźle . On October 30, 1986, the contact wire was put into operation on the easternmost section from Nowa Wieś Legnicka, where there are some connections, to Legnica, but was taken out of service again in 2005.

The Rudziniec - Kędzierzyn-Koźle section had already been expanded to three tracks in 1975 , with the third track now partially closed again.

Long-distance traffic is operated up to Kędzierzyn-Koźle, after that only regional traffic except for the section Nysa - Kamieniec Ząbkowicki , where passenger traffic has been discontinued since 2009. In summer 2018, regular passenger trains will run there again on weekends.

literature

• Ryszard Stankiewicz, Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014. Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. F3 – F4 and G4 – G7

Web links

• Description on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)

Commons : Katowice – Legnica railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

1. ↑ Kursbuch 1917/1943 (also slashes in brackets)
2. ↑ with sidings
3. ^ Poland: First test drive to Bielawa
4. ↑ PKP-PLK document of January 9, 2018
5. ↑ Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from December 1, 2016
6. ↑ according to Railway Atlas on 1st, according to Bazakolejowa on 5th
7. ↑ according to the railway atlas opening on December 1st, according to Bazakolejowa already on November 1st
8. ↑ Course book 2017/18