Malbork – Braniewo railway line

Malbork – border near Braniewo Marienburg – Braunsberg
Braniewo train station (Braunsberg)
Route number :	204, broad gauge line 217
Course book range :	505
Route length:	90.500 km / 61.75 km
Gauge :	1435, 1520 mm
Power system :	Malbork – Bogaczewo 3000  =
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	Malbork – Bogaczewo
Legend from Tczew (Dirschau; Prussian Eastern Railway ) 0.171 Malbork (Marienburg (West Pr.)) 15  m Narrow-gauge railway from Malbork Kałdowo (Kalthof; Żuławska Kolej Dojazdowa ) Malbork Wąskotorowy (Marienburg Klbf) to Iława (German Eylau) to Grudziądz (Graudenz) to Myślice (Miswalde) Sidings Narrow-gauge railway to Świetliki (Lichtfelde; Żuławska Kolej Dojazdowa ) Connection to the military airport 5.048 Królewo Malborskie (since 1950) 5  m Narrow-gauge railway from Malbork (Marienburg (Westpr.) Klbf; Żuławska Kolej Dojazdowa ) 10,995 Stare Pole (Wąskotorowe) (Altfelde (Klbf)) 3  m Narrow-gauge railway to Świetliki (Lichtfelde; Żuławska Kolej Dojazdowa ) Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships 14.295 Fiszewo (since 1988) 3  m 18,702 Gronowo Elbląskie (Grunau (West Pr.)) 3  m from Myślice (Miswalde) Junction at Unterkerbswalde 3  m from Braniewo (Braunsberg; Haffuferbahn ) 26,551 Branch Tropy (since 1982) 2  m Elbląg (Elblag) Expressway 7 and Landesstraße 22 from Braniewo (Braunsberg; Haffuferbahn ) 28.954 0.00 Elbląg (Elblag) 5  m Expressway 7 and Landesstraße 22 37.180 7.88 Komorowo Żuławskie (since late 1917; Kämmersdorf) 3  m Expressway 7 41.436 13.045 Bogaczewo (Güldenboden) 8  m to Olsztyn (Allenstein) 49.683 20.762 Stegny (since late 1917; Steegen / Steegen (Ostpr.)) 47  m 53.699 24.297 Słobity (Schlobitten) 61  m to Orneta (Wormditt) 60,769 31,889 Młynary (Mühlhausen (Eastern Pr.)) 45  m 65,572 36,646 Kurowo Braniewskie (since late. 1917; Curau / Kurau) 39  m Piórkowo (By) CPN (Ba) 69.134 40.200 Wielkie Wieżno junction 39  m Rucianka (Be) 71.204 42.270 Chruściel (Tiedmannsdorf) 40  m Expressway 22 75,046 46,100 Pierzchały junction 30  m 47.680 Wielewo Bos junction 28  m Autostrada (Bo) Pasłęka (Passarge) 78.964 49.930 Bemowizna (since late 1917; Bohemian courts) 12  m from Elbląg (Elbing; Haffuferbahn ) by Orneta (Wormditt) 83.713 54.778 Braniewo (Braunsberg) Sidings 90,671 61,750 Polish-Russian border to Kaliningrad (Königsberg)

The Malbork – border line at Braniewo (Marienburg – Braunsberg) is a partially double-track and electrified, partially only freight service railway line in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeships and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , which is part of the former Royal Prussian Eastern Railway . From Elbląg later there was a broad gauge track that is only used from Wielkie Wieżno .

course

The line begins at Malbork station (Marienburg (West Prussia); km 0.250), where there is a connection to the Warszawa – Gdańsk railway line , and runs northeast to the nearest long-distance train station Elbląg (Elbing; km 28.954), which starts just a little further in Freight operated railway line Elbląg – Braniewo , the former Haffuferbahn and the railway line Elbing – Miswalde, which had been closed since 1945 . This is where the broad gauge track began earlier. The line runs southeast to Bogaczewo (Güldenboden; km 41.436 / 13.045), where passenger traffic branches off onto the Olsztyn – Bogaczewo railway line. The route continues via Słobity (Schlobitten; km 53.699 / 24.297) - the beginning of the Schlobitten – Bischdorf (Ostpr) railway, which has been closed since 1945 -, then north past transshipment stations from the standard-gauge to the broad-gauge route to Braniewo (Braunsberg; km 83.713 / 54.778) and on to the state border with Russia (km 90.671 / 61.750), where it merges into the Mamonowo – Kaliningrad line (Heiligenbeil – Königsberg), which also has a track of both gauges.

State of development

The line is double-tracked and electrified between Malbork and Bogaczewo.

The maximum speed for passenger trains between Malbork and Bogaczewo is 100 to 120 km / h, on the rest of the standard-gauge line, passenger traffic could be operated at 80 to 90 km / h. For freight trains, the maximum speed on the standard-gauge route is 80 to 100 km / h. On the broad-gauge line, it is 50 km / h for locomotive-hauled passenger trains and freight trains, and 60 km / h for railcars.

history

The line was opened as part of the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway on October 19, 1852 between Marienburg and Braunsberg , the continuation across today's Polish-Russian border to Königsberg (Prussia) followed on August 2, 1853, while the continuation from Marienburg westwards to Dirschau , only opened on October 12, 1857, with which there was a continuous railway connection between the Prussian capital Berlin and Königsberg. By 1871, the current Malbork – border line near Braniewo was expanded to two tracks.

The timetable of July 1, 1914 provided for seven pairs of express trains, including the North Express .

After the end of the Second World War , the line came to Poland and now represented a connection between Poland and the Soviet Union. Originally, it was planned to create the border north of Heiligenbeil, Polish Święta Siekircka, Russian Mamonowo . The Soviet Union then decided to position the border south of Mamonowo, which then became part of the Soviet Union. Braniewo became the Polish border crossing.

Until 1990, the border crossing between Braniewo and Mamonowo was used exclusively for freight traffic, there were no passenger trains in this area. Mostly civil goods were transported, but the route was also of strategic military importance. Partly instead of the former second track, a broad gauge track was built from Elbląg to the Soviet Russian border and on to Kaliningrad . Between Bogaczewo and the border, re-gauging and reloading facilities were set up at a distance of about three kilometers, each connected with a broad gauge track in the north and a standard gauge track in the south.

With the end of socialism in Poland, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact , the route lost its strategic importance. Civil freight traffic also declined. A number of re-gauging and reloading facilities were no longer used, and the broad-gauge track between Elbląg and Bogaczewo was dismantled. Today the broad gauge track is only used in the section from Wielkie Wieżno .

From June 1, 1992, civilian travel across the border was resumed. Initially, Russian diesel multiple units drove on the broad gauge track to Braniewo, from May 1993 regular gauge trains to Kaliningrad. The travel on broad gauge ended again in autumn 1993.

Since July 20, 1985, the Malbork – Elbląg section, since December 9, 1994, the Elbląg– Bogaczewo section has been electrically operated, while regional traffic was discontinued on the remaining Bogaczewo – Braniewo section in 2004, with only one pair of trains going to Kaliningrad at times has since been discontinued, perverted.

literature

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. A8, B7f

Web links

• Description of the standard gauge route on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description of the broad gauge line on atlaskolejowy.net (Polish)
• Description of the standard gauge line on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)
• Description of the broad gauge line on bazakolejowa.pl (Polish)

Commons : Malbork – border line near Braniewo (standard gauge)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Elbląg – border line near Braniewo (broad gauge)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to Stankiewicz / Stiasny
2. ↑ PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe : Maximum speeds for wagon trains , multiple units and freight trains from January 9, 2018.
3. ↑ Empire Kursbuch July 1914 reprint, 5th Edition, 1995, Ritzau KG - Publisher time and railways, Pürgen, ISBN 3-921 304-09-1 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Andreas Geißler, Konrad Koschinski: 130 years of the East Railway Berlin - Königsberg - Baltic States. Published by Deutsche Bahnkunden-Verband e. V. GVE, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89218-048-2 , pp. 109-110.