The Oleśnica – Chojnice (Oels – Konitz) railway is a partially electrified, but also only partially operated, passenger railway line in the Polish voivodeships of Lower Silesia , Greater Poland , Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomerania .
The May 1914 summer timetable provided for four pairs of trains between Konitz and Nakel, and one between Konitz and Zempelburg . He envisaged four trains Gnesen – Nakel, back three, one move Nakel – Janowitz and one Janowitz – Gnesen.
After about two years of construction, the main line was opened on June 30, 1875 by the Oels-Gnesener Eisenbahn. This company later became part of the Prussian State Railways .
The 1914 summer timetable provided for five pairs of trains Gnesen – Krotoschin, one pair of trains Jarotschin – Krotoschin, a single train Gnesen – Jarotschin and a single train Miloslaw – Wreschen. On the southernmost section (Krotoschin – Oels), the timetable provided for two pairs of express trains and one pair of express trains for long-distance traffic, six pairs of trains a day for local traffic, and another on the night from Sunday to Monday. He also envisaged a Saturday Krotoschin – Militsch train, a weekday Krotoschin – Freyhan and a Freyhan – Krotoschin that only runs on school days, as well as branches on the Großgraben – Ostrowo railway line .
North of Freyhans, the line came to Poland in 1920, the remaining line in 1945.
In 1936, 6 regional trains ran to the border a day, two of which crossed the border. In addition, a pair of express trains ran between Breslau and Warsaw across the border.
The Großgraben – Oels section was electrified by the Polish State Railways until December 1975, Gnesen – Jarotschin until November 1976, Krotoschin – Großgraben until December 1986, and since November 1987 the Jarotschin – Krotoschin section has also been energized.
In December 2012 the passenger traffic Gnesen – Jarotschin was stopped, in May 2013 it was resumed with two pairs of trains every working day, but stopped again.
Passenger traffic is also low on the remaining section: four pairs of trains run between Krotoschin and Jarotschin Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, and between Großgraben and Krotoschin there was not even one every day before the final shutdown in December 2016. Between Oels and Großgraben there are a few pairs of local trains that run from Großgraben towards Ostrowo , as well as some long-distance trains that only stop in Oleśnica Rataje.
literature
Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014. Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. B5, C5, D5, E5 and F5
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