Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg railway line

Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg (Neustettin – Kolberg)
Platforms in Szczecinek (Neustettin)
Course of the PKP route 404
Route number :	404
Course book range :	340
Route length:	99.416 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	100 km / h
Legend from Piła by Runowo Pomorskie 0.000 Szczecinek (Neustettin) to Chojnice to Ustka DK 20 3,770 Szczecinek Chyże (Neustettin Kietz) DK 11 10,548 Dalęcino (Dallenthin) 15.980 Przeradz (Eschenriege; former train station) 19,049 Iwin (Elfenbusch) from Kostrzyn 27.050 Grzmiąca (grief) after Korzybie 34.733 Wielanowo (Villnow) Liśnica 42.907 Tychowo (Great Tychow) Liśnica 49,408 Podborsko (Kiefheide) 57.370 Moczyłki 61.545 Białogard PZM to Dębczyno former Kolberger Kleinbahn by Stargard Szczeciński 63,521 Białogard (Belgard) (formerly the connection between Köslin and Belgarder Bahnen ) to Gdańsk 65.759 Białogard CPN DK 6 Radew 71.621 Karlino (Körlin (Persante)) (former connection Kolberger Kleinbahn ) 75.290 Daszewo (Dassow) 80,063 Wrzosowo (Fritzow) 83.650 Jazy (Jaasde) 88.027 Dygowo (Degow) 93.280 Stramnica (Alt Tramm; former train station) DK 11 from Koszalin 99.416 Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) to Goleniów Kołobrzeg port

The Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg railway is a single-track electrified main line in the Polish Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania) voivodeship . It connects the cities of Szczecinek (Neustettin), Białogard (Belgard) and Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) and thus also connects the city of Kołobrzeg to large cities such as Szczecin (Stettin), Poznań (Poznan) or Gdańsk (Danzig) The kilometer-long railway is operated by the Polish State Railways (PKP) under route number 404.

course

The train begins at the Szczecinek crossing station, where there is a connection to the Piła – Ustka and Chojnice – Runowo Pomorskie lines . It runs predominantly towards the northwest. In Grzmiąca (Gramenz) the disused railways from Kostrzyn (Küstrin) and Korzybie (Zollbrück) meet the line. About 40 kilometers further is Białogard, the main railway intermediate station with a connection to the Stargard Szczeciński – Gdańsk line . After Białogard it goes about 30 kilometers to the terminal station Kołobrzeg. The station is also a transfer point to the Koszalin – Goleniów line .

history

Kołobrzeg railway station

The route consists of two historical sections. The older one from Belgard to Kolberg was opened to traffic on June 1, 1859 by the Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (BSTE) together with the Stargard – Köslin railway . The second section between Neustettin and Belgard was put into operation on November 15, 1878 by the Prussian State Railways as part of the Eastern Railway Network .

Both companies initially operated their railways independently of one another until the BStE was taken over by the Prussian State Railways in 1880, which ran the route under a uniform timetable . From 1920, the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over the operation as the successor to the Prussian State Railways. It led the connection under the course book route 111n between Kolberg, Belgard, Neustettin and Schneidemühl ( Piła ).

After the Second World War , Pomerania became part of the Polish state. The Polish State Railways took over the operation of the railway and continued it under number 404. In 1988 and 1989, the PKP electrified the entire length of the line.

business

The train is served in long-distance as well as regional traffic. In the outskirts of the day, a PKP Intercity runs from Poznań to Kołobrzeg. In regional traffic there are several connections with direct connections to Słupsk (Stolp), Poznań, Kraków (Cracow) and Katowice (Kattowitz).

literature

• Wolfram Bäumer, Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Pomerania . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1988, ISBN 3-922138-34-9 .
• Ryszard Stankiewicz, Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. B2-4 .

Web links

Commons : Railway Line 404 (Poland)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Linia Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg (Polish)