Warszawa – Poznań railway line

Warszawa – Poznań Główny

Route number :

3

Course book range :

300

Route length:

301.574 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

3 kV =

Top speed:

160 km / h

Dual track :

continuous

Legend

	from Gdansk / Terespol / Lublin
-4.254	Warszawa Wschodnia 90 m

-3.196	Warszawa Stadium (since 1963)	95 m
-1.289	Warszawa Powiśle (since 1963)	105 m

0	Warszawa Śródmieście (formerly Bf )	105 m
0	Warszawa Centralna	105 m

1.207	Warszawa Ochota	106 m
	Warszawa Główna Osobowa (1845–1996)	112 m

3.082	Warszawa Zachodnia (since 1915)	114 m
	Suburban route to Grodzisk Mazowiecki
	from Warszawa Praga
	to Warszawa Główna Towarowa
	to Krakow
	to Warszawa Główna Towarowa

6.804	Warszawa Włochy	110 m
	to Warszawa Włochy T3Ł
	to Katowice
	to Katowice
	from Warszawa Włochy
8.370	Warszawa Włochy T3Ł	115 m
9,094	Warszawa Ursus Północny (since 1979)	109 m
	by Warszawa Główna Towarowa

10.719	Warszawa Gołąbki (since 1914)	108 m
	to Katowice
	connections
15,384	Ożarów Mazowiecki	101 m
21,369	Płochocin Polmos	92 m
21.978	Płochocin (former train station)	90 m
	connections
	Utrata
28.684	Błonie	90 m
31.118	Witanów (since 1931)	91 m
34,318	Boża Wola (since 1910)	93 m
38,534	Seroki (since 1957)	91 m
41,942	Teresin Niepokalanów	90 m
	connections
47.008	Piasecznica (since 1927)	94 m
	DK 2 , E 30
	Connections, including a military airport
	Narrow-gauge railway from Wyszogród
54.315	Sochaczew	91 m
	DK 2, E 30
	connections
	Pisia
58.725	Kornelin (since 1954)	94 m
62.781	Leonów (former train station)	83 m
	Mazowieckie - Łódzkie border
65.157	Kęszyce (since 1967)	90 m
	Rawka
67.470	Jasionna Łowicka (since 1950)	87 m
72.327	Bednary	89 m

75.623	Mysłaków (since 1950)	92 m
	Skierniewka
	DK 70
76.893	Arkadia junction
	to Skierniewice
	to Łódź
	from Skierniewice
78.870	Branch Łowicz Główny ŁG1	88 m
	to and from Łódź
80.649	Łowicz Główny	89 m
	Bzura
	DK 92
86.938	Niedźwiada Łowicka (since 1952)	87 m
	Słudwia
93,380	Jackowice	94 m
99.700	Zosinów (since around 1947)	100 m
107.106	Żychlin	114 m
	Connection to the sugar factory
115.866	Złotkiki Kutnowskie (since 1943)	114 m
	A 1
120.610	Stara Wieś (since 1945)	110 m
	connections
122.050	Sklęczki (since 1975)	111 m
	DK 60
	Ochnia
	from Łódź
125.903	Kutno	108 m
	Kutno Towarowy


	Kutno Azory Lokomotywownia
	Azory (from 1925)
	to Brodnica
	to Toruń
	DK 92

134.591	Nowe Kutnowskie	124 m
	DK 91
	from Ozorków
138.780	Krzewie	122 m
	to Krośniewice
	according to Opiesin
	Border Łódzkie - Wielkopolskie
148.264	Turzynów (former train station)	127 m
	Connection to the salt mine
157.620	Kłodawa	126 m
163.832	Zamków junction	110 m

	Tczew – Chorzów

166.107	Barlogi	101 m
	DK 2, E 30
	Sompolno – Koło – Dąbie Kolskie narrow-gauge railway
175.657	Koło	102 m
	connections
182.203	Budki Nowe (since 1952)	95 m
187,834	Kramsk	101 m
195.127	Patrzyków (until 2000)	88 m
	Ślesiński Canal
	Connection aluminum hut
	DK 25

	by Kazimierz Biskupi , previously narrow gauge
204.496	Konin	107 m
	Connection to the granary
	connections
206,557	Konin Zachód (since 1984)	100 m
211.636	Kawnice (since around 1950)	90 m
216.161	Spławie (former train station)	99 m
221.612	Cienin Kościelny (since 1953)	98 m
224.497	Cienin	110 m
	DK 92
232,800	Słupca (former train station)	98 m
	connections
236,869	Strzałkowo (Stralkowo)	102 m
	DK 92
240.819	Wólka (Wulka; former train station)	95 m
245.213	Otoczna (Otoschno; former train station)	105 m
248,407	Gutowo Wielkopolskie (Guthof; former train station)	106 m
253.293 0.332	Sokołowo Wrzesińskie branch (since 1977)	111 m

	Wreschener Kreisbahn
	DK 15
	from Chojnice
	Wrześnica
2.369 -0.837	Września (Wreschen Stsbf)	106 m
	to Oleśnica
	DK 92

262.729 6.562	Podstolice (table village)	113 m
268,403	Nekla (Nekla; former train station)	111 m
274,380	Gułtowy (Gultowy; former train station)	108 m
	S 5
281.277	Kostrzyn Wielkopolski (Kostschin)	101 m
285,826	Paczkowo (Osthausen; former train station)	101 m
	connection
291.618	Swarzędz (Schwersenz)	91 m
	to Poznań Starołęka and Kobylnica
	to Poznań Starołęka
294.112	Poznań Antoninek branch	108 m
	Kobylnica – Poznań Starołęka
	connection
294.955	Poznań Antoninek (Antoninhof; since 1907)
	from Toruń
	from Bydgoszcz
	connection
298,997	Poznań Wschód (Glowno)	65 m
	Connection to Volkswagen
	Connection, formerly Schrodaer Kreisbahn
	Warta
301,577	Poznań Garbary (Poznan Gerber Dam )	61 m
	from Szczecin and Piła
304.656	Poznań Główny (Poznan Central Station)	72 m

	to Frankfurt (Oder)
	to Kluczbork
	to Wroclaw

The Warszawa – Poznań railway line is a railway line in the center and west of Poland . The double-track electrified main line , the central section of which was only inaugurated in 1921, is one of the most important connections from the Polish capital to the west of the country. It is part of the railway axis between Warsaw and Berlin and, together with the Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań railway, forms the 475-kilometer PKP route no.

course

The route begins in the capital Warsaw at the Warszawa Zachodnia long-distance train station, where the Warszawa-Katowice railway line , the former Warsaw-Vienna railway , begins, and runs westwards via the Sochaczew long-distance train station (km 54.315), the beginning of the Sochaczew narrow-gauge museum –Wyszogród , Łowicz Główny (km 80.649), the end point of the Skierniewice – Łowicz railway and transition point to the Bednary – Łódź , Kutno railway line (km 125.903), the end point of the Łódź – Kutno railway line and the start of the Kutno – Piła railway line and the Brodnica , the junction with the Chorzów – Tczew railway , the former coal main line , the Koło long-distance railway stations (km 175.657), formerly with a transition to the Sompolno – Dąbie Kolskie , Konin (km 204.496) railway , the former beginning of the Konin – Kazimierz Biskupi railway and earlier End point of the narrow-gauge railway Gniezno – Konin , Września (Wreschen Stsbf) on the Oleśnica – Chojnice railway line , where de The Września station can also be bypassed, Swarzędz (Schwersenz; km 291,618), where there are connections to the Poznań Krzesiny – Kobylnica railway line to Poznań . At Poznań Wschód station (Glowno; km 298.997) it meets the lines from Torun and Bydgoszcz , at Poznań Główny station (Poznań Central Station ; km 304.656) it meets the lines from Szczecin , Schneidemühl , Kreuzburg and Wroclaw, as well as the continuation of line 3 after Frankfurt (Oder) .

State of development

The line is double-tracked throughout and electrified with 3000 volts DC.

For a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour, the distance is between the kilometer points 12,200 and 21,000, 27,200 and 53,100, 70,300 and 75,400, 82,600 and 124,500, 130,600 and 174,500 (not continuous on the second track), 177,100 and 199,300 (also), 206,100 and 231,280 (only one track) and 232,450 and 290,850 expanded. Even in between, you can mostly drive at a top speed of at least 120 kilometers per hour.

history

Railway construction in divided Poland

Entrance building in Swarzędz

The first indirect rail connection between Berlin and Warsaw was established as early as 1848. It made a big detour via Upper Silesia, even leading a few kilometers through the Austrian crown land of Galicia . It led over the Lower Silesian-Märkische Railway , the Upper Silesian Railway , the Krakow-Upper Silesian Railway and the Warsaw-Vienna Railway .

In 1863 a significantly shorter route was created with the connection between Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ) on the Prussian Eastern Railway and Łowicz , which was on a branch of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway from Skierniewice . The border crossing point was in Alexandrovo . The line included Thorn ( Toruń ) on the Prussian side and Włocławek on the Russian side .

A direct connection from Berlin to Poznan was established with the Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań railway that opened in 1870 .

In 1888 the Prussian State Railways built a line from Posen via Wreschen (Polish: Września ) to Stralkowo , which, however, had no connection across the Russian border. As a result, the route had only local significance for decades. In 1905 five pairs of passenger trains ran over the route, and another to Wreschen.

In 1902, a railway line from Warsaw via Łowicz to Łódź and Kalisz was opened in the Russian 1524 mm gauge in the Russian “Vistula region” , on which the distance from Warsaw to Łowicz was shorter than on the standard gauge line via Skierniewice. This route has only been available for trains from Poznan and Berlin since the gauge was changed after the end of Russian rule. In 1905 there were two daily connections from Berlin via the Prussian Eastern Railway and Thorn to Warsaw; one of them also had through cars that drove via Frankfurt (Oder) and Posen. The luxury train Nord-Express also ran once a week via Frankfurt from Berlin to Warsaw.

Between the world wars

After the First World War, the Peace Treaty of Versailles made the area around Posen, the historical region of Greater Poland , part of the re-established state of Poland.

In 1921, after a short construction period, he created the direct connection between Warsaw and Poznań, which was missing until then, by building the line from Kutno , which was on the Łowicz – Toruń line, via Konin to Strzałkowo , using material from the second track of the Warsaw-Petersburg railway .

In terms of architectural history, the connection from Warsaw to Poznań in 1921 consisted of four different parts:

Warszawa – Łowicz - opened in 1902 as part of the Warszawa – Łódź line in 1524 mm gauge, re-gauged from 1918,
Łowicz – Kutno - opened in 1861 as part of the Łowicz – Alexandrowo – Thorn line (Warsaw – Bromberg route),
Kutno – Strzałkowo - new line 1921,
Poznań – Strzałkowo - opened in 1888 as a Prussian branch line to the Russian border.

For a long time, trains that crossed Warsaw in an east-west direction had to take long detours via connecting routes in the north of the city. In 1933 the "Linia średnicowa" in Warsaw went into operation, with which the city could be passed directly in an east-west direction. Part of the route was a new bridge over the Vistula and a tunnel under the city center. In 1936 the line was electrified. A new underground main station (Dworzec Główny) a little east of today's Warszawa Centralna station went into operation on the route. After the outbreak of World War II, construction work was stopped. Like much of the city, the main train station and the railway line through Warsaw were destroyed by German troops in 1944.

After 1945

Platforms in Cienin

After the Second World War, a provisional new main station was built in Warsaw, the Warszawa Główna station , a terminus to the west of the city center. The line was electrified between 1959 and 1964. In 1967 the rebuilt inner city crossing was initially provisionally operational again, and in 1975 the new underground station Warszawa Centralna was opened there. In 1977 a new line was built to bypass Września station .