Coal Mainline

Chorzów Batory – Gdynia Port Centralny coal highway
Bridge over the Brda near Bydgoszcz Wschód
Route number :	131 Chorzów Batory – Maksymilianowo 201 Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia Port C. 127 3rd platform Radzionków – Tarnowskie Góry 128 4th platform Radzionków – Nakło Śląskie 129 3rd platform Tarnowskie Góry – Kalety 130 4th platform Tarnowskie Góry
Course book range :	180 Chorzów Batory – Herby Nowe 430 Inowrocław – Bydgoszcz Główna 431 Bydgoszcz Główna – Wierzchucin 424 Wierzchucin – Lipowa Tucholska 440 Kościerzyna – Gdynia Główna
Route length:	550 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3000 V Chorzów Batory – Maksymilianowo  =
Dual track :	Chorzów Batory – Maksymilianowo and Gdańsk Osowa – Gdynia Port
Legend from Katowice 5.8 Chorzów Batory (1922–1939 Hajduki) after Ruda Śląska (Königshütte-Bismarck) 8.9 Chorzów Miasto (1922–1934 Królewska Huta) (Königshütte) from Katowice 12.1 (0.0) Chorzów Stary (until 1952 Chorzów) (Chorzow / Königshütte Ost) 1922–1939 Poland / German Reich border (5.8) Dąbrowka Wielka until 1968 17.2 Bytom (Beuthen Oberschlesischer Bf / Beuthen Hbf) to Gliwice (Bytom right Oderufer Bf / Beuthen Westbf) until 1934 from and to Bobrek 19.9 Bytom Karb (Karf) by Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice (7.7) Brzeziny Ślaskie until 1982 from the Andalusia hut (10.6) Piekary Śląskie before 1939 Szarlej Piekary 1922–1939 border between the German Empire and Poland (12.8) Piekary Ślaskie Szarlej until 1976 before 1939 Szarlej (Scharley / German Piekar) Connection to the "Centrum" coal mine 22.5 Bytom Północny (Dombrowa / Beuthen Stadtwald) 1922–1939 border between the German Empire and Poland (15.9) 25.5 Radzionków Rojca until 1952 Rojca (New Radzionkau) 27.3 Radzionków (Radzionkau) 30.0 Nakło Śląskie (Naklo) 33.9 Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) to Fosowskie Rbf Tarnowskie Góry from and to Zawiercie 40.1 Miasteczko Śląskie (Georgenberg) 47.9 Kalety (Kalet / steel hammer) to Lubliniec 53.9 Strzebiń (former train station) to Woźniki 59.6 Boronów 67.1 Junction Kalina Częstochowa – Fosowskie 69.3 Herby Nowe to Wielun 79.1 Wręczyca 89.1 Kłobuck 94.8 Mokra Częstochowska 100.9 Miedźno 106.2 Annolesia Śląskie / łódzkie voivodeship border Warta 113.1 Działoszyn from Częstochowa 124.1 Chorzew Siemkowice 131.1 Huta 136.4 Rusiec Łódzki 146.4 Chociw Łaski 152.8 Siedlce Łaskie 157.0 Kozuby 162.0 Kustrzyce 167.4 Zduńska Wola Południowa (until 2015 person stop) 168.7 Zduńska Wola Karsznice to Łódź and to Ostrów Wielkopolski Łódź – Ostrowo Wielkopolski 173.7 Abzw. Dionizów (of Łódź and Ostrow W.) 179.5 Szadek 191.0 Otok 203.1 Poddębice 213.0 Kłudna 221.4 Kraski Łódzkie / wielkopolskie voivodship border 229.4 Dąbie nad Nerem Small train to Sompolno 240.3 Ponętów Warszawa – Poznań 251.2 Lipie Góry 260.6 Babiak Small railway Smólsk – Przystronie Networks 271.8 Zaryń Voivodeship border   wielkopolskie / kujawsko-pomorskie 283.8 Piotrków Kujawski Dobre Kujawskie – Sompolno small railway 294.5 Chełmce 300.8 Bachorce 306.2 Karczyn from Kruszwica 316.9 Inowrocław Rąbinek Port railway from and to Poznań 323.5 Inowrocław (Inowrazlaw / Hohensalza) to Toruń 330.2 Jaksice (Jakschitz) 336.4 Złotniki Kujawskie (Güldenhof) 344.7 (0.0) Nowa Wieś Wielka (Groß Neudorf) (4.3) Prądocin 349.7 Chmielniki Bydgoskie 353.1 Brzoza Bydgoska (Hop Garden) (10.1) Bydgoszcz Emilianowo (Emilienau) 361.1 Trzciniec (burst pipe) from Szubin (14.1) Bydgoszcz Żółwin Brda (Brahe) from Chełmża and Toruń from Piła Small train from Koronowo Brda (Brahe) 368.9 Bydgoszcz Główna (Bydgoszcz Central Station) Gbf Bydgoszcz Wschód Towarowy (22.2) Bydgoszcz Bielawy (Bleichfelde) (24.2) Bydgoszcz Leśna 371.1 Rynkowo Wiadukt (28.4) 373.3 Rynkowo (Rinkau) 378.4 Maksymilianowo (Maxtal) Small train to Kozielec to Tczew 386.6 Stronno (formerly the train station) 390.8 Wudzin 395.3 Serock 398.4 Lubania Lipiny 401.6 Świekatowo (formerly the train station) Terespol – Pruszcz 405.0 Lipienica 408.3 Błądzim (formerly the train station) from Laskowice 416.3 Wierzchucin (Wierzchucin / Lindenbusch) to Tuchola 419.6 Zielonka Pomorska 423.2 Małe Gacno 429.3 Zarośle (formerly the train station) 433.9 Rosochatka 439.3 Lipowa Tucholska from and to Szlachta  Kujawsko-pomorskie / pomorskie voivodeship border to Czersk 445.2 Szary Kierz 447.9 Łąg Południowy Tczew – Chojnice 451.2 Szałamaje 456.0 Wojtal Wda (Schwarzwasser) from Czersk 461.6 Bąk 466.6 Wdzydze 469.0 Olpuch 471.1 Olpuch Wdzydze 477.2 Podleś by Skarszewy 482.3 Kościerzyna (Berent) after Lipusz Nowa Wies Kościerska (Neuhöfel) 487.6 Skorzewo (Schörendorf, formerly Bf) Sikorzyno (Sykorschin) 494.4 Gołubie Kaszubskie (Gollubia / Golben) 498.5 Krzeszna (Groß Kresin, formerly Bf) 501.2 Wieżyca (Thurmberg, formerly Bf) 505.9 Sławki (Schlawkau / Schlaffenberg) 507.7 (0.0) Somonino (Semlin) (3.4) Leszno Kartuskie 511.3 Kiełpino Kartuskie from Łeba (7.6) Kartuzy (Karthaus) 515.6 Babi Dół (formerly the train station) Dzierżążno (Seeresen) Abz Glińcz 1974–1994 to Pruszcz Gdański 520.4 Borkowo 523.8 Żukowo Wschodnie 526.5 Pępowo Kartuskie 529.3 Rębiechowo from Gdansk Airport from Gdańsk Kokoszki 533.5 Gdańsk Osowa 539.9 Gdynia Wielki Kack from Gdańsk Główny Gdynia Wzgórze św. Maksymiliana 549.7 Gdynia Główna (Gdynia / Gotenhafen) Gdynia Stocznia Gbf Gdynia Port Centralny after Stargard Szczeciński to Gdynia Chylonia to Gdynia Port Oksywie

The Coal Mainline (Polish Magistrala węglowa ) is a railway line in Poland that connects the Upper Silesian industrial area and the coal mining and industrial areas of Częstochowa and Rybnik with the port of Gdynia . The main hubs and intermediate stations are: Herby Nowe, Chorzew Siemkowice, Zduńska Wola Karsznice, Ponętów, Inowrocław and Bydgoszcz- Wschód.

Its completion in 1933, together with the construction of the port in Gdynia, marked the end of the efforts of Poland, which was re-established after 1918, to connect its most important industrial area with a Baltic Sea port as directly as possible, without being dependent on the German Reich and the Free City of Danzig . Since the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and Poland's shift to the west after the Second World War, the northern part of the route between Maksymilianowo near Bydgoszcz and Gdynia has lost its importance, as traffic has mainly been routed via Gdansk again since then .

history

prehistory

The idea of ​​the victorious powers of the First World War that the port of the newly created Free City of Gdańsk would fulfill the function of the port of the reestablished state of Poland proved to be illusory from the start because of the conflicting interests of the Gdańsk community and the Polish state. In 1921, a railway connection from Kokoszki (Kokoschken), located on the Stara Piła (Altemühle) –Danzig Langfuhr line, to Gdynia , which was on the Danzig – Lauenburg line, was created, connecting the Polish Baltic coast with the rest of the Polish route network bypassing Danzig produced and mainly served military purposes. In 1924 the Polish government decided to build the port in Gdynia and an efficient railway connection from there to the Polish interior.

Before the First World War, there had been a railway connection from Upper Silesia to Danzig within the German Reich , which ran via Kreuzburg , Ostrowo , Jarotschin , Gnesen , Hohensalza and Bromberg . After the new demarcation, this line was largely in Poland, with the exception of the local passage from Bytom , which was avoided in 1925 by the construction of an eastern bypass, and the so-called "Kreuzburger Korridor", which was cut off in 1926 by the construction of the Kalety – Podzamce line . These measures were to be seen in connection with the German-Polish customs war , which no longer allowed Poland to transport its coal across German territory. In 1924 a Polish-French company had already been commissioned to build a more direct connection from Kalety via Wieluń and Opatówek to Inowrocław , but this did not succeed.

Construction of the route

Encouraged by the upturn in the world economy, the Polish state decided in 1926 to build a continuous line from Upper Silesia to Gdynia on its own, the costs of which were to be covered by the proceeds of the Polish State Railways . At that time, the section from Chorzów Batory to Herby Nowe and the end of the line to Gdynia built in 1921 were available. A section of the line from Inowrocław to Nowa Wieś Wielka that has existed since 1872 and a section of the line from Kościerzyna to Kartuzy that has existed since 1901 were included .

The line was largely single-track completed in the years 1928 to 1930; but with the exception of the Zduńska Wola Karsznice – Inowrocław section, which could no longer be financed by the Polish state due to the global economic crisis . As a result, the French-Polish Railway Company (Francusko-Polskie Towarzystwo Kolejowe SA), consisting of the Polish bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and the French Banque des Pays du Nord, was set up in Paris for the construction of this section and the operation of the entire route in 1931 and the French company Schneider et Cie , which completed the missing section in 1933.

Current state

As far as Maksymilianowo ( Maxtal ) the line is electrified and double-tracked, but (see diagram on the right and article Chorzów – Tczew railway line ) local passenger transport is often discontinued and often sparse on the other sections. The Gdańsk Osowa – Gdynia Główna section was integrated into the PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska w Trójmieście in 2015 . For this purpose, a connection line from Gdańsk Wrzeszcz via the Lech Wałęsa Airport in Gdańsk to Gdańsk Osowa was built, partly on the old, now disused railway line Gdańsk – Stara Piła .

See also

• Chorzów – Tczew railway line
• Chorzów – Radzionków railway line
• Nowa Wieś Wielka – Gdynia railway line

literature

• Ryszard Stankiewicz and Marcin Stiasny: Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 . Eurosprinter, Rybnik 2014, ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8 , pp. A6, B6, C6, D6–7, E7, F7, G7, R21

Web links

• The gap 131 and the distance 201 on www.bazakolejowa.pl

Footnotes

1. ↑ According to the Polish timetable, the zero point is set at Katowice station
2. ↑ German names are given for those stations that were created under German direction