Poznań–Szczecin railway

Poznań–Szczecin railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Poland
Termini Poznań
Szczecin
Operation
Opened 1846 (1846)
Technical
Line length 213 km (132 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 3000 V DC
Operating speed 150 km/h (93 mph)
Route number 351
Route map
 from Wrocław
 Poznań Główny
to Warsaw
to Piła Główna
 Poznań Wola
from Zieliniec
 Kiekrz
 Rokietnica
former railway to Skwierzyna
 Pamiątkowo
 Baborówko
 Szamotuły
to Międzychód
 Pęckowo
former railway from Oborniki Wielkopolskie
 Wronki
 Mokrz
 Miały
former railway from Inowrocław Rąbinek
 Drawski Młyn
from Tczew
former railway from Człopa
 Krzyż Wielkopolski
to Kostrzyn
 Drawiny
 Podlesiec
 Mierzęcin Strzelecki
 Dobiegniew
 Bierzwnik
 Rębusz
 Słonice
 Stary Klukom
from Grotniki Drawskie
 Choszczno
former railway to Głazowa
 Ziemomyśl
 Dolice
 Morzyca
 Kolin
 Strzebielewo Pyrzyckie
 Witkowo Pyrzyckie
from Pyrzyce
from Gdańsk Główny
 Stargard
former railway to Stargard Szczeciński Wąskotorowy
 Grzędzice Stargardzkie
 Miedwiecko
 Reptowo
 Szczecin Zdunowo
to "SDC”
from Świnoujście Port
 Szczecin Dąbie
to Szczecin "SEC”
 Szczecin Zdroje
to Szczecin Podjuchy
to "SPA”
from "SPB”
from Power station
to Szczecin Turzyn
from Bützow
from Trzebież Szczeciński
 Szczecin Główny
 to Wrocław

The Poznań–Szczecin railway is a Polish 213-kilometre long railway line, that connects Poznań with Krzyż Wielkopolski, Stargard Szczecinski and further to Szczecin. The railway is part of European TEN-T route E59 from Scandinavia to Vienna, Budapest and Prague.

Opening

In May 1846 the Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (BSE), decided to use the section from Szczecin to Stargard, which was an extension of the line from Berlin to Szczecin, which opened three years earlier.

On 4 March 1846, after approval of the project by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Hohenzollern, a concession for the construction of the line in the direction of Poznan by a joint stock company called Stargard Posener-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SPE) was granted. Construction began on 20 March 1846 from Stargard. Other sections of the line opened in:

August 1847 from Stargard to Dobiegniew; June 1848 from Dobiegniew to Krzyż; July 1848 from Krzyż to Wronki and Szamotuł; August 1848 from Krzyż to Poznan Wola and Poznan Jeżyce.

The first train arrived in Poznan on 10 August 1848.

In 1856 the last part of the line was put into operation, between Jeżyc to Poznan Głowny. This joined with the newly built line of Wroclaw. In the meantime, in 1851, in Krzyż a railway junction established with the subsequent line from Berlin to Kaliningrad (known as the Ostbahn). The line from Stargard / Szczecin was the first that came to Poznan.

In 1918 (or 1919), the southern part of the line became part of the newly formed state - Second Polish Republic. Border stations were: Kreuz (Krzyż) on the German side and Drawski Młyn on the Polish side. In 1936 a peripheral goods line opened between Szczecin Dąbie and Szczecin Głowny.

Electrification

The line from Poznan was the first line in Szczecin and the current West Pomeranian Province to be electrified. Dates of electrification of the line are:

Usage

The line is used by the following service(s):

See also

References

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