The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a railway line in Poland. It connects Poznań with Inowrocław, Toruń, and Olsztyn, then continues to the Polish-Russian border at Skandawa, Kaliningrad Oblast.

Opening The line was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873.

Date Section 20 November 1871 Toruń Wschodni - Jabłonowo Pomorskie - Double track 27 November 1871 Czerwonka - Żeleznodorożnyj - Double track 26 May 1872 Poznań Wschód - Inowrocław - Single track, doubled on 1 January 1886 1 December 1872 Jabłonowo Pomorskie – Ostróda - Double track 1 December 1872 Olsztyn Główny - Czerwonka - Double track 1 July 1873 Inowrocław - Toruń Główny - Double track 15 August 1873 Toruń Główny – Toruń Wschodni - Double track 15 August 1873 Ostróda – Olsztyn Główny - Double track

Closure The line between Korsze and Żeleznodorożnyj became single track from 1 January 1945.

On 12 March 2000 the line between Skandawa and Żeleznodorożnyj was closed to passenger traffic and on 3 April 2000 also between Korsze and Skandawa.

Electrification Electrification took place in six stages between 1976 and 1990:

23 December 1976 - electrification of section Poznań Wschód – Inowrocław 20 December 1983 - electrification of section Inowrocław – Toruń Główny 16 October 1986 - electrification of section of Toruń Wschodni – Iława Główna 13 December 1987 - electrification of section of the Toruń Główny – Toruń Wschodni 3 October 1988 - electrification of section Iława Główna – Olsztyn Główny 18 December 1990 - electrification of section Olsztyn Główny - Korsze

Modernisation On 3 October 2016 PKP PLK signed a contract with ZUE for the modernisation of part of Line 353 on the section Ostrowite - Biskupiec Pomorski and Biskupiec Pomorski - Jamielnik within the project "Work on Line 353 on the section Jabłonowo Pom. - Iława - Olsztyn - Korsze". Work will start in October 2017.ZUE agreement for the modernization of the line 353

Usage The line sees trains of various categories (EuroCity, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).

EuroCity services from Berlin to Gdynia between Poznań Wschód and Inowrocław Express Intercity, Intercity and TLK services along the route between Poznań Wschód, Inowrocław (for Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk), Toruń, Olsztyn and Korsze (for Elk) Regional services Przewozy Regionalne along the whole route Koleje Wielkopolskie between Poznań Wschód and Gniezno

See also Railway lines of Poland

References

This article is based upon a translation of the Polish language version as of October 2016.

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