Type Heavy rail Opened 1871 (1871) | Status in use | |
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Line length 389.875 km (242.257 mi) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) Electrification 3000 V DC on the section Poznań to Korsze Locale Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast Terminis Poznań, Skandawa, Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast | ||
The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a Polish 389-kilometre long railway line, that connects Poznań with Inowrocław, Toruń, Olsztyn and further to the Polish border with Russia-Kaliningrad Oblast at Skandawa.
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Opening
The line was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873.
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:
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.
Usage
The line sees trains of various categories (EuroCity, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).