Warsaw–Gdańsk railway

Warsaw–Gdańsk railway
Warsaw–Gdańsk railway
Overview
Status	in use
Locale	Poland
Termini	Warsaw; Gdańsk
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Route number	9
History
Opened	1852; 170 years ago
Technical
Line length	323.393 km (200.947 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC
Operating speed	200 km/h (120 mph)
Route map
	Legend
	Warsaw Cross-City Line
	to Warszawa Zachodnia
	to Pilawa
	& Warsaw–Terespol railway
	to Tłuszcz
	Freight line
	to Modlin Airport
	to Legionowo Piaski
	to Sierpc
	&
	to
	to
	Poznań–Skandawa railway
	← to │to / →
	Poznań–Skandawa railway
	to
	to
	to
	to
	← to │to →
	to
	to
	Chorzów–Tczew railway
	to
	to Chojnice
	to Kościerzyna
	to Stara Piła and Łeba
	to Gdańsk Port Północny
	to Gdańsk Port Północny
	to

The Warsaw–Gdańsk railway is a Polish 323-kilometre long railway line, that connects Warsaw with Iława, Malbork, Tczew, Gdańsk and further along the coast to Gdynia.

Opening[]

The line was opened in stages between 1852 and 1877. Today's Line 9 was created separately in the Russian zone and German zone. It was built as part of the Prussian Eastern Railway linking Berlin with Königsberg (today's Kaliningrad).

Date	Section
6 August 1852	Gdańsk - Tczew
12 October 1857	Tczew - Malbork
1 September 1876	Malbork - Iława
1877	Iława - Warsaw

The line is double track throughout. The last single-track section between Mikolajki Pomorskie and Malbork was doubled to two tracks in 1967.^[1]

Electrification[]

Electrification took place in six stages between 1969 and 1985:

1969 - electrification of section Gdańsk - Tczew
1972 - electrification of section Warsaw - Nasielsk
1983-1985 - electrification of section of Nasielsk - Tczew ^[2]

Modernisation[]

Between 2006 and 2014 the line was completely modernised and made suitable for passenger trains to travel at 200 km/h (160 km/h for trains without ETCS) and 120 km/h for freight trains with axle load of 22.5 tonnes. Before modernisation speed on the line was between 80 and 120 km/h. The cost of modernisation cost about PLN 10 billion,^[3]^[4] which gives an approximate cost of PLN 31 million per kilometer of the route.

Usage[]

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

EuroCity services from Gdynia to Vienna
Intercity Premium, Express Intercity, Intercity and TLK services along the whole route
Regional services

References[]

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

External links[]

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