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Last update: 1 August 2009.
Brest BČ- Terespol PKP: [E] PKP operates to Brest. This route is 1435mm gauge as far as Brest.
(Brest -) Visoko-Litovsk BČ - Czeremcha PKP: [D] Since December 2002, one pair of PKP trains to Brest have been replaced by two pairs of PKP trains to Vysoko-Litowsk because of problems with smugglers. This route is 1435mm gauge as far as Brest.
Grodno BČ - Kuźnica Białostocka PKP (- Sokółka): [E] This route has both 1435mm (electrified) and 1520mm (not electrified) gauge tracks in use between Grodno and Sokółka. Passenger services are operated by PKP with five daily standard gauge train pairs to Grodno using 1435mm gauge electric multiple units of which one pair is through from/to Białystok. On freight, cross border traffic is either regauged at Kuźnica Białostocka or transferred at Sokółka.
Last update: 6 January 2009.
(Liberec -) Hrįdek nad Nisou ČD - Zittau DB: [D] carrying ČD Corridor Trains between Liberec and Zittau, this line actually passes through a short stretch of Poland (without stations) before reaching Germany.
Černousy ČD - Zawidów PKP: [D] The previously reported staff trains between Cernousy and Zawidów have ceased. ČD works freight trains to Zawidów.
Harrachov ČD - Jakuszyce PKP (- Szklarska Poręba Górna): [D] No traffic, but a cross-border passenger service is planned following the introduction of Schengen open borders on 1 January 2008.
(Trutnov -) Kralovec ČD - Lubawka PKP: [D] Passenger services restarted on this route on 5 July 2008, running on Summer Saturdays and Sundays between Trutnov, Lubawka and Jelenia Góra. Trains are operated by VIAMONT using PKP DMUs. The service continued until October 2008 when it was withdrawn suddenly following objections by the Polish regional authority - which had subsidised the purchase of the DMUs - to their operating services into the Czech Republic. Although in the ČD 2009 timetable, it is not certain that this service will operate.
Meziměstķ ČD - Mieroszów PKP: [D] PKP works to Meziměsti. The passenger service was withdrawn on 13 December 2003, reinstated on 5 January 2004 and withdrawn again on 31 March 2004. Unadvertised staff trains, which used to operate, may still do so.
Lichkov ČD - Miedzylesie PKP: [E] Following completion of electrification, PKP works through Praha - Wroclaw services to Letohrad. ČD works two local services a day to Miedzylesie with diesel railbuses.
Mikulovice ČD - Głuchołazy PKP: [D] ČD Table 292 trains on the Mikulovice - Jindřichov ve Slezsku route (this item and the next) reverse and call at Głuchołazy station in Poland. Two through cross-border train pairs run at weekends: Opole (PKP) - Ostrunį (ČD) and Nysa (PKP) - Jesenik (ČD). Some maps, including the ČD and PKP Quail Maps, show a curve avoiding Głuchołazy but this has never existed.
Jindřichov ve Slezsku ČD - Głuchołazy PKP: [D] see preceding item.
Krnov ČD - Pietrowice PKP (- Głubczyce): Line closed and lifted after World War II.
Chuchelnį ČD - Krzanowice PKP: Line closed and lifted after World War II.
Bohumķn ČD - Chałupki PKP: [E] PKP works to Bohumķn. The service was withdrawn on 13 December 2003 but reinstated on 11 December 2005.
Petrovice u Karviné ČD - Zebrzydowice PKP: [E] PKP works express services to Bohumin but ČD works 2 regional services to and from Katowice.
Českż Těķn ČD - Cieszyn PKP: [E] PKP works to Českż Těķn.
Last update: 19 October 2008.
(Heringsdorf) - Ahlbeck Grenze - Świnoujście Centrum: [D] (Re) opened in September 2008, this route is operated by Usedomer Bäderbahn.
(Pasewalk -) Grambow DB - Szczecin PKP: [D] DB works to Szczecin Głowny.
(Angermünde -) Tantow DB - Szczecin PKP: [D] DB works to Szczecin Głowny.
(Wriezen -) Neurüdnitz DB - Siekierki PKP (- Godków): Line closed.
Küstrin-Kietz DB - Kostrzyń PKP: [D] DB works to Kostrzyń. Operation of the Berlin - Kostrzyn passenger service was contracted to NEB from the 2006/2007 timetable.
(Frankfurt (Oder) -) Frankfurt Oderbrücke DB - Kunowice PKP (- Rzepin): [E*] DB has the responsibility for the cross-border EuroCity services, and they are currently hauled to Rzepin by either DB or hired ČD dual-system electric locomotives or DB Diesel locomotives. Local passenger trains from Poland are hauled by diesel locomotives as PKP do not have any dual voltage electric locomotives. Other passenger trains are hauled by PKP diesel locomotives between Frankfurt (Oder) and Rzepin. PKP works freight to and from Frankfurt Oderbrücke where DB and PKP different voltage electric locomotives are changed.
Guben DB - Gubin PKP (- Zielona Góra): [ED] Passenger services were withdrawn on 6 October 2002. Freight traffic remains.
Guben DB - Gubinek PKP: Line closed.
Forst (Lausitz) DB - Zasieki PKP (- Tuplice): [D] PKP works all services to Forst. From an unknown date in 2005, the "Wavel" pair of IC passenger services are worked onwards to/from Cottbus by PKP SU46 diesel locomotives of which two have been fitted with the required DB equipment.
(Weisswasser -) Bad Muskau DB - Leknica PKP (- Tuplice): Line closed.
Horka DB - Wegliniec PKP: [D] Freight only at present, but it is believed that when the proposed electrification works are completed, a passenger service could be introduced.
Görlitz DB - Zgorzelec PKP (- Wrocław): [D] Through trains to and from Wrocław are worked by PKP to Görlitz; supplemented from 2005 by DB diesel multiple units working a very limited service to Zgorzelec.
(Görlitz -) Hagenwerder DB - Krzewina Zgorzelecka PKP (- Zittau): [D] carries DB Corridor Trains.
(Zittau -) Hirschfelde DB - Krzewina Zgorzelecka PKP (- Görlitz): [D] carries DB Corridor Trains.
Last update: 1 August 2009.
(etokai -) Mockava LG - Trakiszki PKP (- Suwałki): [D] PKP works to etokai on standard gauge tracks, which are interlaced with broad gauge [1520mm] from Mockava. There is a "SUW2000" gauge changing system at Mockava but this was used only by the overnight passenger train pair which was withdrawn after 28 May 2005 and replaced by a road service. One daytime train pair runs between Warszawa, Suwałki and etokai, with connections from/to Vilnius.
Last update: 17 February 2008.
Braniewo PKP - Mamonowo RD (- Kaliningrad): [D] A single-track, 1435mm gauge line, used by the daily Berlin Gdynia Kaliningrad service. A second service is shown in the 2008 timetable as an F service, but it is not thought to have commenced. In Russia, the route is mainly parallel to, but occasionally interlaced with the RD 1520mm gauge freight only track to Braniewo and Bogaczewo. PKP works to Mamonowo RD, with a RD standard gauge M62 diesel working to and from Kaliningrad.
Bartoszyce PKP - Bagrationovsk RD (- Kaliningrad): [D] Disused freight only line. 1435mm gauge track extends to just north of Bagrationovsk where it is severed, and 1520mm gauge tracks reached a factory just north of Bartoszyce (interlaced with the 1435mm gauge track).There has been no traffic on either gauge to the north of Bartoszyce for many years, although an enthusiasts special reached the border on the standard gauge tracks in May 2003.
Skandawa PKP - Zheleznodorozhny RD: [D] Freight only. PKP works on 1435mm gauge to Zheleznodorozhny with standard gauge RD diesels onwards to the exchange sidings to the south of Chernyakhovsk. In Poland 1520mm gauge extends to exchange sidings to the north and east of Skandawa station with a connecting standard gauge branch. Viewed in May 2003, no traffic crosses the border on the broad gauge.
Last update: 17 February 2008.
Łupków PKP - Medzilaborce mesto SR: [D] SR works to Łupków. From the 2006 timetable there has been a summer only FSSuO cross-border two train pair passenger service and PKP internal connecting service to Zagórz.
(Muszyna -) Leluchów PKP - Čirč SR (- Plaveč): [E] PKP works to Plaveč, though there are SR internal local services between Plaveč and Čirč. Actual cross-border services are the new daytime daily Krakow Budapest train pair, a summer only daily overnight and two ski and summer season local services.
(Zwardoň -) Skalité-Serafķnov PKP - Čadca SR: [E] SR works most services to Zwardoň but there is a daily PKP EMU from Kraków to ilina and return, balanced by a SR electric locomotive working a daily service to Katowice. Electrification was completed in December 2002.
Last update: 22 July 2005.
Swinoujscie PKP - Ystad BV: {train ferry} Freight only.
Last update: 25 July 2010.
(Chełm -) Dorohusk PKP - Jahodyn UZ (- Kowiel): [D] PKP operates on 1435mm gauge tracks to Yahodyn. Prior to June 2000, there had been broad gauge cross border passenger services to/from Chełm, but now only standard gauge long-distance passenger (Berlin - Warszawa - Kyiv) remains, plus freight traffic. 1520mm tracks remain in situ towards factories near Chełm and confirmation of continuing broad gauge cross-border freight would be welcomed.
(Sławków -) Hrubieszów LHS - Iziv LHS: [D] This 1520mm gauge line is the "Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa" (Broad-Gauge Steel Line) between Sławków near Katowice and Vladimir in Ukraine. A limited passenger service ended a number of years ago, so current use is just freight and "road-train" services and [in 2009] cross border staff trains ran to the railway carriage works at Hrubieszów Towarowy from Iziv. Timings appear based on shift patterns but it is not recommended to attempt to travel due to Ukraine Border controls. This line was formerly part of PKP and was called "Steel and Sulphur Railway".
Hrebenne PKP - Rava Rus'ka UZ: [D] The PKP-operated 1435mm gauge through service to/from Warszawa was withdrawn after 3 June 2005. No freight traffic can operate, as the tracks to the interchange sidings at Rava Rus'ka have been lifted.
Werchrata PKP - Rava Rus'ka UZ: [D] A Broad gauge freight only crossing, now worked by UZ only and in 2006 with just a daily freight to a factory at Werchrata. The 1520 mm lines on the Polish side serving transhipment sidings are all out of use.
(Przemyśl -) Medyka PKP - Mostiska 2 UZ (- Lvov): [E] Starting from 1st June 2009, PKP operates a daily night train Kraków - Lvov, using the 1435mm gauge line to/from the SUW2000 gauge changing facilities at Mostiska 2. The 1520mm daytime passenger trains use the gauge changing facilities at Przemyśl. UZ works freight trains to Medyka. On the Polish side the 1520mm gauge continues to Zurawica, on the Ukrainian side 1435mm gauge track ends at Mostiska 1.
(Przemyśl) Malhowice PKP - Nizhankovichi UZ (- Dobromil - Khyriv): [D] Closed as a through route, formerly interlaced dual gauge 1435/1520mm. Until early 1995, PKP operated 1435mm gauge corridor trains through Ukraine via this route and the Krościenko - Stariava crossing. By July 2004, significant lengths of the 1435mm gauge track within Ukraine had been lifted north of Dobromil, but a 1520mm UZ passenger service still runs between Khyriv and Nizhankovichi where 1520mm gauge tracks now abruptly end. No PKP 1435mm gauge freight now remains on the stub from Przemyśl to Hermanowice.
(Sanok -) Krościenko PKP - Stariava UZ (- Khyriv): [D] PKP operates 1435mm gauge local passenger services between Sanok (Zagórz before 2004/2005) and Khyriv where the border crossing had been restricted to Polish and Ukrainian passport holders prior to 1 February 2006. A 1520mm gauge track is interlaced with the 1435mm gauge track between Stariava and Khyriv for an internal UZ passenger service. See also the Malhowice - Nizhankovichi crossing.
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