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Gdańsk–Stargard Railway

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Gdańsk–Stargard Railway
Overview
LocaleEastern Pomerania, Poland
TerminiStargard
Gdańsk
Operation
OwnerPolish State Railways
Operator(s)PKP Group
Technical
Line length333.678 km (207.338 mi)
Number of trackspartially double-tracked
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route number202

The Gdańsk–Stargard railway is a partially double-track and fully electrified railway line in the Pomeranian and West Pomeranian Voivodeships of Poland. The line, built between 1859 and 1870 by the Berlin-Stettin Railway Company (BStE), represents the most important rail link in Eastern Pomerania and forms the eastern end of the Berlin–Gdańsk rail link .

Development[edit]

The line goes from Stargard to the northeast towards the Pomeranian Baltic coast. As far as Koszalin, the route approaches the coast, in the remaining section to Gdynia it continues parallel to the coast at a distance of about 25 kilometres (16 mi). In Gdańsk the line connects to the[clarification needed].

The entire length of the line is electrified at 3,000 Volts direct current. It is only double-tracked between Stargard and Runowo, and between Wejherowo and Gdańsk. The eastern section from Reda also has its own pair of suburban tracks that are also electrified and run through to Gdańsk.

History[edit]

Station building in Słupsk (Stolp) in 1869

In 1846 the BStE extended its main route from Szczecin (Stettin) to Stargard. The short connection was the first branch of the Pomeranian Railway in Prussia. On June 1, 1859, the BStE opened the 135-kilometre (84 mi) section from Stargard to Koszalin (Köslin) with a branch from Białogard (Belgard) to Kołobrzeg (Kolberg). The route was extended by 67 kilometres (42 mi) to Słupsk (Stolp) on July 1, 1869. On July 1, 1870, the 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) section from Gdańsk (Danzig), which was already connected to the Prussian Eastern Railway network since 1852, to Sopot (Zoppot) followed. The approximately 120-kilometre-long (75 mi) section between Stolp and Zoppot was completed two months later on September 1, 1870. This meant that the railway was continuously passable over its total length of about 330 kilometres (210 mi). Initially it was operated by the BStE. However, the Prussian state railways later took over the operation.

In the area of today's Tricity Gdansk-Sopot-Gdynia, the first preparatory measures for suburban traffic on separate tracks began in 1912. Due to World War I, however, the work made little progress.

Course book table for route 140 of the PKP from 1936

As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, the area east of Bożepole Wielkie (Groß Boschpol) and west of Sopot was ceded by Germany to the newly founded Second Polish Republic. The cities of Zoppot and Danzig came under the administration of the Free City of Danzig. On the Polish section, the Polish State Railways (PKP) had taken over the route.

After the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the area ceded by the Versailles Treaty was annexed again. The railways in the area came under the Reichsbahn. After 1945, the entire area east of the Oder-Neisse line came to Poland, including the connection between Stargard and Danzig.

Entrance building in Białogard

A short time later, the PKP received 189 cars from the Berlin S-Bahn as reparations . These were prepared for the still-planned suburban traffic in the Danzig area. A separate line with 800 volts direct current was built for operation from 1950, parallel to the long-distance railway. In several sections, the section between Gdańsk and Gdynia was expanded to four tracks by 1956.

In 1957 the PKP electrified the route from Gdynia to Wejherowo (formerly Neustadt) with 800 volts direct current, the trains of the suburban traffic known as Szybka Kolej Miejska (SKM) were extended to there after the measures were completed. In 1969 the 3 kV electrification reached the Tricity area; the long-distance tracks from Gdynia to Gdańsk and the section to Wejherowo were converted accordingly. The remaining suburban traffic with 800 volts between Gdynia and Gdańsk was not changed until 1976. From 1986 to 1989, starting from Stargard, the rest of the route to Wejherowo was electrified.

Operation[edit]

The route is currently served in both local and long-distance traffic. Long-distance trains of the PKP Intercity type operate on the Szczecin – Olsztyn route using the entire length of the route and between Warszawa and Słupsk using the eastern section from Gdańsk. Regional trains also run along the entire route, but are usually split in Słupsk. Some of the SKM trains run via Wejherowo to Słupsk.



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