Classic route

EuroCity Via Regia

Leipzig → Wrocław · Germany · Poland

Distance: 352 km
Fastest time: 3 h 35 min
Average speed: 98 km/h
Operator: DB Fernverkehr · PKP Intercity
Train: EC 133
Countries: Germany, Poland
In service since: 1874

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Named for the medieval road it shadows: the EuroCity takes the Oberlausitz company’s line of 1874 and crosses at Horka, a border that carried no scheduled passenger trains for decades.

How this line was checked

Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20955960 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of EC 133

How long is the EuroCity Via Regia?

The EuroCity Via Regia runs 352 km from Leipzig to Wrocław. It runs through Germany and Poland.

How long does the EuroCity Via Regia take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 35 min for the 352 km. That is an average of 98 km/h end to end.

Who runs the EuroCity Via Regia?

DB Fernverkehr and PKP Intercity, with EC 133.

How old is the EuroCity Via Regia?

The line has been in service since 1874. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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