Classic route
EC Wawel
Berlin → Przemyśl · Germany · Poland
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The EuroCity across Poland: Berlin and the Oder, Wrocław and Opole, the Silesian cities and Kraków, then on east to Przemyśl at the Ukrainian border.
Stations
- 0 kmBerlin Hauptbahnhof +11
- 5 kmBerlin Ostbahnhof +2
- 86 kmFrankfurt (Oder) +2
- 107 kmRzepin +1
- 177 kmZielona Góra Główna
- 231 kmGłogów
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- 270 kmLubin
- 292 kmLegnica +2
- 357 kmWrocław Główny +7
- 439 kmOpole Główne +1
- 480 kmKędzierzyn-Koźle
- 517 kmGliwice +1
- 525 kmZabrze +1
- 544 kmKatowice +4
- 621 kmKraków Główny +4
- 625 kmKraków Płaszów +1
- 659 kmBochnia +1
- 698 kmTarnów +1
- 731 kmDębica +1
- 778 kmRzeszów Główny +2
- 794 kmŁańcut +2
- 815 kmPrzeworsk +2
- 829 kmJarosław +2
- 863 kmPrzemyśl Zasanie +2
- 864 kmPrzemyśl Główny +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20685869 — 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 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of S S5
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the EC Wawel?
The EC Wawel runs 864 km from Berlin to Przemyśl. It runs through Germany and Poland.
How long does the EC Wawel take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 11 h for the 864 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the EC Wawel?
DB and PKP Intercity, with PKP Intercity coaches.
How old is the EC Wawel?
The line has been in service since 1846. 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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