Classic route
Express InterCity Premium
Warsaw → Katowice · Poland
View on the map →Wikipedia ↗Stations · 7
Poland’s fastest train, hitting 200 km/h on the dead-straight Central Rail Line (CMK) engineered for high speed back in the 1970s.
Stations
- 0 kmWarszawa Centralna
- 3 kmWarszawa Zachodnia
- 122 kmOpoczno Południe
- 253 kmZawiercie
- 279 kmDąbrowa Górnicza
- 288 kmSosnowiec Główny
- 297 kmKatowice
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3779842 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of EIP 1401
- 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 Express InterCity Premium?
The Express InterCity Premium runs 298 km from Warsaw to Katowice.
How long does the Express InterCity Premium take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 20 min for the 298 km. That is an average of 128 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Express InterCity Premium?
PKP Intercity, with Pendolino ED250.
How old is the Express InterCity Premium?
The line has been in service since 2014. 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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