Classic route
EIP Pendolino Warsaw–Wrocław
Warsaw → Wrocław · Poland
Southwest across the Polish plain via Łódź to Lower Silesia’s handsome market city of Wrocław, threaded with its hundred bridges.
How this line was checked
- The 275 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 13249292 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 1622
- 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 EIP Pendolino?
The EIP Pendolino runs 355 km from Warsaw to Wrocław.
How long does the EIP Pendolino take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 40 min for the 355 km. That is an average of 97 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the EIP Pendolino?
PKP Intercity, with ED250 Pendolino.
How old is the EIP Pendolino?
The line has been in service since 2015. 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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Planning this trip? Journey time & direct trains: Warsaw → Wrocław · Wrocław → Warsaw.