Hel Peninsula Line

A railway down a sandbar: 34 km along the Hel spit, at points 200 m wide, open Baltic one side and lagoon the other — packed solid every Polish summer.

Stations

1. 0 kmGdynia Główna
2. 5 kmGdynia Chylonia
3. 11 kmRumia
4. 14 kmReda
5. 19 kmReda Rekowo
6. 23 kmMrzezino
7. Show 6 more stations

   1. 26 kmŻelistrzewo
   2. 30 kmPuck
   3. 35 kmSwarzewo
   4. 41 kmWładysławowo
   5. 43 kmWładysławowo Port
   6. 49 kmChałupy
8. 55 kmKuźnica (Hel)
9. 61 kmJastarnia Wczasy
10. 62 kmJastarnia
11. 65 kmJurata
12. 76 kmHel

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 14501371 — 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 R 90505
• 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 Hel Peninsula Line?

The Hel Peninsula Line runs 76 km from Gdynia to Hel.

How long does the Hel Peninsula Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 45 min for the 76 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.

Who runs the Hel Peninsula Line?

Polregio.

How old is the Hel Peninsula Line?

The line has been in service since 1922. 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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