Classic route
IC Kraków–Przemyśl
Kraków → Przemyśl · Poland
The old Galician main line east: Kraków, Tarnów, Rzeszów and the fortress town of Przemyśl, last stop before Ukraine.
- Distance
- 250 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 100 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKraków Główny +5
- 4 kmKraków Płaszów +2
- 38 kmBochnia +1
- 78 kmTarnów +2
- 110 kmDębica +2
- 157 kmRzeszów Główny +2
- 174 kmŁańcut +2
- 194 kmPrzeworsk +2
- 209 kmJarosław +2
- 242 kmPrzemyśl Zasanie +2
- 244 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 19807558: 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 IC 416
- 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 IC Kraków–Przemyśl?
The IC Kraków–Przemyśl runs 250 km from Kraków to Przemyśl.
How long does the IC Kraków–Przemyśl take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 30 min for the 250 km. That is an average of 100 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the IC Kraków–Przemyśl?
PKP IC, with PKP Intercity.
How old is the IC Kraków–Przemyśl?
The line has been in service since 1861. 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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