Classic route
IC Kraków–Wrocław
Kraków → Wrocław · Poland
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Poland’s two great tourist cities linked across industrial Silesia on the 1847 Upper Silesian Railway — the mesh line no Warsaw-bound train covers.
Stations
- 0 kmKraków Główny
- 25 kmKrzeszowice
- 39 kmTrzebinia
- 54 kmJaworzno Szczakowa
- 67 kmMysłowice
- 77 kmKatowice
- 95 kmZabrze
- 104 kmGliwice
- 141 kmStrzelce Opolskie
- 174 kmOpole Główne
- 214 kmBrzeg
- 229 kmOława
- 255 kmWrocław Główny
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 20420491 — 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 3806
- 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–Wrocław?
The IC Kraków–Wrocław runs 260 km from Kraków to Wrocław.
How long does the IC Kraków–Wrocław take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 15 min for the 260 km. That is an average of 80 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the IC Kraków–Wrocław?
PKP Intercity.
How old is the IC Kraków–Wrocław?
The line has been in service since 1847. 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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