Classic route
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska–Bielsko-Biała railway
Bielsko-Biała → Kalwaria Zebrzydowska · Poland
- Distance
- 57 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 34 min
- Average speed
- 36 km/h
- Operator
- PKP Intercity
- Train
- InterCity
- Countries
- Poland
- In service since
- 1888
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Built as the Kaiser Ferdinand Northern Railway's Bielitz–Kalwaria local line, running through Wadowice under the Beskids.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20574682 — 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 0.1 km from the shape of IC 73150
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in PL) ↗
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