Heritage route
Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa
Gryfice → Pogorzelica · Poland
Opened 1896 and still packing 150,000 riders a summer: metre-gauge cars amble from Gryfice to the Baltic cliffs, Poland’s last coastal narrow gauge.
- Distance
- 39 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 54 min
- Average speed
- 21 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGryfice
- 4 kmPopiele
- 9 kmRybokarty
- 13 kmNiedźwiedziska
- 17 kmModlimowo
- 19 kmPaprotno
- 23 kmKarnice
- 27 kmDreżewo
- 30 kmTrzęsacz
- 31 kmRewal
- 32 kmŚliwin
- 35 kmNiechorze - Latarnia
- 36 kmNiechorze
- 38 kmPogorzelica Sandra
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6520838: 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
- 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 Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa?
The Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa runs 39 km from Gryfice to Pogorzelica.
How long does the Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 54 min for the 39 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa?
Gmina Rewal, with Metre-gauge diesel, open cars.
How old is the Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa?
The line has been in service since 1896. 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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