Scenic route
Katowice–Zwardoń railway
Katowice → Zwardoń · Poland
Katowice–Zwardoń railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 113 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 39 min
- Average speed
- 43 km/h
- Operator
- Koleje Śląskie
- Train
- Koleje Śląskie
- Countries
- Poland
- In service since
- 1912
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Out of the Silesian coalfield into the Beskids: Katowice through Tychy and Bielsko-Biała to Żywiec and the Slovak border at Zwardoń, a line completed piece by piece to 1912.
How this line was checked
- 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 KS 94709
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