Classic route
IC Warszawa–Terespol
Warsaw → Terespol · Poland
Warsaw east to the Bug on the 1866 Terespol railway, the third line built in Congress Poland, running through Siedlce and Biała Podlaska to the Belarusian frontier.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 325836: 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
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: PKP Intercity, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the IC Warszawa–Terespol?
The IC Warszawa–Terespol runs 212 km from Warsaw to Terespol.
How long does the IC Warszawa–Terespol take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 11 min for the 212 km. That is an average of 97 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the IC Warszawa–Terespol?
PKP Intercity.
How old is the IC Warszawa–Terespol?
The line has been in service since 1866. 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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