Classic route
Wrocław–Poznań railway
Wrocław → Poznań · Poland
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Wrocław–Poznań railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 164 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 27 min
- Average speed
- 113 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- PKP Intercity
- Train
- InterCity
- Countries
- Poland
- In service since
- 1856
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Silesia to Wielkopolska via Leszno, opened in 1856 and now part of TEN-T corridor E59 from Scandinavia south to Vienna and Budapest.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 15909475 — 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 0.1 km from the shape of IC 6504
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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