Poland - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
PKP now releases PDFs for both part and all of the current timetable year so this 2018 list is based on services shown either in those relevant to 10 March 2017, or covering the full year to 8 December 2017 suggesting unusual lines use commencing later in 2018. Travellers are strongly advised to check the Journey Planners for ALL Unusual lines timings as changes can and are made on a regular basis.
In 2016 a number of one off specials were included in the full year PDFs but this has not occurred since. These were mainly
- Frequent excursions run by Turkol (Turystyka Kolejowa Full 2018 details expected in January.
Many involve the Wolsztyn steam engines and freight only track but not all visited on these Tours will be EGTRE Unusual Line entries. Anyone interested is strongly advised to become familiar with their website as examples in 2017 included trips to Miedzychod [both routes], Kruszwica, Czarnkow, Gniezno via Kcynia to Naklo and Szubin from Bydgoszcz and details of a 24 February 2018 Tour covering Brodnica - Rypin – Sierpc by DMU are already available!
- Special services run by PKP-PR for the Woodstock Festival Poland (Przystanek Woodstock), the largest Free annual music festival in Europe held at Kostrzyn. In 2018 it is from 2-4 August. Note these trains require special tickets; normal PKP tickets are not valid and details of the 2017 services appeared when the Summer period PDFs were released.
Standard abbreviations used are explained in General Information. Map references to pages in the "Mały Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2011", ISBN 978-83-931006-3-7, published by Wydawnictwo Eurosprinter, are shown in italics eg R14.
For details of recent and near future route openings and closures, please refer to Poland - General Information.
List of Regions
South East Timetables 100 - 199 | entries starting with 'PLxx/100' |
South West Timetables 200 - 299 | entries starting with 'PLxx/200' |
North West Timetables 300 - 399 | entries starting with 'PLxx/300' |
North (Central) Timetables 400 - 499 | entries starting with 'PLxx/400' |
North East Timetables 500 - 599 | entries starting with 'PLxx/500' |
Warsaw Area Timetables 600 - 650 | entries starting with 'PLxx/600' |
Corridor Trains
The following sections of line within Poland can be ridden only in the through (corridor) trains of neighbouring administrations:
- (Hagenwerder [Germany] -) frontier - Ręcszyn - (- Krzewina Zgorzelecka -) Trzciniec Zgorzelecki - frontier (- Hirschfelde [Germany]) (36A2): DB table 220. The section between Ręcszyn and Trzciniec Zgorzelecki is traversed only by trains on DB table 220 (Zittau - Görlitz, presently operated by Connex/Lausitzbahn) as PKP trains on table 260 were withdrawn with the 2000/01 timetable.
- (Zittau [Germany] -) frontier - frontier (- Hrádek nad Nisou [Czech Republic]) (36A2): ČD table 089. There are no stations in Poland on this line.
- Głuchołazy - frontier (- Jindřichov ve Slezsku [Czech Republic]) (37A1): Through Krnov – Jesenik trains on ČD table 292 use PKP tracks in and out of Głuchołazy as there is no triangle here and the approximately 13km of PKP tracks east of Głuchołazy are only traversed by ČD services. From 10 December 2006 ČD services call to set down and pick up at Głuchołazy.
Trams
See Poland - Tram services over obscure routes
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.
122 | Przemysl Główny - Medyka [Local service on Standard Gauge] |
123 | Jarosław - Horyniec-Zdrój |
123 | Horyniec-Zdrój - Hrebenne - [Zamosc] Spring Bank Holidays & Summer SSuO only |
131 | Żagorz - Jasło [Summer only apart from 1 train FO or SuO odd dates from March] |
132 | Rseszów Główny - Boguchwała - Jasło |
137 | Sucha Beskidzka - Żywiec FSuO |
150 | Czechowice Dziedzice - Oświęcim |
203 | Nowy Świętów - Głuchołazy Miasto SSuO |
215 | Opole Glówne – Biskupice Olawskie – Jelcz Laskowice |
235 | Nysa - Kamieniec Ząbkowicki May Day Bank Holidays & Summer SSuO only |
247 | Sędzisław – Kralovec [ČD] [Spring/Summer SSuO only] |
270 | Żary - Forst [DB] [listed as a number of services are buses] |
322 | Kępno – Wielun Dąbrowa |
370 | Świnoujście Port – Świnoujście |
381 | Słupsk – Ustka [Summer only] |
382 | Mścice – Mielno Koszaliński [Summer only] |
385 | Chojnice – Szczecinek |
410 | Toruń Wschodni – Sierpc |
431a | Laskowice Pomorskie – Wierzchucin [FSuO] |
440 | Chojnice – Kościerzyna |
440 | Rębiechowo – Gdańsk Osowa |
451 | Łeba - Lębork [Summer only service] |
503 | Gutkowo - Braniewo |
515 | Pisz – Ełk |
520 | Szymany Lotnisko - Szczytno |
530 | Kuźnica Białostocka - Grodno [Belarus] |
537 | Suwałki – Šeštokai (LG) FSSuMO |
550 | Chelm – Jagodin (UŽ) |
552 | Świdnik Miasto - Lublin Airport |
554 | Zamość Wschód – Hrubiszów Miasto |
556 | Zwierzyniec – Stalowa Wola Rozwadów |
557 | Zwierzyniec - Hrebenne (Summer service only) |
609 | Wieliszew – Tłuszcz |
Deletions since last edition
PL17/8 | Sosnowiec Dańdówka – p.odg Dorota – Dąbrowa Górnicza Wschodnia | No services for two years |
PL17/56 | Gniezno - Wrzesnia | No services for two years. No sign of promised reopening |
PL17/57 | Jarocin east side – Golina (– Krotoszyn) | No services for over two years |
PL17/59 | Piła - Piła Towarowa - podg Piła Północ | No services for two years |
PL17/80 | Suwałki head shunt | No services for over two years |
For details of previous sparse services that have recently closed see General Information.