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[E*] Freight only. The boundary between the German 15 kV ac and Polish 3 kV dc electrification systems is 1.5 km west of the bridge over the river Neiße/Nysa, which forms the border. This route was long term closed for upgrading including electrification with the line from Węgliniec and the east to north curve at Horka reopening on 25 November 2016 and the main freight artery via Horka High Level in December 2018.  
[E*] Freight only. The boundary between the German 15 kV ac and Polish 3 kV dc electrification systems is 1.5 km west of the bridge over the river Neiße/Nysa, which forms the border. This route was long term closed for upgrading including electrification with the line from Węgliniec and the east to north curve at Horka reopening on 25 November 2016 and the main freight artery via Horka High Level in December 2018.  


It has been suggested that a passenger service might be introduced but so far the only use has been by limited diversions of the weekend only Berlin - Wroclaw DMU service.
It has been suggested that a passenger service might be introduced but so far the only use has been by limited diversions of the weekend only Berlin - Wroclaw DMU service. See PL22/162


==Görlitz DB - Zgorzelec PKP==
==Görlitz DB - Zgorzelec PKP==

Revision as of 09:44, 30 July 2022

(Heringsdorf) - Ahlbeck Grenze - Świnoujście Centrum

[D] (Re)opened in September 2008, this route was operated by Usedomer Bäderbahn until December 2017 but is now operated by DB Regio Nordost. It is on the opposite side of the River Oder/Odra from PKP Świnoujście.

(Pasewalk -) Grambow DB - Szczecin PKP

[D] DB works to Szczecin Głowny.

(Angermünde -) Tantow DB - Szczecin PKP

[D] DB works to Szczecin Głowny. It is planned to electrify this route in the next few years.

(Wriezen -) Neurüdnitz DB - Siekierki PKP (- Godków)

Line closed.

Küstrin-Kietz DB - Kostrzyn PKP

[D] The Berlin - Kostrzyn passenger service has been operated by NEB (Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn) since the 2006/2007 timetable, currently using Polish-built Pesa Link DMUs. This line is closed for two years from December 2020 while the bridge over the River Oder/Odra is replaced by a new structure at a slightly higher level. Trains from Berlin terminate at Küstrin-Kietz on the German side of the river with a bus replacement cross border.

Previously there were through trains scheduled across this border with the 2019/2020 timetable having one Gorzów Wielkopolskie - Berlin Ostkreuz train pair. Any freight is worked by DB to Kostrzyn.

(Frankfurt (Oder) -) Frankfurt Oderbrücke DB - Kunowice PKP (- Rzepin)

[E*] DB has responsibility for the cross-border EuroCity services, but PKP dual voltage Class 370 electrics work through to Berlin. The only local passenger trains from Poland to Frankfurt (Oder) are the Polregio DMUs working through to/from Zielona Góra. PKP works freight to and from Frankfurt Oderbrücke where DB and PKP different voltage electric locomotives are changed.

Guben DB - Gubin PKP (- Czerwieńsk)

[ED] Passenger services were withdrawn on 6 October 2002. Freight traffic remains. A trial weekend-only passenger service is to commence running between Guben and Zielona Góra from 12 June 2022 under the designation RB92, consisting of three train pairs on Saturdays and two on Sundays and public holidays. A daily service is planned once infrastructure improvements on the Polish side have been made.

Guben DB - Gubinek PKP

Line closed.

Forst (Lausitz) DB - Zasieki PKP (- Tuplice)

[D] PKP works all services to Forst. Following withdrawal of the previous incarnation of the "Wavel" IC service at the December 2014 timetable change, there were just two local terminating services each way. However a weekend "Kulturzug" DMU return working between Berlin and Wroclaw was introduced in the summer of 2016 as Wroclaw was the European city of culture. Owing to its popularity it is now two pairs and continuing.

(Weisswasser -) Bad Muskau DB - Leknica PKP (- Tuplice)

Line closed.

Horka DB - Bielawa Dolna PKP (- Węgliniec)

[E*] Freight only. The boundary between the German 15 kV ac and Polish 3 kV dc electrification systems is 1.5 km west of the bridge over the river Neiße/Nysa, which forms the border. This route was long term closed for upgrading including electrification with the line from Węgliniec and the east to north curve at Horka reopening on 25 November 2016 and the main freight artery via Horka High Level in December 2018.

It has been suggested that a passenger service might be introduced but so far the only use has been by limited diversions of the weekend only Berlin - Wroclaw DMU service. See PL22/162

Görlitz DB - Zgorzelec PKP

[D] From 1 March 2015 when the DB operated Dresden - Wrocław services were withdrawn there were no cross-border passenger services until a PKP operated Jelenia Góra - Lubań Śląski - Zgorzelec - Görlitz service commenced on 12 December 2015. This is now operated by Koleje Dolnośląskie but these cross border workings are only listed in the 255 PDF by a footnote.

In addition some Trilex DMUs operating RE services from Dresden Hbf were extended to Zgorzelec from December 2019 to connect with the new electric PKP service towards Wrocław as Görlitz DB - Zgorzelec PKP remains unelectrified, joined by some PolRegio services from Żary and Legnica. These are all listed in PKP PDF 260.

DB/PKP freight normally uses other border crossings but any via this route would be worked by PKP diesels to Görlitz.

(Görlitz -) Hagenwerder DB - Krzewina Zgorzelecka PKP - Hirschfelde DB (- Zittau)

[D] This line carries domestic German services between Görlitz and Zittau, which call at Krzewina Zgorzelecka mainly to serve the German village of Ostritz on the opposite bank of the river Neisse. Between Krzewina Zgorzelecka and Hirschfelde the line crosses the river twice and traverses a 200m section within Germany.

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