Grodzisk Mazowiecki–Zawiercie railway
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The Grodzisk Mazowiecki–Zawiercie railway better known as the Central Rail Line (Polish: Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa, CMK), designated by Polish national railway infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe as rail line number 4 (Polish: linia kolejowa nr 4), is a 224 km (139 mi) long railway line in Poland between Zawiercie outside the Katowice urban area and Grodzisk Mazowiecki in the suburbs of Warsaw.
Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Operating | ||
Owner | Polish State Railways | ||
Locale | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Opoczno, Włoszczowa, Zawiercie | ||
Termini | |||
Stations | 29 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Inter-city rail line | ||
System | InterCity and EuroCity | ||
Services | 1 main | ||
Operator(s) | PKP Intercity | ||
Daily ridership | (est.)? | ||
History | |||
Opened | 1977 | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 224 km | ||
Character | 2 track main line | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Electrification | 3 kV DC | ||
Operating speed | current max 200 km/h (planned 250 km/h) | ||
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The line was originally built for freight transport, but now carries mostly InterCity and EuroCity long-distance passenger services from cities in the southern part of the country such as Katowice, Kraków, Wrocław, Opole and Częstochowa to Warsaw.