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Poznań–Skandawa railway
Poznań–Skandawa railway
	Rail line 353 in Wipsowo
Overview
Status	in use
Locale	Poland ; Kaliningrad Oblast
Termini	Poznań; Skandawa and Zheleznodorozhny;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Route number	353
History
Opened	1871
Technical
Line length	389.875 km (242.257 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC on the section Poznań to Korsze
Operating speed	150 km/h (93 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	to Kiekrz
	Poznań–Bydgoszcz railway to Gołańcz
	Poznań Krzesiny–Kobylnica railway
	to Poznań Franowo freight yard
	Wąbrzeźno–Wąbrzeźno Miasto railway
	to Wąbrzeźno Miasto
	Poland
	Russia

The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a 389-kilometre-long (242 mi) railway line in Poland. It connects Poznań with Inowrocław, Toruń, and Olsztyn, then continues to the Polish-Russian border at Skandawa, Kaliningrad Oblast.

Opening

The line was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873.

Date	Section
20 November 1871	Toruń Wschodni - Jabłonowo Pomorskie - Double track
27 December 1871	Czerwonka - Żeleznodorożnyj - Double track
26 May 1872	Poznań Wschód - Inowrocław - Single track, doubled on 1 January 1886
1 December 1872	Jabłonowo Pomorskie – Ostróda - Double track
1 December 1872	Olsztyn Główny - Czerwonka - Double track
25 March 1873	Inowrocław - Toruń Główny - Double track
15 August 1873	Toruń Główny – Toruń Wschodni - Double track
15 August 1873	Ostróda – Olsztyn Główny - Double track

Closure

The line between Korsze and Żeleznodorożnyj became single track from 1 January 1945.

On 12 March 2000 the line between Skandawa and Żeleznodorożnyj was closed to passenger traffic and on 3 April 2000 also between Korsze and Skandawa.

Electrification

Electrification took place in six stages between 1976 and 1990:

23 December 1976 - electrification of section Poznań Wschód – Inowrocław
20 December 1983 - electrification of section Inowrocław – Toruń Główny
16 October 1986 - electrification of section of Toruń Wschodni – Iława Główna
13 December 1987 - electrification of section of the Toruń Główny – Toruń Wschodni
3 October 1988 - electrification of section Iława Główna – Olsztyn Główny
18 December 1990 - electrification of section Olsztyn Główny - Korsze

Modernisation

On 3 October 2016 PKP PLK signed a contract with ZUE for the modernisation of part of Line 353 on the section Ostrowite - Biskupiec Pomorski and Biskupiec Pomorski - Jamielnik within the project "Work on Line 353 on the section Jabłonowo Pom. - Iława - Olsztyn - Korsze". Work will start in October 2017.^[1]

Usage

The line sees trains of various categories (EuroCity, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).

EuroCity services from Berlin to Gdynia between Poznań Wschód and Inowrocław
Express Intercity, Intercity and TLK services along the route between Poznań Wschód, Inowrocław (for Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk), Toruń, Olsztyn and Korsze (for Elk)
Regional services
- Przewozy Regionalne along the whole route
- Koleje Wielkopolskie between Poznań Wschód and Gniezno