Kłodzko Główne–Wałbrzych Główny railway

Kłodzko Główne–Wałbrzych Główny railway
The line in the Sudetes
Overview
Other name(german) Bahnstrecke Glatz - Dittersbach
Native nameLinia kolejowa nr 286
Line number286
Technical
Line length52 km (32 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrificationnone
Operating speedup to 80 km/h

The Kłodzko Główne–Wałbrzych Główny railway (Polish: linia kolejowa nr 286; German until 1945: Glatz Hbf–Waldenburg-Dittersbach) is a railway line in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. The line runs through the Sudetes between Kłodzko (Glatz) and Wałbrzych (Waldenburg) and is regarded as one of the most scenic railway routes in Poland because of its mountainous alignment, tunnels, bridges and viaducts.

Originally constructed in the late nineteenth century under Prussian administration, the line linked the industrial centres of the Waldenburg coal district with the Kłodzko Valley and formed part of the wider project of the Silesian Mountain Railway.