Wrocław–Szczecin railway

Wrocław–Szczecin railway
Wrocław–Szczecin railway
Overview
Status	in use
Locale	Poland
Termini	Szczecin; Wrocław;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Route number	273
History
Opened	1871
Technical
Line length	356.210 km (221.339 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map
Route map
	various dock &
	harbour branches
	Wriezen Railway to
	Berlin Wriezener Bf
	West Pomerania
	Lubusz
	voivodeship
	boundary
	Lubusz
	Lower Silesia
	voivodeship
	boundary
	to Polkowice (cut off
	by Żelazny Most (lake))
	Wrocław
	Gądów

The Wrocław–Szczecin railway is 356-kilometer long, double tracked, electrified railway line in Poland, connecting Wrocław with Zielona Góra, Rzepin, Kostrzyn and Szczecin.

The line is designated by Polish national railway infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe as rail line number 273 (Polish: linia kolejowa nr 273), and commonly referred to as the Odra River trunk line (magistrala nadodrzańska or nadodrzanka for short) as its course roughly follows the flow of the Odra river.

Since 1991 it is part of the European TEN-T route E 59 from Scandinavia to Vienna, Budapest and Prague.