Poznań–Skandawa railway

The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a 389 km 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.

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.

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