title: Poznań–Skandawa railway
text: # Poznań–Skandawa railway
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  