Bytom-Wrocław railway line explained

Railway line 132
Color:000080
Locale:Silesian Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Start:Bytom railway station
End:Wrocław Główny railway station
Linelength:181.346 km
Tracklength:164,434 km
Speed:160 km/h

Railway line 132 is a double-track, electrified railway line running across the Silesian, Opole and Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and as such serving as the main railway artery between Bytom and Wrocław.[1] Between Opole and Wrocław, the railway line is part of the E-30 Pan-European railway corridor, whilst between Pyskowice and Opole, part of the CE-30 line. The lines form the Third Pan-European railway corridor. Between Zabrze and Pyskowice, the railway line has been deconstructed.

By 2011, the Bytom-Wrocław line has been modernised for a maximum operational speed of 160 km/h.[2]

Route plan

width=4% Distance (km)width=26% Railway stationwidth=10% Note
17.365 Bytom
20.052 Bytom Bobrek
23.160 Zabrze Biskupice
28.257 Zabrze Mikulczyce Inactive
30.328 Czekanów Wieś
32.313 Czekanów Śląski Inactive
34.752 Przezchlebie Inactive
40.110 Pyskowice
44.803 Paczyna
49.920 Toszek
53.837 Ligota Toszecka
56.349 Kutolin
59.118 Błotnica Strzelecka
66.931 Strzelce Opolskie
73.004 Szymiszów
80.523 Kamień Śląski
84.585 Tarnów Opolski
95.769 Opole Groszowice
99.322 Opole Główne
107.030 Chróścina Opolska
113.385 Dąbrowa Niemodlińska
119.858
130.041
139.447 Brzeg
148.067
154.513 Oława
161.866
170.974
175.726
181.041 Wrocław Główny

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mapa Interaktywna Linii Kolejowych. mapa.plk-sa.pl. 20 August 2017.
  2. Web site: PLK opracują remont torów w Opolu. Rynek Kolejowy. 20 August 2017. pl-PL.