Krzyż railway station explained

Krzyż
Type:	Railway Station
Style:	PKP
Address:	Krzyż Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Country:	Poland
Map Type:	Poland
Map Dot Label:	Krzyż
Map Size:	250
Line:	203: Tczew–Kostrzyn railway 351: Poznań–Szczecin railway 412: Wałcz–Krzyż railway (closed)
Platform:	6
Operator:	PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe

Krzyż railway station is a railway station serving the town of Krzyż Wielkopolski, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1851 and is located on the Tczew–Kostrzyn railway, Poznań–Szczecin railway and now closed Wałcz–Krzyż railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Przewozy Regionalne.

Despite Krzyż being a small town, its station has an important interchange function between the north–south route from Szczecin to Poznan and the east–west route from Germany and Gorzów Wielkopolski to Piła and further east.

The station building is located on the central platform and is connected to the town by a footbridge. At the station there is also a large depot of Przewozy Regionalne, including a working turntable and Roundhouse.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Express Intercity services (EIC) Szczecin — Warsaw ^[1]
• Intercity services Swinoujscie - Szczecin - Stargard - Krzyz - Poznan - Kutno - Warsaw - Bialystok / Lublin - Rzeszow - Przemysl
• Intercity services Swinoujscie - Szczecin - Stargard - Krzyz - Poznan - Leszno - Wroclaw - Opole - Katowice - Krakow - Rzeszow - Przemysl
• Intercity services Szczecin - Stargard - Krzyz - Poznan - Kutno - Lowicz - Lodz - Krakow
• Intercity services Szczecin - Stargard - Krzyz - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw - Lublin - Rzeszow - Przemysl
• Intercity services Gorzow Wielkopolski - Krzyz - Pila - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw
• Intercity services Gorzow Wielkopolski - Krzyz - Poznan - Ostrow Wielkopolski - Lubliniec - Czestochowa - Krakow
• Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn ^[2]
• Regional services (R) Szczecin - Stargard - Dobiegniew - Krzyz - Wronki - Poznan
• Regional services (R) Kostrzyn - Gorzow Wielkopolski - Krzyz
• Regional services (R) Krzyz - Pila - Chojnice^[3]

Preserved locomotive

Steam Engine Ol49-82 is plinthed at the station.

References

• This article is based upon a translation of the Polish language version as of October 2016.

52.8781°N 16.0219°W

Notes and References

1. PKP EIC Szczecin Główny — Warszawa Wschodnia Timetable. https://koleo.pl/en/pociag/EIC/8100-CHROBRY/09-02-2023
2. PKP TLK Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn, Timetable. https://koleo.pl/en/pociag/TLK/58110-BORY%20TUCHOLSKIE
3. Polregio. Krzyż - Chojnice. Timetable valid from 2022.12.11 to 2023.03.11 https://polregio.pl/media/20936/345-426-krzy%C5%BC-chojnice-krzy%C5%BC-20221211_20230311.pdf