| Poznań–Skandawa railway | |
| Status: | in use |
| Linelength Km: | 389.875 |
| Routenumber: | 353 |
| Electrification: | 3000 V DC on the section Poznań to Korsze |
| Speed Km/H: | 150 |
The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a 389adj=midNaNadj=mid railway line in Poland. It connects Poznań with Inowrocław, Toruń, and Olsztyn, then continues to the Polish-Russian border at Skandawa, Kaliningrad Oblast.
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 |
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 took place in six stages between 1976 and 1990:
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.[1]
The line sees trains of various categories (EuroCity, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).