Grodzisk Mazowiecki–Zawiercie railway
The Grodzisk Mazowiecki–Zawiercie railway better known as the Central Rail Line (Polish: Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa, CMK), designated by Polish national railway infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe as rail line number 4 (Polish: linia kolejowa nr 4), is a 224 km (139 mi) long railway line in Poland between Zawiercie outside the Katowice urban area and Grodzisk Mazowiecki in the suburbs of Warsaw.
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| Overview | |||
| Status | Operating | ||
| Owner | Polish State Railways | ||
| Locale | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Opoczno, Włoszczowa, Zawiercie | ||
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| Stations | 29 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Inter-city rail line | ||
| System | InterCity and EuroCity | ||
| Services | 1 main | ||
| Operator(s) | PKP Intercity | ||
| Daily ridership | (est.)? | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1977 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 224 km | ||
| Character | 2 track main line | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 3 kV DC | ||
| Operating speed | current max 200 km/h (planned 250 km/h) | ||
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The line was originally built for freight transport, but now carries mostly InterCity and EuroCity long-distance passenger services from cities in the southern part of the country such as Katowice, Kraków, Wrocław, Opole and Częstochowa to Warsaw.
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