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In December 2023 the airport gained a rail link to Tarnowskie Góry and Zawiercie, which allows direct trains running from the airport to Katowice. The stop for the airport terminal is called ”Pyrzowice Lotnisko” and is located approx. 500 metres from passenger terminals, to which leads an asphalt pavement.
Operates local passenger trains (under the REGIO brand) financed by local governments, low-cost long-distance trains and short-distance international trains jointly with DB Regio (REGIOekspres). Passenger trains are rather slow, mostly electric multiple units and diesel railcars/railbuses. InterREGIO trains are of slightly lower standard than ...
Every railway line in Poland has its own number, with the lowest numbers attached to the most important and most strategic routes. Line number 1 links Warsaw Centralna with Katowice Central Station, while line number 999, the last one on the list, is a side track, joining Piła Main with a secondary-importance station of Piła North (Pila Północ).
The connection between Katowice and Ostrava will benefit from joint investments from the countries of the Visegrad group with the aim to link Warsaw, Brno, Bratislava and Budapest by high-speed rail. [13] The CPK program is planned to be implemented by 2040. [10] Ten railway "spokes" will radiate from the CPK airport in different directions.
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 ...
Kraków's airport, (John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, Polish: Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków-Balice ) is 11 km (7 mi) west of the city. Direct trains cover the route between Kraków Main station and the airport in 16 minutes, following an upgrade of tracks on the line in 2015.
The travel time is 21 minutes, and the train will begin the route at 05:00 to 23:00 every thirty minutes. In 2015 after renovations the route was extended to Kraków Balice which has direct access to the John Paul II International Airport, taking over the former Balice Ekspres train operated by Polregio. [5] [6]
Trains originated at Kraków Główny railway station via Katowice and Wrocław and used the railway line towards Szczecin up to the Rzepin rail hub, from where they ran on the Warsaw–Kunowice railway to the Polish-German border and Frankfurt (Oder). Between Frankfurt (Oder) and Berlin, Wawel ran on the Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway line.