Krośniewice Narrow Gauge Railway
Krośniewice Key Facts
- Gauge: 750mm
- Operating Length: 0km
- Total Length: 160km
- Status: Not Operating
- Location:
Latest News
On Sundays in July and August 2015, the Krośniewice Narrow Gauge Railway Association will be organising hand draisine rides at Ozorków Wąsk station every Sunday between 12:00 and 18:00, as well as a display of the railway's history.
A Railway Film Festival was held from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May 2013 at Krośniewice (photos). Details of the festival programme are shown below, and also on the Festiwal Filmów Kolejowych w Krośniewicach event page on Facebook. For completeness, the timetable for the cancelled Krośniewice-Krzewie trains can be found here.
Film Festival Programme:
- Friday 24 May:
- 18:00 - Festival opening; overview of the festival programme; screening of railway films; bonfire.
- Saturday 25 May:
- 12:00 - Official opening and welcome; draisine rides; art workshops for children and teenagers; guided tours of the railway workshops.
- 18:00 - Screening of railway films; bonfire; railway heritage problems in Poland.
- Sunday 26 May:
- 12:00 - Draisine rides; art workshops for children and teenagers; guided tours of the railway workshops.
- 16:00 - End of the festival.
The Krośniewice narrow gauge railway has a new Facebook page, Krośniewicka Kolej Wąskotorowa, launched on 25 April 2013.
The website of the campaign to save the Kujawy Railways, S.O.S. dla KKW, is no longer online. The campaign still has an active Facebook page.
2008 Timetable
The railway ceased operating on 31 March 2008, when SKPL's operating contract was terminated. Until then regular trains had run north to Wielka Wieś and east to Ostrowy (on the standard gauge Toruń - Kutno line). The 2008 timetables are reproduced below.
Wielka Wieś: 2007 – 2008
Valid from 9 December 2007
to 31 March 2008
Sch = Runs on Schooldays
ThO = Runs on Thursdays only
ThX = Does not run on Thursdays
| ThO | Sch | ThO | Sch | |
| ThX | ||||
| Krośniewice | 06:30 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 |
| Ostrówki | 06:39 | 07:09 | 10:09 | 15:09 |
| Dąbrowice | 06:48 | 07:18 | 10:18 | 15:18 |
| Liliopol | 06:55 | 10:25 | ||
| Wielka Wieś Kujawska | 07:01 | 10:31 |
| ThO | Sch | ThO | Sch | |
| ThX | ||||
| Wielka Wieś Kujawska | 07:10 | |||
| Liliopol | 07:16 | |||
| Dąbrowice | 07:23 | 07:23 | 10:44 | 15:23 |
| Ostrówki | 07:32 | 07:32 | 10:53 | 15:32 |
| Krośniewice | 07:41 | 07:41 | 11:02 | 15:41 |
| Krośniewice Polna | 07:45 | 07:45 |
Ostrowy: 2007 – 2008
Valid from 9 December 2007
to 31 March 2008
ThO = Runs on Thursdays only
| ThO | ThO | |
| Krośniewice | 07:50 | 11:10 |
| Krośniewice Błonie | 07:52 | 11:12 |
| Perna | 07:59 | 11:19 |
| Wołodrza | 08:03 | 11:23 |
| Ostrowy Osada | 08:06 | 11:26 |
| Ostrowy Cukrownia | 08:09 | 11:29 |
| Ostrowy Wąsk | 08:12 | 11:32 |
| ThO | ThO | |
| Ostrowy Wąsk | 08:20 | 11:35 |
| Ostrowy Cukrownia | 08:23 | 11:38 |
| Ostrowy Osada | 08:26 | 11:41 |
| Wołodrza | 08:29 | 11:44 |
| Perna | 08:33 | 11:48 |
| Krośniewice Błonie | 08:40 | 11:55 |
| Krośniewice | 08:42 | 11:57 |
Links
- Krośniewice Railway - New website
- Krośniewicka Kolej Wąskotorowa - Krośniewice narrow gauge railway (Facebook page)
- S.O.S. dla KKW - campaign to save the Krośniewice railway (Facebook page)
- Stowarzyszenie Kujawskich Kolei Wąskotorowych (SKKW) - volunteer group
- The Krośniewice railway on Railmap
- Koleje wąskotorowe w Polsce (www.koleje.wask.pl) by Krzysztof Zientara
- Polish Narrow Gauge Railways (www.cleeve.com) by Andrew Goodwin, Stephen Goodwin and Dave Meller
- Behind the Water Tower blog - Krośniewice Posts:
- 2008: The end? | Double blow | Smoke and mirrors | Death by 1000 cuts
- 2010: High noon | A new beginning? | Sleeping giant
- 2011: MBxd1-168 | Whispers and rumours | Local activists resume the battle for Krosniewice line
- 2012: Xmas/New Year Competition Final
