Koleje Dolnośląskie (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

for ''Lower Silesian Railways''; KD) is a regional rail operator in the

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

of Poland. The company was founded on 28 December 2007 by a decision of the

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik The Lower Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Dolnośląskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Lower Silesia in Poland. It is a unicameral legislature consisting of thirty-six councillors chosen during local e ...

and is fully owned by the local government.

Train categories

The only train category operated by KD is local passenger trains (''osobowy''). Apart from KD's own tickets, tickets for

Polregio Polregio (formerly ''Przewozy Regionalne'') is a train operator in Poland, responsible for local and interregional passenger transportation. Each day it runs approximately 3,000 regional trains. In 2002 it carried 215 million passengers. The ...

's ''Regio'' trains are accepted on board of KD trains.

Rolling stock

At first, the rolling stock consisted of diesel units provided by the Lower Silesian voivodeship government which had previously been used by Przewozy Regionalne (now known as

): one SA106, one SA132, three SA134 and three SA135

Diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

s. Additional Diesel units were purchased in 2010 (three SA135 vehicles), 2011 (three SA134 vehicles) and 2015 (modern Pesa Link units marked as SA139). Koleje Dolnośląskie obtained their first

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

from Przewozy Regionalne in 2013 (it was an EN57AL which had been retrofitted the previous year). Three more

EN57 EN57 (manufacturer's designation: Pafawag 5B/6B) is an electric multiple unit used by the Polish railway operator ('' PKP''). It was built for suburban and long-distance services. Presently it is used by Przewozy Regionalne (Polregio), Łódzka Ko ...

-class units were purchased and retrofitted at the cost of the Lower Silesian government. The company also purchased completely new electric vehicles – the first Newag Impuls units (31WE) were ordered in 2011 in a batch of five. In 2014 the operator ordered six Impuls 36WEa units; the following year, they ordered five more 31WE units. The largest order in KD's history was its purchase of eleven 45WE units in 2017, which, when the order was placed, were described as "the most well-equipped and comfortable trains in the country". The company uses the following rolling stock:

Routes served by KD trains

KD passenger trains run on the following routes: * Wrocław –

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...

– Bolesławiec - Węgliniec – Lubań * Wrocław – Żmigród – Rawicz * Wrocław – Sobótka – Świdnica – Dzierżoniów –

Bielawa Bielawa (german: Langenbielau; szl, Bielawa) is a town in southwestern Poland. Since 1999, it has been situated in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of the Wałbrzych Voivodeship. As of December 20 ...

– Świdnica – Dzierżoniów -

Kamieniec Ząbkowicki Kamieniec Ząbkowicki (german: Kamenz Lower Silesia, N.S.) is a town in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Kamieniec Ząbkowicki. Th ...

– Kłodzko –

Kudowa-Zdrój Kudowa-Zdrój (german: Bad Kudowa, cz, Chudoba), or simply Kudowa, is a town located below the Table Mountains in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the southwestern part of Poland. It has a population of around 10,000 and is locate ...

* Wrocław – Wałbrzych – Jelenia Góra – Szklarska Poręba * Jelcz-Laskowice - Wrocław - Olesnica - Milicz - Krotoszyn * Wrocław – Trzebnica * Wrocław – Strzelin – Kłodzko –

Międzylesie Międzylesie (german: Mittelwalde) is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Międzylesie, close to the Czech border. It lies approxim ...

–

Lichkov Lichkov (german: Lichtenau) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. In lies in the Orlické Mountains on the border with Poland Poland, offi ...

( Czech Republic) * Wrocław –

– Węgliniec – Zgorzelec –

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

( Germany) – Dresden ( Germany) * Wrocław –

– Lubin – Głogów * Wałbrzych –

Nowa Ruda Nowa Ruda ( cs, Nová Ruda, german: Neurode, szl, Nowŏ Ruda) is a town in south-western Poland near the Czech border, lying on the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountain range. it had 22,067 inhabitants. The town is located in Kłod ...

– Kłodzko –

* Wrocław -

Jaworzyna Śląska Jaworzyna Śląska (German: ''Königszelt'') is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska. The town lies approximately ...

– Świdnica – Dzierżoniów –

* Jelenia Góra - Lubań – Zgorzelec -

( Germany) * Szklarska Poręba – Harrachov ( Czech Republic) –

Tanvald Tanvald (; german: Tannwald) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts The town part of Šumburk nad Desnou and the village of Žďár are administrat ...

( Czech Republic) –

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

( Czech Republic) * Wrocław –

– Żagań – Żary – Forst (Lausitz) ( Germany) ''(connection to Germany only on weekends)'' * Sędzisław – Kamienna Góra – Trutnov ( Czech Republic) ''(only in summer)'' * Wrocław – Wałbrzych –

Mieroszów Mieroszów (german: Friedland in Niederschlesien) is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina M ...

–

Adršpach Adršpach (german: Adersbach) is a municipality in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. It is known for the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks. Administrative parts The municipality is made up o ...

( Czech Republic) ''(only in summer)'' * Wrocław –

– Kłodzko –

* Wrocław - Jelcz-Laskowice * Wrocław - Berlin ( Germany) ''(only on weekends)'' Koleje dolnoslaskie wikipedia 2015 2016

Formerly served routes

* Wrocław – Wołów (now operated by

) * Jelenia Góra – Lwówek Śląski –

Zebrzydowa Zebrzydowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogrodziec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeshi ...

(now closed)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koleje Dolnoslaskie Railway companies of Poland Polish companies established in 2007

Train categories

Rolling stock

Routes served by KD trains

Formerly served routes

See also

References

External links