Greater Poland

By train

Trains are the basic mean of transport in the region. The main i and the most important junction is of course Poznan, but regional centres : Leszno, Ostrow Wielkopolski and Pila offer as well many good connections. The most important line in the region is the one from Warsaw via Konin, Wrzesnia, Poznan toward the western border and further to Berlin. Other lines playing great role in the transport system are :

Szczecin Stettin - Poznan - Leszno - Wrocław Breslau

from the seaside Kolobrzeg - Kolberg, Koszalin, Slupsk via Pila - Poznań - Jarocin - Ostrów Wielkopolski i further to southern Poland to Katowice (Katowitz or to Lodz via Kalisz

from Three-City Gdansk - Danzig, Sopot, Gdynia and from Olsztyn Allenstein via Inowrocław - Gniezno do Poznania

from Bydgoszcz via Pila to Krzyz and further via Gorzow Wielkopolskie Landsberg to Berlin

from Ostrow Wielkopolski along the southernmost parts of the region to Leszno and further to Glogow

The network of main lines is supplemented by local ones with several connections daily :

Pila - Walcz 6

Pila - Zlotow - Chojnice 5 to 6

Poznan - Wągrowiec - Gołańcz 7 to 9

Poznań - Grodzisk Wielkopolski - Wolsztyn 8 to 10

Gniezno - Września - Jarocin - Krotoszyn and further Wrocław 3 to 5

Jarocin - Leszno 4

Ostrów Wielkopolski - Krotoszyn - Leszno 5 to 8

Leszno - Wolsztyn 5 to 7

so-called coal-magistral in the easternmost parts of Wielkopolska, but - as it joins not-touristic places - is play very little role for travellers.

Several trains on the routes from Wolsztyn to Poznan departures from Wolsztyn appr. 5:30 and appr. 11:30, and from Poznan appr. 9:30 and 15:30 and from Wolsztyn to Leszno departure from Wolsztyn appr. 6:00, back from Leszno appr. 15:30 are served - as the only ones in Poland - by steam locomotives. Departures are given "appr." because of frequent timetable changes, which are the result of many track-works, especially in the Poznan juction.

It's essential to mention as well about narrow-gauged railways - some of them are used only for weekend and tourist traffic, but in the region we have the first independent from the nationl carrier PKP and private line : 23-km section from Stare Bojanowo on the Poznan-Wrocław line via Smigiel to Wielichowo. Every day more than 10 trains run on the route. Timetable : (http://www.skpl.kalisz.pl) the carrier's - SKPL's - trains run as well on the other lines in the region : see below. As well narrow-gauged trains run on the following routes :

Środa Wielkopolska - Zaniemyśl

Pleszew - Pleszew Miasto SKPL

Opatówek - Turek SKPL

Gniezno - Witkowo

Bialosliwie region nearby Pila

a small part of the Krośniewice Commuter Line crosses Wielkopolska region SKPL