Poznań–Skandawa railway
The Poznań–Skandawa railway is a railway line in Poland. It connects Poznań with Inowrocław, Toruń, and Olsztyn, then continues to the Polish-Russian border at Skandawa, Kaliningrad Oblast. Opening. The line was opened in stages between 1871 and 1873. Closure. The line between Korsze and Żeleznodorożnyj became single track from 1 January 1945. On 12 March 2000 the line between Skandawa and Żeleznodorożnyj was closed to passenger traffic and on 3 April 2000 also between Korsze and Skandawa. Electrification. Electrification took place in six stages between 1976 and 1990: Modernisation. On 3 October 2016 PKP PLK  signed a contract with ZUE for the modernisation of part of Line 353 on the section Ostrowite - Biskupiec Pomorski and Biskupiec Pomorski - Jamielnik within the project "Work on Line 353 on the section Jabłonowo Pom. - Iława - Olsztyn - Korsze". Work will start in October 2017. Usage. The line sees trains of various categories (EuroCity, Express InterCity, Intercity, TLK and regional services).