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{{Short description|Railway line in Poland}}
{{Warsaw Cross-City Line}}
[[File:Linia średnicowa w Warszawie 01.JPG|thumb|Warsaw Cross-City Line]]
'''Warsaw cross-city line''' ({{langx|pl|Linia Średnicowa w Warszawie}}) is a {{Cvt|7|km}} railway line crossing [[Warsaw|Central Warsaw]] in the east–west direction. Opened in 1933 and electrified in 1936, it initially had two tracks, with an additional two added in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlaskolejowy.net/infra/?id=linia&poz=229|title = Linia kolejowa 2 (PL) • Warszawa Zachodnia - Terespol / © Atlas Kolejowy Polski, Czech, Słowacji i Podkarpackiej Rusi}}</ref>  The central part of the line is in a tunnel, which is {{Cvt|2226|m|ftin}} long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlaskolejowy.net/infra/?id=linia&poz=229|title = Linia kolejowa 2 (PL) • Warszawa Zachodnia - Terespol / © Atlas Kolejowy Polski, Czech, Słowacji i Podkarpackiej Rusi}}</ref> It then crosses the [[Vistula]] by the Średnicowy railway bridge {{Cvt|470.15|m|ftin}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://semaforek.kolej.org.pl/wiki/index.php?title=Linia_kolejowa_nr_2_Warszawa_Zachodnia_-_Terespol|title = Linia kolejowa nr 2 Warszawa Zachodnia - Terespol – Baza kolejowa}}</ref> long located between [[Poniatowski Bridge]] and [[Świętokrzyski Bridge]].

The line provides a direct link between [[Warszawa Wschodnia railway station|Warszawa Wschodnia]] and [[Warszawa Zachodnia station|Warszawa Zachodnia]] stations.  The pre-1945 [[Warszawa Główna railway station|Warszawa Główna]] was located approximately halfway down the line. The station has been replaced by [[Warszawa Śródmieście railway station|Warszawa Śródmieście]] and later supplemented by [[Warszawa Centralna railway station|Warszawa Centralna]], which is located to the west of the old station.

Since the 1970s, the older (southern) pair of tracks is used by regional and commuter trains run (until 2005) by [[Polish State Railways|PKP]]/[[Polregio]], and since then by [[Koleje Mazowieckie]] and [[Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)|Szybka Kolej Miejska]]. The regional trains use [[Warszawa Stadion railway station|Warszawa Stadion]], [[Warszawa Powiśle railway station|Warszawa Powiśle]], Warszawa Śródmieście PKP and [[Warszawa Ochota train station|Warszawa Ochota]] stations (listed east-to-west), the long-distance trains use Warszawa Centralna. A third set of tracks, which extend as far as the [[Warszawa Śródmieście WKD railway station]], is used by the [[Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa]] (WKD) suburban [[light rail]] line.

The suburban tracks are designated by national [[railway infrastructure manager]] [[PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe]] as [[PKP rail line 448]] from Warszawa Zachodnia to [[Warszawa Rembertów railway station|Warszawa Rembertów]] through Warszawa Wschodnia, the long distance tracks are a part of [[PKP rail line 2]] (Warszawa Zachodnia - Terespol), while the light rail tracks are PKP rail line  47 (Warszawa Śródmieście WKD - Grodzisk Mazowiecki Radońska).

==Gallery==
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file:Wawa srodmiescie poludniowe.jpg|Western part of the Cross-City line running in a cutting
file:PL Warszawa Ochota.jpg|Cross-City line at [[Warszawa Ochota train station|Warszawa Ochota]] station
file:Tunel Średnicowy - Warszawa (6).jpg|Cross city tunnel seen at [[Warszawa Śródmieście railway station|Warszawa Śródmieście]] station
file:PKP Warszawa Powisle Lipiec 2010.jpg|Mouth of the cross city tunnel at [[Warszawa Powiśle railway station|Warszawa Powiśle]] station
file:PL Warsaw linia srednicowa Kruczkowskiego.jpg|Viaduct over Kruczkowskiego street in [[Powiśle, Warsaw|Powiśle]]
file:Most średnicowy w Warszawie 2021.jpg|Średnicowy Bridge crossing the [[Vistula|Vistula River]]
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Transport in Warsaw}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Warsaw]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Poland]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Warsaw]]
[[Category:1933 establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Underground commuter rail]]


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