Koleje Dolnośląskie

Koleje Dolnośląskie
Spółka Akcyjna
	31WE of Koleje Dolnośląskie
Company type	Spółka Akcyjna
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Legnica, Poland
Area served	Lower Silesia
Key people	Damian Stawikowski; CEO
Owner	Lower Silesian Voivodship
Website	www.kolejedolnoslaskie.eu

Koleje Dolnośląskie (Polish for Lower Silesian Railways; KD) is a regional rail operator in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.

The company was founded on 28 December 2007 by a decision of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik 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'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 Polregio): one SA106, one SA132, three SA134 and three SA135 Diesel multiple units. 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 from Przewozy Regionalne in 2013 (it was an EN57AL which had been retrofitted the previous year). Three more EN57-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.^[1] The largest order in KD's history was its purchase of eleven 45WE units in 2017,^[2] which, when the order was placed, were described as "the most well-equipped and comfortable trains in the country".^[3]

The company uses the following rolling stock:^[1]

Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	Top speed		Number	Builder	Built / Retrofitted
Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	km/h	mph	Number	Builder	Built / Retrofitted
SA106		1	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	1	Pesa SA	2005
SA109		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	2	Kolzam	2005
SA132		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	1	Pesa SA	2006
SA134		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	8	Pesa SA, ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki	2008, 2011
SA135		1	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	9	Pesa SA, ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki	2008, 2010–2011
SA139		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	4	Pesa SA	2015
EN57		3	Electric multiple unit	110	68	4	Pafawag, ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki	1988 / 2016
EN57AL		3	Electric multiple unit	110	68	3	Pafawag, ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki	1982–1992 / 2012–2015
EN57AKD		3	Electric multiple unit	110	68	1	Pafawag, ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki	1991 / 2013
31WE		4	Electric multiple unit	160	99	10	Newag	2013-2015
36WEa		3	Electric multiple unit	160	99	6	Newag	2014
45WE		5	Electric multiple unit	160	99	11	Newag	2017
48WEc		5	Electric multiple unit	160	99	25	Pesa SA	2022-2024

Routes served by KD trains

KD passenger trains run on the following routes:^[4]

D1 Wrocław – Legnica – Bolesławiec - Węgliniec – Lubań
D2 Wrocław - Brzeg Dolny - Wołów - Ścinawa - Głogów
D3 Wrocław – Żmigród – Rawicz
D4 Wrocław – Sobótka – Świdnica – Dzierżoniów – Bielawa
D5 Legnica – Świdnica – Dzierżoniów - Kamieniec Ząbkowicki – Kłodzko – Kudowa-Zdrój
D6 Wrocław – Wałbrzych – Jelenia Góra – Szklarska Poręba
D7 Jelcz-Laskowice - Wrocław - Olesnica - Milicz - Krotoszyn
D8 Wrocław – Trzebnica
D9 Wrocław – Strzelin – Kłodzko – Międzylesie – Lichkov (Czech Republic)
D10 Wrocław – Legnica – Węgliniec – Zgorzelec – Görlitz (Germany) – Dresden (Germany)
D11 Wrocław – Legnica – Lubin – Głogów
D15 Wałbrzych – Nowa Ruda – Kłodzko – Kudowa-Zdrój
D16 Wrocław - Jaworzyna Śląska – Świdnica – Dzierżoniów – Bielawa
D19 Jelenia Góra - Lubań – Zgorzelec - Görlitz (Germany)
D21 Szklarska Poręba – Harrachov (Czech Republic) – Tanvald (Czech Republic) – Liberec (Czech Republic)
D25 Wrocław – Legnica – Żagań – Żary – Forst (Lausitz) (Germany) (connection to Germany only on weekends)
D26 Sędzisław – Kamienna Góra – Trutnov (Czech Republic)
D28 Wrocław – Wałbrzych – Mieroszów – Adršpach (Czech Republic) (only in summer)
D29 Wrocław – Kamieniec Ząbkowicki – Kłodzko – Kudowa-Zdrój
D70 Wrocław - Jelcz-Laskowice
D92 Kłodzko ( D9 ) - Lądek-Zdrój - Stronie Śląskie
D99 Wrocław - Berlin (Germany) (only on weekends)

Formerly served routes

Wrocław – Wołów (now operated by Polregio)
Jelenia Góra – Lwówek Śląski – Zebrzydowa (now closed)

References

^ ^a ^b Przemysław., Dominas (2017). Od kolei na Dolnym Śląsku po Koleje Dolnośląskie (in Polish). Przerwa, Tomasz (1973- )., Księży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. Łódź: Księży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. pp. 291–294. ISBN 9788377293652. OCLC 1020451759.
^ Janduła, Martyn (2017-01-13). "Newag z umową na ezt-y dla KD". Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-02-27.
^ Szymajda, Michał (2016-10-11). "KD zamawiają elektryczne pociągi w wersji lux. Wjadą też do Czech". Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-02-27.
^ "Rozkład, Bilety". Koleje Dolnośląskie (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.

External links

Official website

[:0-1] Przemysław., Dominas (2017). Od kolei na Dolnym Śląsku po Koleje Dolnośląskie (in Polish). Przerwa, Tomasz (1973- )., Księży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. Łódź: Księży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. pp. 291–294. ISBN 9788377293652. OCLC 1020451759.

[2] Janduła, Martyn (2017-01-13). "Newag z umową na ezt-y dla KD". Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-02-27.

[3] Szymajda, Michał (2016-10-11). "KD zamawiają elektryczne pociągi w wersji lux. Wjadą też do Czech". Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-02-27.

[4] "Rozkład, Bilety". Koleje Dolnośląskie (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.

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