Greater Poland Railways (; KW) are a regional rail operator in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland. The company was founded on 28 September 2009 and is fully owned by the regional government. KW began regular passenger services on 1 June 2011.
Routes Source: Liniowe rozkłady jazdy (in Polish)
Poznań Główny – Kutno Poznań Główny – Mogilno Poznań Główny – Gołańcz Poznań Główny – Piła Główna Piła - Wyrzysk Osiek Poznań Główny – Krzyż Poznań Główny – Zbąszynek Poznań Główny – Wolsztyn Leszno – Zbąszynek Poznań Główny – Rawicz Leszno – Ostrów Wielkopolski Poznań Główny – Milicz Poznań Główny – Odolanów Poznań Główny – Kępno Poznań Główny – Łódź Kaliska Poznań Główny – Kalisz Gniezno – Krotoszyn Some parts of the routes are jointly operated with the Poznań Metropolitan Railway.
Rolling stock ClassImageCars per unitTypeTop speedNumberBuilderBuiltkm/hmph EN57 3 Electric multiple unit 7 Pafawag 1974–1975, 1981–1982 EN57AL 3 Electric multiple unit 5 Pafawag 1974–1975, 1977, 1990 EN76 4 Electric multiple unit 22 Pesa 2012–201448WE4Electric multiple unit 10Pesa2019–202048WEb4Electric multiple unit 5Pesa2020–2021 SA105 1 Diesel multiple unit 2 ZNTK Poznań 2002 SA108 2 Diesel multiple unit 4 ZNTK Poznań 2003 SA132 2 Diesel multiple unit 10 Pesa 2005–2007 SA134 2 Diesel multiple unit 2 Pesa 2008 SA139 2 Diesel multiple unit 3 Pesa 201536WEhd3Diesel multiple unit 6Newag2020–2022
Accidents and incidents
On 25 May 2026, at around 15:13 CET, a Greater Poland Railways EN57AKW train, unit 1025 collided into the side of a lorry at an unguarded level crossing in Garbatka, just south of Rogoźno Wielkopolskie railway station on the Poznań–Piła railway. Upon impact, the lorry caught fire and ended up in a ditch. The front two cars of the train involved immediately derailed, in which the train came to a full stop around south of the crossing. The driver of the lorry died at the scene, with 17 out of the 18 people onboard the train suffering injuries, one of whom were transported to a hospital. Around of track and overhead wires had to be repaired or replaced, were the line reopened to passenger services on 28 May.
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