Łódź–Kutno railway

Continues from 17  Łódź-Koluszki railwayContinues as 3  Warsaw-Kunowice railway (toward Konin)Connecting lines

• Łódź Widzew
  •  17  Łódź-Koluszki railway
  •  540  to Chojny
  •  541  to Olechów
• Zgierz
  •  15  Łódź-Bednary railway
• Kutno
  •  3  Warsaw-Kunowice railway
  •  18  to Piła
  •  33  to Brodnica

ServiceTypeHeavy railHistoryOpened1923 (Zgierz - Kutno), 1931 (Łódź - Zgierz)TechnicalLine length71.027 km (44.134 mi)Number of tracks1Track gauge1,435 mm (

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17  Łódź–Koluszki railway to Koluszki Łódź Widzew  17  to Łódź Fabryczna Łódź Stoki Łódź Uniwersity Łódź Marysin Radegast Łódź Warszawska Łódź Arturówek Łódź Radogoszcz Wschód  15  Łódź–Bednary railway to Łódź Żabieniec Zgierz  15  to Stryków Zgierz Jaracza Zgierz Północ Zgierz Kontrewers Grotniki Chociszew Ozorków Nowe Miasto Ozorków Sierpów Łęczyca Gawrony Witonia  3  Warsaw–Kunowice railway to Łowicz Kutno  33  Kutno–Brodnica railway to Płock  18  Kutno–Piła railway to Włocławek  3  to Konin

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The Łódź—Kutno railway is a railway line located in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, connecting the city of Łódź with a railway station in Kutno via Zgierz, Ozorków and Łęczyca. The section between Łódź Widzew and Zgierz stations is a part of a railway ring around the city of Łódź.

Construction of the railway was commenced by Polish State Railways in 1920. In 1923 the partially finished section between Zgierz and Łęczyca was opened, three years later a link to Kutno was finished. The section between Zgierz and Widzew stations was finished in 1931.

The railway was electrified within two stages: in 1969 (Łódź Widzew-Zgierz) and 1981 (Zgierz-Kutno).^[1]

The railway line is currently used for both freight and passenger services. The section between Zgierz and Kutno is listed as the railway of national importance.^[2] However, due to being single-track, the capacity of the railway is vastly limited, especially with regional passenger services from Łódź to Kutno.

The railway line is mainly served by ŁKA regional trains from Łódź Kaliska station to Kutno and commuter trains from Łódź Fabryczna station to Zgierz. Also, PolRegio trains from Łódź to Toruń, as well as PKP Intercity trains between Gdynia and Katowice, use this railway.

The railway is due to be refurbished, in order to allow a 20 kilometres per hour (12 mph) increase in operational speed.^[3] There are plans to either build up a second track on Zgierz-Kutno section, or create new railway connecting these two stations, which will run mostly intercity passenger services.^[4]