Szkolniak

Just like in January of 2024, the Northern Division of PolRegio, with the base in Chojnice, is facing difficulties with the reliability of their railbusses, leading to an interesting situation on the unelectrified railway lines of Pomerania.

 

One of the services affected by the railbus shortage is the single pair "Szkolniak" service on the Ostbahn, delivering people from Chojnice to school and work in Tczew, and then returning in the afternoon. Usually this is done with one railbus and a coach attached to it, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Thus we see SU42-521 hauling the afternoon "Szkolniak" from Tczew to Chojnice (ROS 50785). It is 15:45 and the train has just departed from Rokitki Tczewskie, its first stop on the unelectrified section of the Ostbahn Berlin - Königsberg.

 

In Northern Poland, it already is very dark and gloomy at half past three in the afternoon, but I only think this adds to the atmosphere. In the background lurks the panorama of Tczew/Dirschau.

 

Photo by Piotrek/Toprus

Done