Žilina – Bohumín railway line

Žilina – Bohumín
Course book series (SŽDC) :	320
Course book series (ZSSK) :	127
Route length:	100 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Legend from Košice 337.63 Žilina 339 250.54 to Bratislava Vah 254.56 Brodno Kysuca 256.38 Rudina 259.75 Kysucké Nové Mesto 264.66 Ochodnica 266.51 Dunajov 269.14 Krásno nad Kysucou 273.74 Oščadnica 278.66 Čadca mesto Kysuca after Makov 279.80 Čadca Čierňanka to Zwardoń 284.08 Svrčinovec 286.53 State border Slovakia - Czech Republic 288.39 Mosty u Jablunkova zastávka 515 m Jablunkov Tunnel ( Jablunkapass ) 291 Mosty u Jablunkova 505 m Lomná 296 Bocanovice 430 m Olše (Olsa) 299.01 Návsí 380 m 302 Hrádek ve Slezsku 360 m Hluchová 305 Bystřice nad Olší 345 m 308 Vendryně 325 m Olše Olše 311.83 Třinec 310 m 314 Třinec-Konská 295 m Olše 316 Ropice zastávka 285 m Ropičanka from Kojetín 319.26 Český Těšín formerly Teschen 275 m to Bielsko-Biała Lhota u Těšína 323.88 Chotebuz 260 m to Polanka nad Odrou Louky zastávka 328 Louky nad Olší 255 m 331.19 Karviná-Darkov 235 m Karviná-Darkov Olše 334 Karviná hlavní nádraží 230 m Karviná-Doly Olše to Petrovice u Karviné Doubrava to Michálkovice Orlová 340.44 Dětmarovice 215 m 344 Dolní Lutyně 205 m Rychvald město Rychvald zámek 348.60 Bohumín formerly Oderberg 205 m to Kędzierzyn-Koźle to Přerov

The Žilina – Bohumín railway is a main line in Slovakia and the Czech Republic . It runs along the Kysuca River , crosses the border between the two countries in the Beskids and then runs along the Olsa - mostly near the Polish border - northwest.

history

See also main article: Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn

Construction of the line began in 1867. First, in February 1869, the section from Oderberg to Teschen was put into operation. After the previous operators had financial difficulties, a consortium called the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn was founded , which took over the construction and was able to start traffic on the route from Teschen to Žilina in January 1871. The rapid construction was accompanied by a loss of quality, so that repairs were repeatedly necessary in the first few years of operation.

The railway line was originally designed as a single track. In 1898 the section Čadca - Jablunkov (with the exception of the tunnel at the Jablunka Pass , which only went into double-track operation in 1917) was completed with two tracks. In 1907 the section Jablunkov-Teschen followed, in 1915 Teschen-Oderberg and Čadca-Žilina. The line has been electrified since 1963/64.

The route was relocated in the 1960s. A new route between Louky nad Olší and Dětmarovice - which is on the Bohumín – Kraków railway line - was built. The previously used route from Louky nad Olší to Bohumín has only been used for freight traffic since then.

Current condition

The railway line is one of the most important transport links between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Most of the long-distance trains between the Czech Republic and central and eastern Slovakia run on it. It is also used by several local trains every day, most of which depart from Žilina and end in Čadca and from Bohumín in Jablunkov . Freight traffic is of great importance.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1871 First tunnel tube of the Kaschau-Oderberger-Bahn, 1917 construction of the second tube, which was built over in 2013 as a double-track
2. ↑ http://rail.sk/skhist/dvoj.htm
3. ↑ http://rail.sk/skhist/electric.htm

Web links

• Details of the route (Slovak)
• Route details (Czech)
• History of the route ( Memento from August 27, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech)