Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov railway line

Ústí nad Labem hl.n. – Chomutov

Course book series (SŽDC) :

130

Route length:

64.693 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

C4 / D4

Power system :

3 kV =

Top speed:

120 km / h

Dual track :

Ústí nad Labem hl.n. – Chomutov

Legend

		from Děčín hl. n. (formerly kk Northern State Railway )
	0.141	Ústí nad Labem hl.n. formerly Aussig city
		to Praha Mas. n. (formerly kk Northern State Railway )
		from Ústí nad Labem-Střekov (formerly ÖNWB )
	1,214	Ústí nad Labem západ formerly Aussig Teplitzer Bf
	3.259	Ústí nad Labem západ St. 5
		(Re-alignment 1982)
	4,550	Trmice
		to Bílina (formerly ATE )
	5.200	odb. Hrbovice
	6.635	Tuchomyšl formerly Schönfeld
	8.917	Chabařovice staré n. Earlier Karbitz

		vlečka
	11.214	Chabařovice

	12,938	Bohosudov used to be Mariaschein
	16.200	Proboštov
	18.118	Teplice v Čechách formerly Teplice-Schönau
	20.238	Řetenice
		to Liberec (formerly ATE )
		from Děčín hl. n.
	22,900	Oldřichov u Duchcova
		after Litvínov
		(Re-alignment 1968)
	26.400	Duchcov
	28.250	Duchcov staré n. Earlier Dux
	28.500	Želénky
		von Osek (formerly DBE )
		odb. Rozcesti
		to Světec (formerly ATE )
	32.000	Chotějovice
		from Trmice (formerly ATE )
	34,516	Bílina formerly Bilin
		former line Duchcov – Plzeň (until 1968)
	29,529	Liptice
	32.178	Břešťany earlier rushes
	36.300	Bílina kyselka formerly Bilin Sauerbrunn
	37.746	Mariánské Radčice formerly Maria Ratschitz
		Brucher sand track
		to Braňany pískové n. (Prohn Sandbf.)
	40.300	Želenice nad Bílinou formerly Sellnitz
	42.225	odb. České Zlatníky
		to Obrnice – Plzeň (formerly EPPK )
		from Praha – Obrnice (formerly PDE )
	46.280	Must

		Most hl.n. earlier Brüx

		to Moldava v Krušných horách (formerly PDE )
		odb. Široký vrch
		Souš u Mostu used to be Tschausch
		Connecting railway from Most nové nádraží
	48,597	Třebušice, formerly the Triebschitz
		Reallocation 1984 ( Ervěnický koridor )
		Realignment in 1955
	51.200	Hořany
	51.722	Ervěnice formerly Holtschitz-Seestadtl
	52.683	Holešice

	55.610	Kyjice
		from Počerady (formerly LB Potscherad – Wurzmes)
	56.061	Vrskmaň formerly Wurzmes
		Otvice formerly Udwitz-Görkau
		Jirkov zastávka
		(End of the Ervěnický koridor )
		by Jirkov (since 1984)
	60.512	odb. Dolní Rybník
		Děčín – Chomutov (formerly DBE )
		Chomutov město formerly Komotau Upper Village
	63.060	odb. Chomutov město
		to Chomutov seřazovací nádraží (since 1984)
		from Reitzenhain (formerly BEB )
	64.693	Chomutov formerly Komotau
		from Chomutov seřazovací nádraží (formerly DBE )
		to Praha-Bubny (formerly BEB )
		to Cheb (formerly BEB )

The Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov railway is a double-track electrified main line ("celostátní draha") in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Aussig-Teplitz Railway . It runs in the North Bohemian Basin from Ústí nad Labem ( Aussig / Elbe ) via Teplice ( Teplitz-Schönau ) and Most ( Brüx ) to Chomutov ( Komotau ).

history

Prehistory and construction

The double-track railway line from Aussig (today: Ústí nad Labem) to Teplice (today: Teplice) was built in 1858 to transport the lignite mined in the North Bohemian Basin around Teplitz to the Elbe port of Aussig . The further expansion of the route in the direction of Komotau (today: Chomutov) was quickly continued in order to also connect the coal mines around Dux (today: Duchcov) and Brüx (today: Most). On October 8, 1870, it was connected to the Buschtěhrad Railway in Komotau.

Opening dates:

Aussig – Teplitz * May 20, 1858
Teplitz – Dux * July 18, 1867
Dux – Komotau * October 8, 1870

In the following years, the line developed into the most heavily used railway line in Austria-Hungary.

After the Second World War

Chabařovice railway station (2016)

With the intensification of lignite mining after the Second World War, larger parts of the route had to be changed in their alignment from the 1950s. In 1968 the Duchcov route was relocated to the east. The city lost its train station, which was replaced by a train station on the territory of the municipality of Lahošt . In 1983, the large open-cast mine between Chomutov and Most dumped an up to 150 meter high dam made of overburden, which at the time of its construction was considered the highest railway embankment in the world. This section of the route is called Ervěnický koridor (German: "Seestädter Korridor").

The following table shows the opening dates of the electric train operation:

opening	route
February 10, 1962	Duchcov – Třebušice
September 18, 1962	Ústí nad Labem západ – Chabařovice
September 30, 1963	Chabařovice – Duchcov
2nd October 1964	Ústí nad Labem hl.n. – Ústí nad Labem západ
5th December 1989	Třebušice – Chomutov

On January 1, 1993, the line was transferred to the newly founded České dráhy (ČD) in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia . Since 2003 it has been part of the network of the state infrastructure operator Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC).

The route operator SŽDC is planning a partial renewal of the railway infrastructure between Ústí nad Labem and Chomutov in the next few years. From 2019 to 2022, the Oldřichov u Duchcova – Bílina section will initially be repaired at a cost of two billion crowns. In addition to the track systems, the control and safety technology, the bridges and the operating points are to be completely rebuilt and renewed. After completion of the work, the line speed is to be increased from 100 km / h to 120 to 145 km / h.

literature

Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah české republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1

Web links

Commons : Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov railway line - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ "Podkrušnohorskou magistrálu čeká modernizace, na řadě je úsek Oldřichov - Bílina" on zdopravy.cz

[1] "Podkrušnohorskou magistrálu čeká modernizace, na řadě je úsek Oldřichov - Bílina" on zdopravy.cz