Čelákovice – Mochov railway line
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| Course book series (SŽDC) : | 233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 4.014 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 17.5 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 60 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Čelákovice – Mochov railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated by the Austrian Local Railway Company (ÖLEG) as part of the state-guaranteed Brandeis – Mochow local railway . It begins in Čelákovice and leads to Mochov in Central Bohemia .
According to a decree of the Czech government, the line has been classified as a regional railway ("regionální dráha") since December 20, 1995.
history
Today's railway line Čelákovice – Mochov was part of a local railway project of the ÖLEG in Central Bohemia, which provided routes from Čelákovice to Brandýs nad Labem as well as to Mochov. On November 7, 1881, the concession for these routes was granted. The route to Mochov was only intended for freight traffic to the local sugar factory. It was opened on January 11, 1883.
Initially, the ÖLEG ran the business itself. From July 1, 1885, the Bohemian Commercial Railways (BCB) took over this task, from July 18, 1890, the Austro-Hungarian State Railroad Company (StEG).
After the nationalization of the StEG, the line belonged to the network of the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) from January 1, 1908 . At that time there was a project to extend the line to Český Brod , which was not implemented. This would create a continuous connection between the Kolin – Prague and Prague – Bodenbach lines , bypassing the Prague junction .
After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, the route was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD).
With a festive event on May 14, 1939, the ČSD also opened passenger traffic, which was mainly based on commuter traffic in the sugar factory. For this purpose, the Mochov station was supplemented by a small reception building with ticket issuance and a separate shed for the motor vehicles . The 1940 timetable recorded ten pairs of passenger trains on weekdays and nine pairs of passengers on Sundays and public holidays. During the Second World War, the line was entirely in the Protectorate and was operated by the now Protectorate Railways Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB). After the Second World War, the route came back to the ČSD.
The sugar factory was shut down after the 1957 campaign. A factory for the production of frozen products (Mrazírna Mochov) was established on the site and began production in 1962. The dispatch of the finished products in refrigerated trucks again ensured a steady volume of freight traffic. In the mid-1960s, a large substation was built in an open field , which is connected to route kilometer 1.091 via its own connecting railway.
During the invasion of the Warsaw contracting states in August 1968 , Soviet troops drove a military train with a built-in jammer on the route, which was intended to interfere with the Czechoslovak Radio programs broadcast in Prague . When connecting the transmitter to the power supply, however, the Soviet specialists “mistook” the correct voltage and thus destroyed the transmitter system. During this time the traffic on the route was idle for a few days.
In 1972 there were first plans to cease traffic on the route. Ultimately, however, it remained in operation, and at the end of the 1980s the superstructure was even completely renewed. In 1990 the unoccupied Mochov zastávka stop was opened, which was intended in particular for the employees of the substation. In the 1990/91 annual timetable, eight pairs of passenger trains ran daily. After the social upheaval of 1989 , freight traffic on the route quickly came to a standstill. Since then, Mrazírna Mochov has been handling all transports by truck.
On January 1, 1993, as a result of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the line was transferred to the newly founded Czech state railway company České dráhy (ČD). Since 2003 it has been part of the network of the state infrastructure operator Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC).
With the timetable change on December 9, 2006, the scheduled passenger train service was stopped. Since then, the Klub železničních cestovatelů (KŽC) association has been the only regular user of the route. Since then, trains with historic diesel multiple units have been running on selected dates of the year, financially supported by the municipality of Čelákovice. They were initially marketed as "Polabský motoráček". Today they are known as “Mochovský motoráček”.
The connecting line of the Central Bohemia substation (Rozvodna Čechy střed) between Čelákovice and Mochov zastávka will continue to be served by freight trains as required. Transformer transports took place in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2015 and most recently on February 24, 2017.
In November 2014, the route was advertised for sale for an amount of CZK 32,025,770 without being given to a new owner.
On April 3, 2018, scheduled passenger traffic on the route with the new S24 line (Čelákovice – Mochov) was resumed. A total of six pairs of trains run on working days in the morning and in the evening. The commissioned railway company is KŽC Doprava . After a month of operation, the trains are used by around 40 to 50 passengers a day.
Vehicle use
For travel traffic, railcars were used almost exclusively. The opening train on May 14, 1939 was the M 131.001 . In addition, the M 131.1 , M 230.5 and M 240.0 series also drove on the route over the years . Most recently, until the temporary cessation in 2006, rail traffic was handled exclusively with the two-axle railcars of the ČSD series M 152.0 (ČD 810). KŽC Doprava has also been using such a vehicle again for the S24 line since 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1
- ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of December 13, 1881
- ↑ Zasedání Národního shromáždění československého roku 1919.
- ↑ Preprava transformátora for Mochova on www.vlaky.net
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Timetable 2018
- ↑ "Až 50 lidí denně. Milé překvapení, tvrdí kraj o obnovené lokálce do Mochova ”on www.zdopravy.cz