Břeclav – Brno railway line
The Břeclav – Brno railway is a double-track, electrified main line ("celostátní dráha") in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB). It runs from Břeclav (Lundenburg) to Brno (Brno) and is part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor IV and TEN Corridor No. 22.
history
The Lundenburg – Brno (Břeclav – Brno) line was built in 1839 as a branch of the Emperor Ferdinand's Northern Railway from Vienna to Krakow, after the (Vienna-) Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram section in 1837 and Deutsch Wagram – Lundenburg (Brno – Groß Raigern) existed in 1837 also opened in 1838). This makes it the oldest railway connection in the Czech Republic. The route largely follows the course of the Thaya and Swratka rivers.
Brno received its first train station, which was built as a terminus in the immediate vicinity of the city center and thus slightly elevated. The route therefore had to be guided on arches for the last few meters. A technical masterpiece is the viaduct built in 1838 under the direction of the engineer Karl Ghega, later Carl Ritter von Ghega , who later became famous at the Semmering Railway . It is 637 m long, curves in a curve and consists of arched bridges over the Schwarza and the Wiener Straße. The viaduct has a total of 72 arches.
A competing route was created in 1870 by the StEG route leading from Vienna via Grusbach (Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou) to Brno.
In 1967 the line was electrified.
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).
Currently, 160 km / h is allowed between Břeclav and Brno, with the exception of the train stations. An increase to 200 km / h would be technically easy to implement, since there is only one level crossing in the affected section, which would have to be replaced by an underpass. The equipment with ETCS is planned anyway because it is part of an international corridor. However, the SŽDC announced that this adaptation to 200 km / h would not be carried out before 2030.
After the renovation of the Breclav station, the first test run took place in mid-January 2020 at a speed of 200 km / h. The state railway company plans to adapt the route structurally by 2025 and also to increase the speed of the trains
literature
- Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the railway system . 2nd edition in 10 volumes. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912–1923, DNB 560453477 .
- History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . Volume 1-4. Karl Prochaska, Vienna / Teschen / Leipzig 1898, DNB 982095198 .
Web links
- The railway line on zelpage.cz (Czech)
- History of the railway line (Czech)