Březnice – Strakonice railway line

Březnice – Strakonice
Course book series (SŽDC) :	203
Route length:	49.117 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	B2
Top speed:	50 km / h
Legend from Zdice (formerly Rakonitz – Protivín Railway ) 0.000 Březnice formerly Březnitz to Protivín (formerly Rakonitz – Protivín Railway ) 6.204 Hudčice formerly Hudčitz 8,855 Slavětín u Březnice vlečka ČEPRO 11.777 Bělčice formerly Bělčitz Závišínský potok 16.320 Závišín formerly Zavěšín 20,188 Bezdědovice 22.108 Blatná formerly Blatna Lomnice to Nepomuk (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) 26,171 Mačkov formerly Čekanitz-Mačkov 30.742 Sedlice formerly Sedlitz near Blatna 31,851 Sedlice město 35,701 Rojice 37.178 Velká Turná formerly Groß Turna 39.765 Radomyšl formerly Radomischl 41.200 Radomyšl zastávka formerly Radomischl stop 43.196 Domanice 46.158 Řepice formerly Řepitz Otava from České Budějovice (formerly KFJB ) 49.117 Strakonice formerly Strakonice to Plzeň hl. n. (formerly KFJB ) to Volary (formerly LB Strakonitz – Winterberg )

The railway line Březnice-Strakonice is a regional railway line in the Czech Republic , originally from the local railway Strakonitz-Blatná-Breznitz as local railway was built in Strakonice-Breznitz. It runs from Březnice ( Březnitz ) to Strakonice ( Strakonitz ).

According to a decree of the Czech government, the line has been classified as a regional railway ("regionální dráha") since December 20, 1995.

history

Bělčice railway station (2012)

Blatná Railway Station (2012)

The concession for the Strakonitz – Březnitz local railway was awarded to the founders of the Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz local railway on September 21, 1896. The line was opened on June 11, 1899. The kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) operated for the owners.

In 1912 the timetable of the local railway indicated three mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. They needed about two hours for the 50-kilometer route.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, management was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). With the nationalization of the local railway company from January 1, 1925, the infrastructure also belonged to the ČSD network.

With the use of modern motorized trains , travel times were significantly shortened at the end of the 1920s. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded up to seven pairs of 3rd class passenger trains, all of which ran as motorized trains. One of the trains ran to and from Zdice. The travel time on the Březnice – Strakonice route was around 90 minutes.

During the Second World War , the route lay entirely in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . The operators were now the Protectorate Railways Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB). On May 9, 1945, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

As an innovation reversed in 1951 with a railcar -run express between Prague and Vimperk , who mastered the route Březnice-Strakonice with four stops in 70 minutes. This direct train connection between the Czechoslovak capital and the Bohemian Forest was only given up in the 1990s.

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).

In the 2012 timetable, the route is served by passenger trains every two hours. On weekdays, additional trains condense the timetable to a sometimes one-hour cycle.

Web links

Commons : Railway line 203 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 203 Březnice - Strakonice on www.zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Verlag Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1 , p. 51.
2. ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
3. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
4. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council - issued on October 27, 1896
5. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
6. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
7. ↑ ČSD timetable 1951/52
8. ↑ Current timetable ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 8, 2012; PDF; 135 kB)