Beroun – Rakovník railway line

Beroun – Rakovník
Course book series (SŽDC) :	174
Route length:	42.321 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C3
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Minimum radius :	200 m
Top speed:	70 km / h
Legend from Plzeň hl. n. (formerly BWB ) 0.000 Beroun formerly Beraun 221 m to Praha-Smíchov (formerly BWB ) Berounka (230 m) Inundation bridge (30 m) 1.288 Beroun- Závodí formerly Beraun-Závodí to Rudná u Prahy 5.718 Hýskov formerly old huts 229 m 9.484 Nižbor formerly Neuhütten 232 m Berounka (185 m) 13.054 Žloukovice 15.826 Račice nad Berounkou 18,345 Zbečno 235 m 21,290 Újezd ​​nad Zbečnem Stříbrný (34.95 m) 26,262 Roztoky u Křivoklátu formerly Pürglitz Berounka (190 m) Nad Budy (234 m) 28.219 Křivoklát formerly Pürglitz Castle 255 m Pod královskou pěšinkou (King's tunnel; 154.47 m) Pod Basou (217 m) 29,942 Městečko u Křivoklátu formerly Stadtl 266 m Rakovnický potok (58 m) Rakovnický potok (63 m) 33,489 Pustověty Rakovnický potok (61 m) 35.790 Lašovice formerly Laschowitz Chlumský (79 m) 38.115 Chlum u Rakovníka from Lužná u Rakovníka (formerly BEB ) 42,321 Rakovník formerly Rakonitz 323 m to Bečov nad Teplou and to Mladotice to Louny (formerly the Rakonitz – Laun railway )

The Beroun – Rakovník railway is a branch line (“regionální dráha”) and former main line (“celostátní dráha”) in the Czech Republic , which was originally built by the Austrian state as part of the Rakonitz – Protivín Railway . It runs from Beroun ( Beraun ) to Rakovník ( Rakonitz ).

history

The Beroun – Rakovník railway was originally a section of the so-called Bohemian Southwest Railway from Liebenau to Kuschwarda . On October 8, 1872, Prince Joseph Adolph and Hereditary Prince zu Schwarzenberg, Count Edmund Hartig, Count Hyronymus Mannsfeld and Franz Tschinkel received the concession to build and operate a railway from Liebenau via Böhmisch-Leipa , Leitmeritz , Postelberg , Rakonitz, Beraun, Przibram , Brzesnitz and to Pisek to connect to the Kaiser Franz-Josephsbahn in Račic or Protivín with wing railways from Postelberg to Komotau , from Reichstadt or Böhmisch-Leipa in the direction via Zwickau and Gabel towards Zittau and from Brzesnitz via Strakonitz, Wollin and Winterberg to the Bohemian -Bavarian border at Kuschwarda with the direction towards Passau. However, the financial consequences of the economic crisis of 1873 caused this project to fail.

In this situation, the Austrian state took the initiative and had the Rakonitz – Protivín section run at state expense. A new train station was built in Rakonitz, into which the buschtěhrad railway line from Lužna-Lischan , which had previously ended east of the city , was integrated. The line was opened on April 30, 1876. The new route opened up the coal deposits of the Rakonitz basin as well as the Fürstenbergschen and Lobkowitzschen forests, it facilitated the transport of goods to and from the ironworks in old and new smelters and for the Fürstenbergschen ironworks in Roztoky .

Křivoklát stop (2008)

Křivoklát Express (2010)

In 1912 the timetable showed four 2nd and 3rd class passenger trains a day , some of which were connected to and from Laun. They needed about an hour and 20 minutes for the 44 kilometer Beraun – Rakonitz route. A large pair of trains was used for excursions on Sundays and public holidays.

After the First World War lost for Austria-Hungary , the line came to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). From the mid-1930s, modern motorized trains were used in passenger train traffic , which enabled the timetable to be significantly compressed. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded ten pairs of passenger trains every day, six of which were motorized trains. In addition, there was a passenger train from Praha-Smichov to Rakovnik on Sundays in the summer, which was used for excursions. Only two trains left to and from Louny.

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 Most and České Budějovice , who mastered the route Rakovník-Beroun non-stop in 41 minutes. This direct train connection between North and South Bohemia was only given up in 2009.

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, passenger trains run approximately every two hours . Other trains condense the timetable on weekdays, sometimes at hourly intervals. A special feature of the timetable is the “Křivoklát Express” excursion train made up of historic railway vehicles. It runs between Praha-Smichov, Křivoklát, Rakovník and Lužná u Rakovníka on certain public holidays.

Vehicle use

Railcar of the ČD class 812 in Nižbor (2010)

Today the passenger train traffic is handled with the railcars of the ČD series 810 and ČD series 814 . The prototype ČD series 812 "Esmeralda" was also used at times .

See also : Protivín – Zdice railway line

literature

• Julius Lott: Statistical report on the construction of the Rakonitz – Protivín State Railway ; Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1879

Web links

Commons : Railway line 174 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 174 Beroun - Rakovník on www.zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1
2. ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
3. ↑ Map M02 as of November 10, 2017
4. ↑ Map M02 dated November 12, 2013 and map M02 dated November 2, 2015
5. ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe - published on December 24, 1872
6. ↑ Trade, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. [… Railway buildings in 1876. ] In:  Wiener Zeitung , October 5, 1877, p. 7, top left. (Online at ANNO ).
7. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
8. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
9. ↑ ČSD timetable 1951/52
10. ↑ Current timetable ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2011 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 November 28, 2012; PDF; 137 kB)