Brno – Havlíčkův Brod railway line

Odb. Brno-Židenice – Havlíčkův Brod

Course book series (SŽDC) :

250

Route length:

118.413 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

D4

Power system :

25 kV / 50 Hz ~

Maximum slope :

17 ‰

Top speed:

120 km / h

Legend

		from (Vienna–) Brno hl.n. (formerly StEG )
	157.978 0.000	(Start of the route)
	0.202	Brno- Židenice ( Odb. )
		to Česká Třebová (formerly StEG )
		Connection curve from Brno-Maloměřice
		Svitava
	3.389	Obřanský (64 m)
	4,970	Cacovický (70 m)
	5.384	Husovický (260 m)
	6.100	Brno-Lesná
	7.735	Královopolský (88 m)
	8.535	Brno- Královo Pole
	10.913	Brno- Řečkovice
	13.634	Jehnice
	15.495	Česká
	18.655	Kuřim
		to Veverská Bítýška (formerly LB Gurein – Bittischka-Eichhorn)
	25,172	Čebín
	27.808	Hradčany
	30.041	Tišnov
		to Žďár nad Sázavou (formerly LB Deutschbrod – Tischnowitz )
		Svratka
	34,533	Loučský (633 m)
	35.868	Dolní Loučky
	38.915	Řikonín
		Libochůvka
	41.836	Lubenský (213 m)
	42,581	Níhovský (531 m)
	43.974	Níhov
	48.832	Vlkov u Tišnova
	52,307	Osová Bítýška
	55,603	Ořechov
		from Studenec
	61.623	Křižanov
		Libochůvka
	68.621	Sklené nad Oslavou
	73.375	Laštovičky
		Oslava
	77.532	Ostrov nad Oslavou
		Oslava
		from Tišnov (formerly LB Deutschbrod – Tischnowitz )
	86,314	Žďár nad Sázavou
		Sázava
	90,342	Hamry nad Sázavou
	94.154	Sázava u Žďáru
		Sázava
		Sázava
	98.884	Nížkov
		Sázava
		Sázava
	101.026	Ronov nad Sázavou
		Sázava
		Sázava
	103.443	Přibyslav
		Sázava
		Sázava
	105.695	Přibyslav zastávka
		Sázava
		Sázava
	109.100	Stříbrné Hory
		Sázava
	111.071	Pohled
		Sázava
	114.675	Pohledští Dvořáci
		from Pardubice (formerly ÖNWB )
	116.069	Havlíčkův Brod Stanoviště Tunel
	116,401	Havlíčkobrodský (623 m)
		from (Vienna–) Znojmo (formerly ÖNWB )
	118.413	Havlíčkův Brod formerly Německý Brod / Deutschbrod
		to Kolín (–Děčín) (formerly ÖNWB )

The Brno – Havlíčkův Brod line is a double-track, electrified main line in the Czech Republic . It runs from Brno ( Brno ) via Křižanov to Havlíčkův Brod ( Deutschbrod ). It was built between 1939 and 1953 as part of a new long-distance connection between Prague and Bratislava .

history

In 1885, the Brno – Tischnowitz railway line was opened by the StEG. It branched off from the route to Schimitz (Židenice) at the Spitalstraße and led via Hussowitz (Husovice) and Königsfeld (Královo Pole) to Tischnowitz (Tišnov). In 1898 the line between Deutsch Brod and Saar was opened by the local railway company of the same name. In 1905 the same company opened the Saar – Tischnowitz line, thus establishing the connection to Brno. The operation was carried out by the kk Austrian State Railways (kkStB) on behalf of the local railway Deutschbrod – Tischnowitz . In Tischnowitz, however, you had to change trains. After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD took the place of the kkStB (the Brno-Tischnowitz section was already state-owned as the StEG or kkSTB railway).

On January 1, 1925, the local railway Deutschbrod – Tischnowitz was finally nationalized by law and the line was integrated into the ČSD network.

The first plans for the construction of a new line between Prague and Brno were made in the 1920s. At that time, however, the priority was to develop the connections between the Bohemian countries and Slovakia , later the consequences of the world economic crisis prevented it from being realized. However, a completely new situation arose with the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany on October 1, 1938. The new border cut the only efficient, double-track connection between Prague and Brno several times, so that continuous rail traffic there was only possible with privileged through traffic .

The expansion of the line between Brno and Německý Brod ( Deutschbrod , today: Havlíčkův Brod) began in 1938 as part of the Prague – Havlíčkův Brod – Brno – Veselí nad Moravou – Nové Mesto nad Váhom highway. A relocation of the line and the construction of the marshalling yard in Maloměřice were already planned. Between Královo Pole and Tišnov as well as Žďár nad Sázavou and Deutschbrod, the new route was to largely follow the course of the local railway connection that had existed since 1905, which was abandoned and completely re-routed there. Only between Tišnov and Žďár nad Sázavou as well as Brno and Královo Pole was the upgraded line given a completely new route. By the time the work was stopped as a result of the Second World War that began on September 1, 1939, part of this route had already been completed. Three already completed tunnels west of Tischnowitz served between 1944 and 1945 under the code name Diana as an underground production facility for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 . In 1944, the Dachs III project for the construction of an underground refinery for the Pardubitz Fanto works began in the Deutschbroder Tunnel near Riedelhof .

After the end of the war, the ČSD resumed work on the line . In December 1952, the initially single-track line was opened for freight traffic. Passenger traffic began in 1953. In 1962, traffic on the old route from Brno to Královo Pole was discontinued and this only served as a connecting railway for goods traffic.

On November 4, 1966, the electrification with 25 kV / 50 Hz alternating current was completed.

As a result of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the division of the state railway, the line passed into the ownership and operation of the Czech state railway organization České dráhy (ČD) at the beginning of 1993 . When SŽDC was split off from ČD on January 1, 2003, it became the owner of the route. The operation is still carried out by ČD.

Between 2003 and 2009, the Jadran-Express Prague – Split – Prague express train ran once a week from the Czech Republic via Hungary to Croatia from June to September . Due to the unwillingness of HŽ and MÁV to co-finance the long- distance holiday train operated by ČD, it was discontinued in 2010.

Route description

Engineering structures

The Bridge of Peace (Most míru) at Dolní Loučky spans the Libochovka valley. The 300 m long and 30 m high structure was built between 1939 and 1953. The 120 m long main arch is considered the longest reinforced concrete arch in the Czech Republic.