Chornice – Skalice nad Svitavou railway line

Chornice – Skalice nad Svitavou
Course book series (SŽDC) :	262
Route length:	32.493 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C2
Top speed:	50 km / h
Legend from Třebovice v Čechách (formerly Moravian Western Railway ) 0.000 Chornice formerly Kornitz to Prostějov (formerly Moravian Western Railway ) 3,627 Biskupice u Jevíčka 4.900 former Protectorate border (1939–1945) 6.055 Jevíčko formerly Gewitz-Jaroměřitz Uhřický potok Vienna – Wroclaw motorway vlečka šamotka 10.897 Velké Opatovice formerly Gross Opatowitz Vienna – Wroclaw motorway 14.607 Cetkovice formerly Cetkowitz Uhřický potok 16.883 Světlá u Boskovic Uhřický potok 18,565 Šebetov formerly Schebetau-Wanowitz 21.195 Knínice u Boskovic formerly Knihnitz Sudice formerly Sudlitz 27.378 Boskovice formerly Boskowitz Svitava from Česká Třebová (formerly Northern State Railways ) 32,493 Skalice nad Svitavou formerly Skalitz-Biskowitz to Brno St. n. (formerly Northern State Railway )

The Chornice – Skalice nad Svitavou railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic , the two sections of which were built by the Moravian Western Railway and the Skalitz – Boskowitz – Großopatowitz Local Railway as state-guaranteed local railways . It runs from Chornitz ( Kornitz ) via Velké Opatovice ( Groß Opatowitz ) and Boskovice ( Boskowitz ) to Skalice nad Svitavou ( Skalitz ).

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

history

The concession for the Moravian Western Railway was granted on July 11, 1886 to the Erlanger & Sons bank in Frankfurt am Main. In addition to the construction of the main Proßnitz – Triebitz line, a branch line to Groß Opatowitz and the connection to the Olmütz – Čellechowitz line operated by the ÖLEG were also planned. The concessionaires were obliged to start construction of the lines immediately and to finish them within two years. The duration of the concession was set at 90 years. The Kornitz – Groß Opatowitz line was opened on September 1, 1889, together with the main Proßnitz – Triebitz line . The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on behalf of the owners.

The concession for the Skalitz-Boskowitz-Großopatowitz local railway was given on September 1, 1907 by the landowner Alfons Graf Mensdorf-Poully and the engineer Rudolf Czeczowiczka. The line was opened on May 18, 1908. The kkStB was also the operator here.

Boskovice Railway Station (2007)

In 1912, the local railway's timetable indicated three mixed 2nd and 3rd class trains over the entire route. They needed up to two hours for the 33-kilometer route. Another seven “omnibus trains” ran on the Boskowitz – Skalitz section.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, management was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD).

The winter timetable of 1937 still only recorded three continuous pairs of passenger trains between Chornice and Skalice, the travel time of which had been reduced to around 90 minutes. Other trains served sections of the route, eight of which only ran between Boskovice and Skalice nad Svitavou. Some of the passenger trains have already been driven with modern motorized trains.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, part of the route was now on German territory. Travel between Kornitz and Jevíčko-Jařoměřice was discontinued. During the Second World War, the line remained in operation by the Protectorate Railways of Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB), which resumed traffic across the state border. For passengers passing through from the Protectorate via Kornitz to the Protectorate, these trains had blocking cars that were not subject to passport control. On January 1, 1941, the Skalitz-Boskowitz-Großopatowitz local railway was nationalized. Around 1941, a short section of the line between Velké Opatovice and Cetkovice was re-routed as a result of the construction of the Vienna – Wroclaw Reichsautobahn . After the construction work was abandoned due to the war, the route was later relocated back to the original route.

After the Second World War, the entire line came back into operation by ČSD. On October 10, 1945, the Moravian Western Railway was also nationalized.

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).

At the timetable change on December 11, 2011, the public transport authorities Pardubický kraj and Jihomoravský kraj canceled passenger traffic between Chornice and Velké Opatovice as part of an optimization ("optimalizace") of local public transport. Since then, there has been no scheduled travel between Chornice and Velké Opatovice.

In the 2013 annual timetable, the route between Boskovice and Skalice nad Svitavou will only be operated at a more frequent pace. There are hourly connections with the S21 passenger trains, which in Skalice nad Svitavou have a connection to the mainline Brno – Česká Třebová trains . There are only single trains to and from Velké Opatovice.

Web links

Commons : Railway line 262 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 262 Skalice nad Svitavou - Velké Opatovice - Chornice 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. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
4. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council - Issued on July 11, 1886
5. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
6. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
7. ^ Deutsches Kursbuch - Annual timetable 1944/45, valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice
8. ↑ Government Regulation No. 46/1943 Sb. Of December 14, 1942
9. ↑ "Novinky ve vlakovém jízdním řádu od 11th prosince v Pardubickém kraji" on http://www.ceskedrahy.cz (accessed on December 30, 2012)
10. ↑ Current timetable ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 30, 2012; PDF file; 602 kB)