Děčín – Jedlová railway line
| Děčín nákl.n. – Jedlová | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course book series (SŽDC) : | 081 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 40.410 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | C2 / C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | Děčín nákl.n. – Děčín východ: 3 kV = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 70 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | Děčín nákl.n. – Děčín hl.n. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Děčín – Jedlová railway is a single-track railway line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the Bohemian Northern Railway (BNB). It begins in Děčín ( Bodenbach ) and leads via Benešov nad Ploučnicí ( Bensen ) and Česká Kamenice ( Bohemian Kamnitz ) to Jedlová ( Tannenberg ). The line between Děčín and Benešov nad Ploučnicí is classified as a main line ("celostátní dráha") and part of the long-distance connection from Cheb via Ústí nad Labem to Liberec , and between Benešov nad Ploučnicí and Jedlová it has been downgraded to a branch line ("regionální dráha.")
history
- See also main article: Northern Bohemian Railway
Prehistory and construction
On October 6, 1865, the concession for the construction and operation of a locomotive railway with the designation "Bohemian Northern Railway" was granted by the Reichsgesetzblatt . In addition to the main connection from Bakow via Böhmisch Leipa to Rumburg, the routes from Bodenbach to Warnsdorf and Böhmisch Leipa were also approved. While the Bakow – Böhmisch Leipa line was completed by 1867, the construction of the Bodenbach – Warnsdorf and Böhmisch Leipa – Rumburg connections was delayed by several years due to the German War .
Only after the war could the work be resumed as emergency work. In the Lusatian Mountains it was necessary to make several deep cuts. The construction of tunnels and larger bridges could, however, be avoided by a clever route along the mountain flanks. Between Tannenberg and Kreibitz-Teichstatt, the line was given a shared route with the connection between Böhmisch Leipa and Rumburk, which was built at the same time. However, a second track was not installed there.
The route was opened on January 6, 1869.
Northern Bohemian Railway
In 1871 the Kgl. Saxon State Railways finished the continuation of the line to Zittau. With a detour via Saxon routes, there was now a continuous rail route in the north of Bohemia from Eger to Reichenberg.
After nationalization
After the nationalization of the BNB, the line was transferred to the kk Austrian State Railways kkStB on January 1, 1908 . After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD took their place . Their first timetable from 1919 provided for only two pairs of trains over the entire route, which were tied through to and from Warnsdorf. Two other pairs of trains only ran between Bodenbach and Böhmisch Kamnitz. The travel time from Bodenbach to Tannenberg was almost two hours uphill.
After the Sudetenland became part of Germany on October 1, 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The connection was now included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 162c Bodenbach – Warnsdorf. After the end of World War II , the line came back to the ČSD.
After the Second World War
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).
Until 2003, long-distance trains also ran on the route. For decades there was a continuous express train from Pilsen via Děčín – Varnsdorf – Zittau to Liberec. Today the route is only served by local trains on the Děčín – Rumburk route.
There is a two-hour timetable between Děčín and Rumburk, which on weekdays between Děčín and Česká Kamenice is condensed into an hourly service. The trains to Liberec, which used to be common in the past, no longer exist.
Vehicle use
Since autumn 2012, new low-floor railcars of the ČD series 844 have been in use on the U8 line between Děčín hlavní nádraží and Jedlová and on to Rumburk . Occasionally, railcars of the ČD series 814 continue to operate as planned , some of which replace the Regioshark sets, among other things when there is a lack of vehicles.
literature
- Jan Němec: Děčín - železniční křižovatka českého severu ; Initiativa pro Děčínský zámek, Děčín, 2007; ISBN 978-80-254-0048-7
