Hrušovany u Brna – Židlochovice railway line

Hrušovany u Brna – Židlochovice
Course book range :	251
Route length:	2.966 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  =
Maximum slope :	14.8  ‰
Minimum radius :	190 m
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend from Brno hl. n. (formerly KFNB ) 0.000 Hrušovany u Brna formerly Rohrbach in Moravia to Břeclav (formerly KFNB ) Šatava vlečka cukrovar (formerly Robert & Co. sugar factory) 2.966 Židlochovice formerly Groß Seelowitz

The railway line Hrušovany u Brna – Židlochovice is a railway connection in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB) as the local line Rohrbach – Groß Seelowitz. The route runs from Hrušovany u Brna ( Rohrbach in Moravia ) to Židlochovice ( Groß Seelowitz ).

history

The KFNB received the concession for the Rohrbach – Groß Seelowitz local railway on September 3, 1894 together with the Branowitz – Pohrlitz line . Part of the concession was the obligation to complete the line within a year and a half and “hand it over to public transport ”. The concession was issued until December 31, 1975. The line was opened on September 17, 1895 only for freight traffic. The KFNB carried out the operation itself.

The most important freight customer at the end of the route was Julius Robert's sugar factory , which was connected to the route via its own siding.

After the nationalization of the KFNB on January 1, 1906, the line belonged to the network of the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB). From January 1, 1907, the kkStB also took over the management.

Branch track of the local railway in Hrušovany u Brna station (2011)

Židlochovice railway station (2014)

After the First World War, the line came to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). These now also took up travel. In 1921 the timetable of the local railway showed up to nine mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. They needed 10-11 minutes for the three-kilometer route.

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). During this time there is a significant consolidation of the timetable. Up to 14 pairs of trains served the route. On May 9, 1945, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

On June 2, 1979, tourist traffic was stopped in favor of a bus route. From then on, the route was only used for freight traffic. With the closure of the sugar factory after the beet campaign in autumn 1990, the route finally lost its remaining importance.

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) when it has not been used.

The Jihomoravský kraj, as the responsible public transport authority, plans to resume rail traffic and electrify the line. In 2002 the SUDOP company developed a study according to which a new train station could be built in Židlochovice near the existing bus station.

Židlochovice station during renovation work (August 2019)

On June 4, 2018, SŽDC put out tenders for the renewal and electrification of the line across Europe. The line was initially scheduled to go into operation for the 2020/21 timetable change. It is planned to connect the S3 line from Brno to Židlochovice.

The contract was awarded to a consortium made up of Subterra and OHL ŽS, which had submitted the cheapest offer with 689 million crowns. Construction began in late November 2018 and was completed in December 2019. Part of the project also included the construction of a new terminal for bus traffic in Židlochovice and the modernization of the Hrušovany u Brna train station.

On December 8, 2019, the renewed route was inaugurated with a special train.

The 2020 annual timetable - valid from December 15, 2019 - provides for passenger trains on line S3 in the Tišnov – Židlochovice route every hour. In the weekday rush hour traffic, a 20-minute cycle is implemented with some amplifier powers.

literature

• Miroslav Jelen: Zrušené železniční tratě v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Dokořán, Prague 2009; ISBN 978-80-7363-129-1 ; Pp. 101-102.

Web links

Commons : Hrušovany u Brna – Židlochovice railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe - issued on October 11, 1894
4. ↑ 1921 timetable of the ČSD
5. ^ 1940 timetable of the BMB-ČMD
6. ↑ Jihomoravský kraj chystá návrat lokálek (accessed on March 3, 2012)
7. ↑ V Židlochovicích si na vlak ještě počkají on www.Brnensky.denik.cz (accessed on March 3, 2012)
8. ↑ “Trať do Židlochovic čeká vzkříšení a elektrizace za tři čtvrtě miliardy” on zdopravy.cz
9. ^ "Po 40 letech se vrátí do Židlochovic osobní vlaky. Oprava a elektrizace trati začala ”on zdopravy.cz
10. ↑ "Židlochovické nádraží čeká zmrtvýchvstání" on vlaky.net
11. ↑ "Obnoveno. Do Židlochovic přijel po 40 letech osobní vlak “on zdopravy.cz
12. ↑ Timetable for route 251 - valid from December 15, 2019