Jaroměř – Lubawka railway line

Jaroměř – Lubawka

Course book series (SŽDC) :

032, 043

Route length:

64.72 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Top speed:

100 km / h

Legend

	from Pardubice (formerly SNDVB )
0.487	Jaroměř formerly Josefstadt	260 m
	to Liberec (formerly SNDVB )
4.606	Rychnovek formerly Reichenhof	280 m
~ 9.3	Velká Jesenice formerly Groß Jesenice	295 m
12.179	Česká Skalice formerly Bohemian Skalitz	295 m
	from Václavice (formerly StEG )
18,370	Starkoč formerly Strakotsch	350 m
21,327	Řešetova Lhota formerly Lhota near Studnitz	365 m
24.965	Olešnice formerly Wolschnitz	405 m
28,159	Červený Kostelec formerly Rott Kostelz	425 m
	Rtyně v Podkrkonoší zastávka	435 m
30.714	Rtyně v Podkrkonoší formerly Hertin	420 m
	Connection důl Zd. Nejedlý (coal mine)
35,448	Malé Svatoňovice formerly Schwadowitz	410 m
38.065	Velké Svatoňovice	405 m
39.660	Suchovršice	405 m
	Protectorate border 1938–1945
	Bohuslavický tunnel (187 m)
43.153	Bohuslavice nad Úpou formerly Bausnitz	405 m
	Teplice nad Metují – Trutnov
47,047	Trutnov -Poříčí formerly Parschnitz	405 m
	to Trutnov – Velký Osek (formerly ÖNWB )
49.359	Libeč formerly Gabersdorf	425 m
54.454	Křenov	470 m
57.028	Bernartice u Trutnova formerly Berndorf (b Trautenau)	495 m
	from Žacléř (formerly ÖLEG )
60.329	Královec formerly Königshan	525 m
62,089 12,794	State border between the Czech Republic and Poland
10.15	Lubawka formerly Liebau
	after Sędzisław

The Jaroměř – Lubawka railway is a single-track railway line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the south-north German connecting line SNDV. It begins in Jaroměř and leads across Trutnov ( Trautenau ) to Lubawka ( Liebau ) in Poland . The section Jaromĕř – Trutnov-Poříčí is still classified as a main line ("celostátní dráha"), the remaining section was downgraded to a branch line ("regionální dráha").

history

The first section of the line was commissioned as early as 1859 to connect the coal mines near Schwadowitz (today: Malé Svatoňovice) to the railway.

Since the Austrian state wanted the line to continue up to the state border at Königshan, the south-north German connecting line was granted a guaranteed annual net income of 252,000 florins by law on August 10, 1865 . On August 22, 1865, the SNDV finally received the concession to build the line. The concession included the obligation to open the line to traffic within three years.

After the German War , a far-reaching agreement was reached between Prussia and Austria to expand the railroad connections between the two countries. In addition to other routes, this agreement of August 27, 1866 also provided for the establishment of a rail link between Schwadowitz and Landeshut . On December 29, 1867, the construction of the cross-border line was agreed with a state treaty .

The construction of the line to Königshan could be completed as planned by August 1868 despite the war. The continuation across the state border to Landeshut was put into operation in December 1869.

Opening dates:

Josefstadt – Schwadowitz: May 1, 1859
Schwadowitz – Königshan: August 1, 1868
Königshan – Liebau: December 29, 1869

After the nationalization of the SNDV, the line was transferred to the kk Österreichische Staatsbahnen kkStB on January 1, 1908 . After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD took their place .

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the section from Bausnitz to Liebau came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Breslau . The Bausnitz stop was designated as the border station. In the realm course book the connection was under the timetable route KBS 155f Ruhbank and Merzdorf (RSGB) -Landeshut-Königshan (-Schatzlar) -Trautenau (-Freedom-Johannisbad) -Pelsdorf (-Märzdorf [Bohemia]) - Hohenelbe included.

The devastated reception building of the Lubawka border station (2009)

After the end of the Second World War , the entire line came back to the ČSD. The importance of the route for cross-border traffic has now decreased drastically. On January 1, 1950, cross-border passenger traffic was discontinued due to a lack of demand. The cross-border freight traffic was maintained until June 9, 2001.

After the Velvet Revolution , hard coal mining in Malé Svatoňovice was also discontinued in 1991 due to unprofitability, which had been an important goods customer until then. Today the importance of the route lies more in passenger train traffic, freight traffic only plays a subordinate role.

The cross-border connection received new perspectives with the accession of Poland and the Czech Republic to the EU on May 1, 2004. On June 7, 2007, freight traffic across the state border was officially resumed. On December 14, 2008, scheduled passenger train traffic to Poland was resumed by the Czech railway company Viamont , today GW Train Regio , on the Trutnov – Jelenia Góra route. For the time being, trains only run on weekends in summer.

Train traffic

Today the route is served by a two-hour express train connection between Hradec Králové and Trutnov. Some of the trains are tied to and from Praha . Local trains run on the Jaroměř – Trutnov and Trutnov – Sędzisław routes. Between the Trutnov-Poříčí turning station and Lubawka or Sędzisław in Poland, there was only seasonal travel on weekends until September 2018. Since December 2018, the route has been operated daily again.

In the timetables, the once continuous connection Jaroměř – Lubawka can now be found in two different timetable tables:

KBS 032: Jaroměř – Trutnov
KBS 043: Trutnov – Žacléř

Season traffic to and from Poland will also take place in 2018. From April 29, 2018, the passenger train service between Sędzisław and Trutnov in the Czech Republic is to be resumed. There are four pairs of trains running on weekends and public holidays, which are intended in particular for tourist traffic. The trains run on the Polish section as D26. The company GW Train Regio takes over on the Czech section .

There has been daily travel on the route since December 9, 2018. In the morning, a passenger train operated by GW Train Regio, in cooperation with Koleje Dolnośląskie, runs from Trutnov via Královec and Lubawka to Sędzisław, where there is a connection to the Polish trains in the direction of Wrocław (Breslau) and Jelenia Góra (Hirschberg). During the day, six pairs of trains run between Sędzisław and Královec. In the evening the train runs again from Sędzisław to Trutnov. A new timetable will apply from March 10th and from April 27th several pairs of trains will run between Trutnov and Sędzisław on weekends, as in the timetable year 2018. During the summer traffic from the end of April to September, the newly introduced connections will only be operated on weekdays. A ČD class 810 railcar from GW Train Regio will continue to be used. Therefore, this route, which for years only lived from seasonal traffic, is fully operated again.

Vehicle use

The express trains from Hradec Králové to Trutnov are now mainly operated with the modernized railcars of the ČD class 854 . The powerful diesel locomotives of the ČD series 750 and 754 are used in front of the locomotive hauled express trains Prague – Trutnov .

In cross-border traffic, railcars of the SA 134 series from Przewozy Regionalne were used until 2017 .

According to the train compositions for 2018, all cross-border services will be carried out by class 810 railcars from GW Train Regio. This type of train will continue to operate in 2019.

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Jaroměř – Lubawka railway line - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] ttp://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18650004&seite=00000279

[2] ttp://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18650004&seite=00000293

[3] ttp://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18660004&seite=00000254

[4] ttp://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18670004&seite=00000351

[5] ttps://zdopravy.cz/gw-train-regio-zacne-jezdit-v-polsku-ziskal-zakazku-v-dolnim-slezsku-18095/

[6] ttps://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/razeni.php?rok=2018&relace=CZ-043&lang=cs