Liberec – Zawidów railway line

Liberec – Zawidów

Course book series (SŽDC) :

037

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

C3 (2006)

Top speed:

80 km / h

Legend

	from Pardubice (formerly SNDVB ) - km 0
	von Tanvald (formerly RGTE )
	from Česká Lípa (formerly ATE )
160.359	Liberec formerly Reichenberg	375 m
	to Zittau (formerly ZRE )
	Lusatian Neisse
164.082	Stráž nad Nisou formerly Alt Habendorf	350 m
166,447	Krásná Studánka formerly Schönborn-Ratschendorf	380 m
171.060	Mníšek u Liberce formerly a hermitage	400 m
174.396	Oldřichov v Hájích formerly Buschullersdorf	415 m
	Mníšecký tunnel (529.40 m)
	from Bílý Potok pod Smrkem (formerly FBB )
181,334	Raspenava formerly Raspenau	355 m
186.694	Frýdlant v Čechách formerly Friedland in Bohemia	300 m
	Narrow-gauge railway to Heřmanice (formerly FBB )
	to Jindřichovice pod Smrkem (formerly FBB )
	Wittig
	Rigelský tunnel (137.62 m)
	Wittig
192.676	Minkovice formerly Minkwitz	240 m
195.291	Višňová formerly Weigsdorf	235 m
197.259	Filipovka	230 m
	Wittig
199.620	Černousy formerly Tschernhausen	220 m
200.107	State border between the Czech Republic and Poland
	Zawidów formerly Seidenberg
	from Mikułowa
	to Bogatynia
	to Görlitz (formerly BGE )

The Liberec – Zawidów line is a single-track main line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the South-North German connecting line as part of a direct connection from Vienna to Berlin . It begins in Liberec ( Reichenberg ), crosses the Jizera Mountains and leads via Frýdlant v Čechách ( Friedland in Bohemia ) to Zawidów ( Seidenberg ) in Poland .

history

Prehistory and construction

Route network of ÖNWB (black) and SNDVB (red)

When the Pardubitz – Reichenberg line was built, it was planned to continue to the north in the direction of Prussia. Instead, the Zittau-Reichenberger Bahn was only a connection to the friendly Saxony. Only after the German War in 1866 was Prussia able to assert its interest in a direct connection with Austria bypassing Saxony. On May 21, 1872, Austria and Prussia agreed in a state treaty to set up the Reichenberg – Görlitz line.

As early as March 31, 1872, the south-north German connecting line was granted the right to build and operate a locomotive railway from Reichenberg via Friedland to the state border at Seidenberg "in order to continue its main line . In Prussian territory, the Berlin-Görlitzer railway company received the concession to build and operate the line. Seidenberg was chosen as the location of the border station.

The Reichenberg – Seidenberg line was opened on July 1, 1875. The short state border – Seidenberg section on Prussian territory was built by the Berlin-Görlitzer railway company and leased to the south-north German connecting line, as is the case with other cross-border routes.

On June 1, 1875, the Prussian connection Görlitz – Seidenberg went into operation. There was now a continuous rail link between Vienna and Berlin, bypassing Saxony.

After nationalization

After the nationalization of the SNDVB, 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 .

In World War II

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The connection was now included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 160e Görlitz – Zittau / Seidenberg – Reichenberg.

After the Second World War

Černousy stop

State border at Černousy. Due to damage to the superstructure, the speed limit on Polish territory is limited to only 30 km / h. (2016)

After the end of the Second World War , the line to the state border came back to the ČSD. The Prussian section of the route was now owned by the Polish State Railways PKP. The continuous rail traffic to Görlitz was discontinued. The Seidenberg station was therefore initially only accessible via Czechoslovak territory with PKP trains.

Therefore, the PKP built a direct connection to the Silesian Mountain Railway (Görlitz – Wałbrzych) by 1948 , including the route of the former Kleinbahn AG Schönberg – Nikolausdorf . Cross-border freight traffic was resumed on October 3, 1948. The connection reached its greatest importance around 1950, when freight trains ran across the state border every two hours.

During a full closure from July 28 to August 23, 2020, the superstructure between Liberec and Mníšek u Liberce is to be comprehensively renewed. Over 7000 concrete sleepers, which were installed there in 1974, are to be replaced on a six-kilometer section. The Stráž nad Nisou and Krásná Studánka stops will have new 90-meter-long platforms. In addition, six crossings will be modernized.

Train traffic

Today, passenger trains run on the Liberec – Černousy route (L6), with an almost continuous hourly service. Since the timetable change on December 10, 2017, this hourly service no longer takes place on weekends. Cross-border passenger train traffic to Poland via the Černousy – Zawidów border does not take place.

literature

Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1

Web links

Commons : Railway line 037 (Czech Republic) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Liberec – Černousy on zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

[1] Treaty between the German Empire and Austria-Hungary for the construction of a railway between Görlitz and Reichenberg . ( Wikisource )

[2] Concessions deed of March 31, 1872

[3] German course book - annual timetable 1944/45

[4] "Správa železnic opraví za 100 milionů trať z Liberce do Mníšku u Liberce" on zdopravy.cz