Milotice nad Opavou – Vrbno pod Pradědem railway line

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Milotice nad Opavou – Vrbno pod Pradědem
Course book series (SŽDC) : 313
Route length: 20.467 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : C3
Maximum slope : 19  ‰
Top speed: 50 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Opava východ (formerly MSCB )
Station, station
 0.000 Milotice nad Opavou formerly Erbersdorf
   
 to Olomouc (formerly MSCB )
Bridge (small)
 Silnice I / 45
Stop, stop
 3.504 Nové Heřminovy formerly Neu Erbersdorf
Station, station
 5.165 Kunov formerly Kunau
Stop, stop
 8.055 Skrbovice used to be writer soaps
Station, station
 9,958 Široká Niva formerly Breitenau
Stop, stop
 12.075 Pocheň formerly Pochmühl
Station, station
 16,330 Karlovice formerly Karlsthal
Stop, stop
 17.300 Karlovice zastávka
Stop, stop
 18,895 Vrbno pod Pradědem zastávka formerly Würbenthal Süd
End station - end of the line
 20,467 Vrbno pod Pradědem formerly Würbenthal

The Milotice nad Opavou – Vrbno pod Pradědem railway line is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) as the Erbersdorf – Würbenthal state railway . It branches off in Milotice nad Opavou ( Milkendorf ) from the Olomouc – Opava východ railway line and leads in the Jeseníky Mountains to Vrbno pod Pradědem ( Würbenthal ).

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

history

On April 21, 1870 the kk priv. Moravian-Silesian Central Railway (MSCB) received the concession for its main line from Olomouc via Jägerndorf to the border at Leobschütz . Part of this concession was also the construction of several branching branch lines. Lines to Olbersdorf with a possible continuation to the Prussian Neisse , to Troppau , Römerstadt and Würbenthal were approved . However, the financial difficulties as a result of the founder crash of 1873 prevented the branch lines from being realized. In this situation, the Austrian state itself took the initiative and carried out the Erbersdorf – Würbenthal connection (as well as the neighboring Kriegsdorf – Römerstadt line ) on its own account.

The line was opened on December 5, 1880. It was initially operated by MSCB, and from January 1, 1889 by kkStB itself.

In 1912, the local railway's timetable showed a total of four mixed pairs of trains. They needed between 55 and 65 minutes for the 20-kilometer route.

After the First World War , which Austria-Hungary lost , the line became the property of the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). At the end of the 1920s there was a significant consolidation of the timetable.

On April 16, 1931, a two- and a four-axle motorized multiple unit drove on the route for testing. At the same time one of the two steam locomotives was withdrawn. This worsened the timetable situation and it was urged to keep the agreement to use a motor car and two steam locomotives for the route - as agreed.

The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded a total of eight pairs of trains, some of which, however, did not stop at all intermediate stations.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Opole . In the Reich course book , the connection was included as course book route 151s Milkendorf – Würbenthal . During the Second World War , the two-axle motorized railcar that was used was withdrawn, and only steam-hauled trains were running. After the end of the Second World War, the route was completely returned to the ČSD.

On January 1, 1993, the line was transferred to the newly founded České dráhy (ČD) in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia .

On January 5, 1998, the private railway company OKD Doprava (now PKP Cargo International) took over passenger transport. Since January 1st, 2003 OKD has also been the owner and responsible railway infrastructure company .

Since the timetable change on December 12, 2010, all passenger trains have been operated by the Viamont Regio railway company (now GW Train Regio) . In the 2012 annual timetable, the route is served by nine pairs of daily passenger trains on weekdays and seven on Sundays. The travel time is 32 to 33 minutes for the entire route, which corresponds to a cruising speed of around 40 km / h.

Route description

Vrbno pod Pradědem railway station (2012)

The line leaves Milotice nad Opavou station in a westerly direction. Up to the end point Vrbno pod Pradědem the route runs orographically to the right in the Opava valley . The route has 13 smaller bridges and culverts. The largest structure is the fish-bellied girder bridge near Kunov with a span of 20 meters.

Web links

Commons : Milotice nad Opavou – Vrbno pod Pradědem railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Pavel Malkus Publishing House, Prague 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1
  2. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
  3. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from June 1, 1870
  4. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
  5. ↑ Interpellation of April 23, 1931 plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies in Prague
  6. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
  7. ^ German course book annual timetable 1944/45 - valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice
  8. ↑ Martin Karaus : The history of the Milkendorf-Würbenthal local railway in the Sudetenland, a journey into the past Sudetenland 1876–1945 ; Self-published, Speyer 2012
  9. ↑ ČD 2012 annual timetable - valid from December 11, 2011
  10. ↑ Jakob Johann von Weyrauch : The strength properties and methods of dimension calculation of the iron and steel structure - 13 small bridges of the local railway Ebersdorf - Würbenthal., BG Teubner, Leipzig 1889