Railway line České Budějovice – Plzeň

České Budějovice – Plzeň hl.n.
Reception building in Horažďovice předměstí station (2008)
Course book series (SŽDC) :	190
Route length:	136 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	Zliv - Číčenice, Horažďovice předměstí - Nepomuk, Plzeň-Koterov - Plzeň hlavní nádraží
Legend from (Vienna–) České Velenice (formerly KFJB ) from St. Valentin (formerly KEB ) 213,388 České Budějovice 395 m (Re-alignment 1968) vlečka Ferona 215.416 České Budějovice Staré město Moldova 217,880 Čtyři Dvory Silnice I / 34 České Budějovice severní zastávka 395 m ulice Pražská 216,800 to Veselí nad Lužnicí (formerly KFJB ) Connection loop from Výh. Nemanice I 218.150 Výh. Nemanice II 219.826 Moldova 220,925 220,000 Error profile (+925 m) Silnice II / 105 Odb. Bavorovice 221,900 Hluboká nad Vltavou 385 m 228.137 Zliv 390 m Connection to Elektrárna Mydlovary 231.900 Zbudov 390 m 234,570 Dívčice 400 m according to Netolice (formerly Netolitzer LB ) 238.300 Záblatíčko ( Bk ) 395 m from Týn nad Vltavou (formerly LB Wodňan – Moldauthein) von Haidmühle (formerly LB Wodňan – Prachatitz ) 242,906 Číčenice 390 m 245.100 Milenovice 390 m 247.800 Protivín zastávka 390 m Blanice Silnice I / 20 249.853 Protivín 385 m to Zdice (formerly Rakonitz – Protivín Railway ) 253.500 Skály ( Bk ) 380 m 256.000 Heřmaň obec 375 m from Putim (formerly BMTB ) 258,316 Ražice 375 m 262.200 Sudoměř u Písku 380 m 265.167 Čejetice 385 m 268.100 Modlešovice 385 m from Březnice (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) 272,557 Strakonice 400 m Silnice I / 4, Silnice I / 22 to Volary (formerly LB Strakonitz – Winterberg ) Volyňka 273,823 Strakonice hrad 277.600 Pracejovice 405 m 279,920 Katovice 410 m Otava 282.800 Dolní Poříčí 415 m 285,440 Střelské Hoštice 420 m 289.617 Horažďovice předměstí 435 m to Klatovy (formerly BMTB ) 293.200 Velký Bor 455 m 297.000 Jetenovice 490 m 301,350 Pačejov 530 m 304.000 Kovčín 505 m 306.900 Nekvasovy 480 m 309.800 Mileč 455 m Silnice I / 20 von Blatná (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) 313.859 Nepomuk 435 m Úslava 317.300 Srby 430 m 317.700 Mr. Srby 320.567 Ždírec u Plzně 420 m 325,352 Blovice 405 m 326.800 Zdemyslice ( Bk ) 395 m Silnice I / 19 332,609 Nezvěstice 380 m to Rokycany (formerly BCB ) 335.800 Šťáhlavy 375 m 339,340 Starý Plzenec 360 m Dálnice 5 345,454 Plzeň- Koterov 335 m 346.4 Plzeň- Slovany (planned) from Praha (formerly BWB ) and from Duchcov (formerly EPPK ) 349.094 Plzeň hlavní nádraží 325 m to Železná Ruda (formerly EPPK ) to Furth im Wald (formerly BWB ) to Cheb (formerly KFJB ) parallel route to the České Budějovice – Veselí nad Lužnicí line

The railway line České Budějovice – Plzeň is an electrified main line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn (KFJB) as part of their main connection Vienna - Eger . It runs in south-west Bohemia from České Budějovice ( Budweis ) via Strakonice and Horažďovice to Plzeň ( Pilsen ). The route is part of the TEN-T transport network (TEN-T comprehensive network).

history

Express train in Horažďovice předměstí station (2008)

The line was opened on September 1, 1868. After that, only the following stations (stops) were in operation: Budweis, Frauenberg, Netolic, Wodnian, Protiwin (stop), Ražice-Pisek, Čejtic (stop), Strakonic, Katowic (stop), Horažďowic, Wolšan, Nepomuk, Blowitz, Ždár- Zdirec (stop), Stiahlau, Plzenec (stop) and Pilsen. The planned train station in Ždírec was not built due to resistance from local residents. In 1873 the stop in Plzenec was converted into a train station. The Protivín station was built later during the construction of the national Rakonitz – Protivín railway ; this was put into operation in 1875. The Nezwěstice station was put into operation with the Mirošov - Nezvěstice railway in 1883. On May 1, 1884, the railway company was nationalized and from then on the line belonged to the network of the kk Austrian State Railways (kkStB).

Simplified elevation profile of the České Budějovice – Plzeň railway line

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, buildings were planned to increase rail capacity. The second track in the Horažďowitz-Babin (today Horažďovice předměstí) - Nepomuk section, where the steepest ascent is, was put into operation in April 1905. In contrast to the Lower Austrian section of the railway line, the route was driven on the right. During this time (summer seasons 1904 and 1905) the luxury trains that traveled from Vienna via Marienbad to Berlin also ran here . The major renovation of the station in Ceske Budejovice took place in the years 1904 to 1908. Passenger and freight traffic were separated at this node and the lines Linz – Prague and Vienna – Pilsen crossed with each other. The second track in other sections of the railway line was no longer built, the First World War came before it.

Nepomuk Railway Station (2008)

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, the route was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). From then on it was administered by the State Railway Directorate (Ředitelství státních drah) Plzeň. A radial route to the former capital Vienna became a tangent to the new capital Prague. The newly founded Czechoslovakia had different rail investment priorities than building a second track on this railroad. Of greater importance at this time were e.g. B. the still single-track lines Zdice – Plzeň and Česká Třebová – Olomouc as well as the hairpin in Břeclav for trains between Brno and Bratislava and the hairpin in Přerov for trains between Olomouc and Ostrava or the expansion of the second (southern) connection between Bratislava and Košice . In 1930 an underpass was built in Nezvěstice.

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). After the war, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

In the early 1960s, ČSD began electrification from Plzeň. For the first time in the territory of Czechoslovakia, a contact line voltage of 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current was used. The opening dates of electric train operations are shown in the following table.

Opening dates of the electric train operation
Data	route	km
Apr 1, 1962	Blovice – Plzeň
Oct 3, 1963	Nepomuk – Blovice
Oct 7, 1963	Horažďovice předměstí – Nepomuk
Jun 22, 1965	Strakonice – Horažďovice předměstí
Nov 29, 1968	Hluboká nad Vltavou – Strakonice
December 3, 1968	České Budějovice – Hluboká nad Vltavou

Strakonice Railway Station (2008)

The second track in the Zliv – Číčenice section was built in the 1980s to increase the line capacity for the Temelín nuclear power plant .

On January 1, 1993, the line was transferred to the newly founded České dráhy (ČD) in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia . From 1993 to 1999 Výhybna Nemanice II served as a RoLa terminal for the Rolling Road to Villach. 36,791 trucks were transported.

The railway line has been part of the network of the state infrastructure operator Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC) since 2003 . Between 2011 and 2013, construction work was carried out on the section from České Budějovice station (partially) - Pražská ulice as part of the České Budějovice – Praha railway line to be modernized.

traffic

Číčenice Railway Station (2010)

In long-distance passenger rail transport , express trains run every two hours on the Brno – Plzeň and České Budějovice – Protivín – Praha routes.

In the local rail passenger transport of the 2013 annual timetable, the route is served every two hours by the passenger trains on the České Budějovice – Strakonice and Horažďovice předměstí – Plzeň routes. On weekdays between Blovice and Kozolupy there are also trains of the "Plzeňska linka" every two hours.

Between Strakonice and Horažďovice předměstí, apart from a few commuter trains, there are no longer any regular local rail services.

future

A double-track expansion is planned for the future. High-speed passenger trains with stops in Nepomuk, Horažďovice předměstí, Strakonice and Protivín are expected to cover the route in less than 90 minutes. For the time being, the Strakonice station is to be renewed. Two new island platforms are to be built there between 2014 and 2015. ^[outdated]

Web links

Commons : Railway line 190 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 190 Plzeň – České Budějovice on www.zelpage.cz
• Timetable 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Operating regulations for passenger and mixed trains on the Budweis - Pilsen route on September 9, 1868. In:  Wiener Zeitung , September 1, 1868, p. 11 (online at ANNO ).
2. ^ Jan Viktora: Počátky železnice v Českých Budějovicích , 2011.
3. ↑ Miroslav Kunt: Železnice & historie , 2004.
4. ↑ Mojmír Krejčiřík: Česká nádraží IV část první. Vydavatelství dopravní literatury, Litoměřice, 2013. p. 168. ISBN 978-80-86765-21-1 (for a preview see: < OBSAH PRVNÍ ČÁSTI ( Memento of October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )>)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Nezvestice.cz: Významné stavby a zařízení
6. ↑ http://www.trains-worldexpresses.com/600/604.htm
7. ^ Michal Bláha a Tomáš Kraus: Z Českých Budějovic do Vídně za necelé tři hodiny. Dočkáme se? , Zelpage.cz, 2010.
8. ↑ Jan Viktora: Přestavba českobudějovického železničního uzlu v letech 1904 - 1908 , 2011.
9. ↑ http://logistika.ihned.cz/c1-56528970-mozna-zeleznicni-alternativa-k-dalnici-d1
10. ↑ http://www.schp.cz/en/odborne-akce/getfile?format=raw&file=71 (link not available)
11. ↑ http://portal.idos.cz/Data/vlakpdf/2013-06-09/k190.pdf (link not available)