Railway Železná Ruda – Plzeň

Železná Ruda-Alžbětín – Plzeň hlavní nádraží
Course book series (SŽDC) :	183
Route length:	97.352 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Klatovy – Plzeň St. n .: 25 kV, 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	21.7  ‰
Top speed:	90 km / h
Legend from Plattling 0.000 State border Czech Republic - Germany (in the train station) 0.000 Železná Ruda-Alžbětín formerly Eisenstein 725 m 3.330 Železná Ruda centrum 775 m 3.600 Železnorudský (Eisensteiner Tunnel; 198 m) 4,382 Železná Ruda město formerly Eisenstein market 790 m 7.521 Špičák formerly Spitzberg 840 m Špičácký ( Spitzberg Tunnel ; 1747 m) 11,300 Hojsova Stráž - Brčálník 815 m 15.971 Hamry - Hojsova Stráž formerly Hammern-Eisenstrass 740 m 23,322 Zelená Lhota used to be green 630 m Milenecký (165 m) 30.123 Dešenice formerly Deschenitz 525 m 33,958 Nýrsko earlier innovators 465 m former protectorate border (1938–1945) 37,308 Petrovice nad Úhlavou formerly Petrowitz ad Angel 440 m from Domažlice (formerly BMTB ) 41,518 Janovice nad Úhlavou formerly Janowitz 415 m 45.523 Bezděkov u Klatov formerly Bezděkau 400 m 49.181 Klatovy formerly Klattau 400 m to Horažďovice předměstí (formerly BMTB ) 53.465 Točník 405 m 56.989 Dehtín 390 m 59.733 Švihov u Klatov formerly Schwihau 385 m 62,605 Červené Poříčí formerly Roth Poritschen 375 m 66.381 Borovy formerly Borow 365 m 69.065 Lužany formerly Lužan i. B. 365 m 72,446 Přeštice formerly Přeštice 375 m 75,950 Přeštice zastávka formerly Dneschitz-Zerowitz 380 m 78.688 Chlumčany u Dobřan 375 m ~ 79.6 former protectorate border (1938–1945) 82.972 Dobřany formerly Dobrzan 340 m 86,200 Dobřany 330 m ~ 89.0 former protectorate border (1938–1945) from Nýřany (formerly Sulkover Montanbahn) 89.943 Plzeň-Valcha formerly Littitz 330 m 94,047 Plzeň-Doudlevce 330 m 95.893 Plzeň zastávka 330 m from Furth im Wald (formerly BWB ) from Cheb (formerly KFJB ) 97.352 Plzeň hlavní nádraží formerly Pilsen 325 m to České Budějovice (formerly KFJB ) to Praha-Smíchov (formerly BWB ) to Obrnice (–Duchcov) (formerly EPPK ) Former names as of 1913.

The railway line Železná Ruda – Plzeň is a single-track railway line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Railway Pilsen – Priesen (–Komotau) (EPPK). It begins at the state border in Železná Ruda ( Eisenstein market ) and leads via Nýrsko ( Neuern ) and Klatovy ( Klattau ) to Plzeň ( Pilsen ). The section from Klatovy to Plzeň is classified as a main line ("celostátní dráha"), the section Železná Ruda-Alžbětín-Klatovy, however, was downgraded to a branch line ("regionální dráha") in 2014 .

history

prehistory

The first plans for a railway connection between Bavaria and Bohemia via the Bohemian Forest originated in the middle of the 19th century, as the line via Eisenstein represents the shortest route between Munich and Prague . On January 21, 1851, a state treaty made the construction of three more cross-border ones Railway connections between Austria and Bavaria agreed. In addition to the connection via Eisenstein, the contract also included the routes via Furth im Wald and Passau . Due to the difficult topography in the Bohemian Forest, the route via Eisenstein was not implemented for the time being, especially since the Austrian state could not finance such a project itself at the time.

On June 28, 1872, the EPPK was granted concessions and concessions by law to build a locomotive railway from Pilsen via Klattau to the Bohemian-Bavarian border near Eisenstein . Among other things, EPPK shareholders were granted an exemption from income tax for a period of ten years from the granting of the license.

On November 13, 1872, the EPPK was granted the concession for the construction and operation of a locomotive railway from Pilsen via Dobřan and Přeštitz to Klattau and from there via Neuern to the Bohemian-Bavarian border near Eisenstein .

For financial reasons, the construction of the connection was not started for the time being. On April 10, 1874, the Austrian government granted the EPPK an advance payment of 7,000,000  florins in order to start construction immediately. On April 23, 1874, an agreement was concluded with the Board of Directors of the EPPK, which provided for cash advances in banknotes in the amount of 7,000,000 fl. In return, the Austrian state received shares in EPPK with the same nominal value, which were fully entitled to dividends.

Construction and opening

On October 6, 1876, traffic was started on the first section of the route between Pilsen and Neuern . The following year, on October 20, 1877, the most technically demanding section, the 30 km from Neuern through the Bohemian Forest to Eisenstein , was opened. The railway tunnel on Spitzberg was the longest railway tunnel in Bohemia at the time.

On the then border between Bavaria and Austria near Bayerisch Eisenstein , a joint border station was built with the Bavarian Eastern Railway . The station building was built exactly on the border, the track system was divided into an Austrian and a Bavarian section.

A small section within the city of Pilsen to connect the line to today's main train station completed the line in May 1877.

On October 10, 1888, traffic on the route of the Bohemian-Moravian Transversal Railway from Horaschdowitz (Horažďovice) via Klattau (Klatovy) and Janowitz an der Angel (Janovice nad Úhlavou) to Taus . This line uses the Pilsen – Eisenstein line over a distance of 7.6 km between Klatovy and Janovice nad Úhlavou.

After nationalization

Stop Železná Ruda - město

Špičák railway station

Klatovy railway station

After the nationalization of the EPPK, the line was transferred to the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on January 1, 1884 . The timetable from 1900 lists four pairs of 1st to 3rd class passenger trains, which took about three to three and a half hours for the entire route. Other trains ran on sections, for example between Klattau and Pilsen.

After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) took the place of the kkStB .

As a result of the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany in autumn 1938, the section from Eisenstein to Neuern came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Regensburg . Janowitz (Janovice nad Úhlavou) was designated as the border station. In the realm course book the connection was under the timetable route included -Pilsen 426 Landshut (Bay) -Bayerisch Eisenstein Janowitz (Angel).

Shortly before the end of the Second World War , Klattau station was destroyed by an air raid. On May 9, 1945, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

After the Second World War

After the Second World War, the entire route was returned to the ČSD. In the 1951/52 winter timetable, ten passenger trains ran to and from Železná Ruda, including a pair of motorized express trains to Plzeň. Another motorized express train served the Klatovy – Plzeň – Praha route.

On September 3, 1953, the connection to Germany was interrupted as a result of the Iron Curtain . In the border station a fence was erected across the tracks, in the station building a wall marked the now impenetrable border. The ČSD passenger trains now ended at the Železná Ruda město stop, which resulted in enormous operational problems. Since it was not possible to move the locomotives there, all trains ending there had to be pushed back to the Špičák station from now on. In freight traffic, however, the line remained in operation until the border. A sawmill located there was still served with handovers as required.

In 1959, the new station building was inaugurated in Klatovy station, which replaced the previous building that had been destroyed in the war.

On June 2, 1991, the international passenger train service was resumed. Previously, the tracks at Bayerisch Eisenstein / Železná Ruda train station , which had been interrupted for decades by a fence , had been reconnected.

In the early 1990s, it was decided to electrify and modernize the line between Klatovy and Plzeň, which was completed on September 21, 1996. Between 2000 and 2003, the Železná Ruda – Špičák line was rehabilitated.

In the 2006 summer timetable, for the first time in the history of the route, continuous trains ran across the national border. Since then, some trains of the Bavarian Forest Railway coming from Plattling have had their terminus at Špičák station.

On December 10, 2006, the Czech name of the border station "Železná Ruda" was changed to the more precise "Železná Ruda- Alžbětín ".

There are express trains of the Czech Railways running every two hours between Prague and Klatovy, some of which are connected to Železná Ruda-Alžbětín. In addition, regional trains also run every two hours. The travel time between Železná Ruda-Alžbětín and Plzeň is around two hours. This long journey time is caused by the mountainous landscape, waiting times due to the single-track route and the change of locomotive in Klatovy.

future

In 2009 there were considerations to electrify the remaining section from Klatovy to Železná Ruda-Alžbětín. The platforms and the line should be renovated beforehand. Total costs of CZK 700 million (approx. EUR 28 million) were calculated. Of this, CZK 215 million (approx. EUR 8.6 million) alone was for the route rehabilitation. As a result of the line renovation, Zelená Lhota, Hojsova Stráž-Brčálník, Janovice nad Úhlavou and Nýrsko will each receive new 200 m long platforms. In addition, the entire route is to be controlled by an electronic signal box from Klatovy.

From December 2013, trains of the forest railway were to be tied through every two hours from Plattling on this route between Železná Ruda and Klatovy . However, the commissioning of this connection was postponed. Later these plans were completely overturned, so that the trains of the Waldbahn continue to end in Bayerisch Eisenstein.

Route description

simplified elevation profile of the route

Bayerisch Eisenstein / Železná Ruda-Alžbětín border station (2013)

The route begins at the Bayerisch Eisenstein / Železná Ruda-Alžbětín shared station directly on the German-Czech border. From there it first ascends via Železná Ruda to the apex at the Špičák station at an altitude of 840 meters. The ridge of the Bohemian Forest is crossed here in the 1747 meter long Spitzberg tunnel. This structure was the longest railway tunnel in the Czech Republic until 2007. As far as Nýrsko , the route on the eastern flank of the Bohemian Forest leads steadily downhill in many bends. In Janovice nad Úhlavou the line of the former Bohemian-Moravian Transversal Railway , coming from Domažlice - today only serves regional traffic - flows into . As far as Pilsen, the route follows the valleys of the Úhlava and Radbuza . Together with the routes from Cheb and Domažlice , the route ended in Pilsen Central Station.

Web links

Commons : Railway line 183 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 183: Plzeň – Klatovy – Železná Ruda-Alžbětín on www.zelpage.cz
• Timetable 2018

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. ↑ Comparison of map M02 as of November 12, 2013 and map M02 as of November 2, 2015
4. ↑ RGBl. 1852/31.
5. ↑ RGBl. 1872/99.
6. ↑ RGBl. 1873/19.
7. ↑ RGBl. 1874/37.
8. ↑ RGBl. 1874/52.
9. ↑ Opening of the railway. In:  Wiener Zeitung , October 21, 1877, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ).
10. ↑ 1900 timetable of the kkStB
11. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1951/52
12. ↑ Klatovy Denik-Elektrika pojede až na Železnou Rudu (Czech)
13. ↑ Do Železné Rudy již brzy pod trolejí (Czech)
14. ^ Bavarian Railway Company: "Regional trains in Eastern Bavaria are advertised"

Remarks

1. ↑ Handed over to the company on September 20, 1876. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (…) Railway buildings in 1876. In:  Wiener Zeitung , October 5, 1877, p. 7, top left. (Online at ANNO ).
2. ↑ As part of the police-technical route test carried out on October 17 and 18, 1877, the tunnel was driven through in two minutes . - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (...) Neuern-Eisenstein-Bahn. In:  Wiener Zeitung , October 20, 1877, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ).