Plzeň – Duchcov railway line

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Plzeň hl.n. – odb. České Zlatníky (–odb. Rozcesti)
Course book series (SŽDC) : 160, 123
Route length: 148.698 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class : C3 / C4 (2006)
Power system : Žatec západ – Bílina : 3 kV  =
Top speed: 70 km / h
Dual track : Odb. Vrbka – Obrnice
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Železná Ruda / Bayerisch Eisenstein (formerly EPPK )
   
 from Furth im Wald (formerly BWB )
   
 from Cheb (formerly KFJB )
Station, station
 0.000 Plzeň hlavní nádraží 325 m
   
 to České Budějovice (formerly KFJB )
   
 to Prague (formerly BWB )
   
 2.297 Plzeň seř. nadr. 315 m
Stop, stop
 ~ 3.300 Plzeň- Bílá Hora 315 m
Stop, stop
 ~ 6.200 Plzeň- Bolevec (block post ) 340 m
Stop, stop
 ~ 8.300 Třemošná u Plzně zastávka 360 m
Station, station
 10,348 Třemošná u Plzně 345 m
Stop, stop
 15.003 Horní Bříza zastávka 390 m
Stop, stop
 17.565 Horní Bříza 415 m
Stop, stop
 21,558 Obora u Kaznějova 450 m
Station, station
 26,251 Kaznějov 415 m
Station, station
 32.497 Plasy 355 m
Stop, stop
 34.937 Horní Hradiště 345 m
Stop, stop
 38.035 Mladotice zastávka 370 m
Station, station
40,177
137,413
Mladotice formerly Mlatz 380 m
   
 to Rakovník (formerly LB Rakonitz – Mlatz )
Stop, stop
 ~ 143.100 Potvorov 425 m
   
 143.223 Protectorate border (1938–1945)
Station, station
 147.467 Žihle formerly Scheles 460 m
Stop, stop
 ~ 152.400 Pastuchovice formerly Pastuchowitz 450 m
   
 from Rakovník (formerly LB Rakonitz – Petschau – Buchau )
Station, station
 156.743 Blatno u Jesenice used to be Pladen 410 m
   
 to Bečov nad Teplou (formerly LB Rakonitz – Petschau – Buchau )
Stop, stop
 ~ 160.400 Stebno formerly Steben 375 m
Station, station
 162.975 Petrohrad formerly Petersburg 350 m
Station, station
 167.358 Kryry used to be warriors 315 m
Station, station
 172.442 Vroutek formerly Rudig 345 m
Station, station
 180,608 Podbořany formerly Podersam
Station, station
 186.630 Kaštice formerly Kaschitz 285 m
   
 from Kadaň-Prunéřov (formerly EPPK )
   
 ~ 190.500 Kněžice formerly Knöchitz 255 m
   
 ~ 192.800 Čejkovice formerly Chekowitz 250 m
   
 196.630 Žabokliky used to be Schaboglück 260 m
   
 to Březno u Chomutova (formerly EPPK )
   
 ~ 200.700 Libočany formerly Libochan 220 m
Station, station
 202.336 Žatec západ formerly Saaz West 210 m
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the left, from the left
 to Chomutov (formerly BEB )
Station, station
 203,583 Žatec formerly Saaz town 210 m
   
 to Prague (formerly BEB )
Stop, stop
 207.230 Tvršice formerly Sellowitz 205 m
Stop, stop
 ~ 209.700 Dolejší Hůrky formerly Horka 205 m
Station, station
 213.930 Lišany u Žatce formerly Lischan 210 m
Station, station
 214.991 Postoloprty formerly Postelberg 210 m
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the right, from the right
 to Louny (formerly LB Postelberg – Laun)
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 216.450 Odb. Vrbka
Stop, stop
 ~ 218.900 Výškov v Čechách formerly Wischkowa 220 m
Station, station
 221,516 Počerady formerly Pocherad 220 m
   
 to Vrskmaň (formerly LB Potscherad – Wurzmes)
Stop, stop
 223.100 Volevčice formerly Wallepschitz 220 m
   
 226.887 Židovice u Mostu formerly Seidowitz
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 ~ 227.600 St. Stránce
   
 Sedlec u Obrnic formerly Sedlitz (b Obernitz)
   
 from Prague (formerly PDE )
   
 from Čížkovice (formerly the Brüx-Lobositzer connecting railway)
Station, station
 232.846 Obrnice formerly Obernitz 210 m
   
 to Most (formerly PDE )
   
 von Chomutov (since 1968)
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
234,980
42,225
odb. České Zlatníky
Stop, stop
 ~ 40.300 Želenice nad Bílinou formerly Sellnitz
   
 (238,640) Liběšice nad Bílinou used to be Liebschitz
Stop, stop
 ~ 36.300 Bílina kyselka formerly Bilin Sauerbrunn
   
 to Ústí nad Labem (since 1968)
   
 (242,164) Bílina město formerly Bilin town
   
 (243,140) Bílina formerly Bilin
   
 to Trmice (formerly ATE )
   
 Ledvice formerly Ladowitz
   
 from Světec (formerly ATE )
   
 von Chomutov (formerly ATE )
   
 odb. Rozcesti
   
 to Osek (formerly DBE )
   
 to Duchcov – Ústí nad Labem (formerly ATE )

The Plzeň – Duchcov railway is a main line ("celostátní dráha") in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Railway Pilsen – Priesen (–Komotau) (EPPK). It runs from Plzeň ( Pilsen ) via Žatec ( Saaz ) and Postoloprty ( Postelberg ) to Obrnice ( Obernitz ). The further stretch to Bílina ( Bilin ) became part of the neutrassied connection Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov in 1968 because of the advancing brown coal mining ; the section from Bílina to odb. Rozcesti near Duchcov ( Dux ) was abandoned.

history

→ See also railway Pilsen – Priesen (–Komotau)

On April 21, 1870, the concessionaires Richard Prince Metternich-Winneburg, Anton Edler von Stark, Jaromir Graf Czernin, Johann Graf Lazansky, Dr. Theodor Hassmann and Wilhelm Daniel the right to build and operate a locomotive railway from Pilsen to Priesen (Komotau) in connection with the new lines of the kk priv. Buschtiehrader train , together with branches via Saatz to connect to the kk priv. Aussig-Teplitz train on the one hand Brüx, on the other hand granted to Dux . The Pilsen - Dux line with the branch to Brüx was put into operation in 1872 and 1873.

Opening dates:

  • Pilsen – Plasy: January 21, 1873 (freight traffic) May 1, 1873 (passenger traffic)
  • Plasy – Schaboglück: August 8, 1873
  • Schaboglück – Saaz: September 7, 1873
  • Saaz – Obernitz: September 16, 1872
  • Obernitz – Bilin: October 24, 1872 (freight traffic) May 1, 1873 (passenger traffic)
  • Bilin – Ladowitz: October 27, 1872
  • Ladowitz – odb. Rozcesti: ~ 1874

In Schaboglück, a short connecting line to Priesen near Komotau branched off . However, it only existed for a few years and was closed again in 1879.

On January 1, 1884, the EPPK was nationalized. From then on, the Pilsen – Dux line belonged to the network of the kk state railways kkStB. In the period that followed, the routes gradually lost their national importance. The 1919 timetable only contained three pairs of continuous passenger trains between Pilsen and Dux. There were no express trains.

After the First World War, the line became the property of the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD).

Blatno u Jesenice railway station

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line between Scheles and Dux came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . In the imperial course book the connection was now included as KBS 167 Dux – Saaz – Mlatz – Pilsen. After the end of the Second World War , the entire line came back to the ČSD.

From the 1950s, lignite mining in the North Bohemian Basin was intensified again. The entire landscape between Duchcov ( Dux ), Bílina ( Bilin ) and Most ( Brüx ) was gradually destroyed by a large open-cast mine, to which not only many localities but also the traffic routes located there fell victim. In 1962, travel between Obrnice and Duchcov ceased. The section between Bílina and Ledvice is canceled shortly afterwards.

In the 1960s, the double-track expansion of the line from Obrnice to Bílina began in order to be able to accommodate all traffic on the Teplice-Most section of the Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov main line . On April 8, 1968, the rebuilt, now double-track and electrified line goes into operation together with the new section Bílina – Duchcov – Oldřichov u Duchcova. 1979 the section odb. České Zlatníky – Bílina a third track.

Train crossing in Blatno u Jesenice (1995)

In the 1980s, the line between Žatec západ and Obrnice was also electrified for coal transport. Electrical operation began on October 31, 1985.

After the division of Czechoslovakia into two independent states on January 1, 1993, the line came to the newly founded Czech Railways (ČD). As a result, the entire route became less important. For example, the last significant express train connection between Pilsen and Liberec was closed. In December 2007, the local traffic between Podbořany –Žatec was given up after the responsible Ústecký kraj had canceled the train services due to unprofitability.

Train traffic

(Status: 01/2009)

In 1995 there were still passenger trains on the Ústí nad Labem – Obrnice route, here in Bílina-Kyselka

In the timetables, the once continuous connection can now be found in three different timetable tables:

  • KBS 160: Plzeň – Žatec
  • KBS 123: Most – Žatec západ
  • KBS 130: Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov

Long-distance traffic today only takes place between Plzeň and Žatec. In the two-hour intervals express trains in relation Plzeň-Most on Chomutov . From December 2016, these express trains will be operated by GW Train Regio for ten years with vehicles from the DB class 628 , until then they will be operated by the Czech State Railways with class 842 multiple units and a sidecar.

Today passenger trains run on the Plzeň – Podbořany and Žatec západ – Most routes . Here, too, there is a two-hour clock schedule, which on weekdays is partly condensed to an hourly cycle. From Obrnice to Bilina there are no longer any direct passenger trains.

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=rgb&date=18700004&seite=00000249
  2. ↑ 1919 timetable of the ČSD
  3. ^ German course book - annual timetable 1944/45
  4. ↑ message "Tok vyšachoval Czech Railways. Do Mostu pojedou rychlíky soukromého dopravce ” (Czech) on idnes.cz from August 1, 2016, accessed on August 5, 2016
  5. ^ Message "GW Train Regio to operate Plzen - Most services" (English) on railjournal.com from August 5, 2016, accessed on the same day

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