Railway line Prague – Chomutov

odb. Praha-Bubny St. 1 – Chomutov
Course book series (SŽDC) :	120, 124
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C2
Power system :	Žatec – Březno u Chomutova: 3 kV  =
Top speed:	110 km / h
Legend from Praha Masarykovo nádraží (formerly StEG ) 0.000 odb. Praha-Bubny St. 1 to Děčín (formerly StEG ) 0.423 Praha- Bubny 195 m Bubenský viaduct Dejvický tunnel (104 m) 3,700 Praha- Dejvice 230 m Praha-Gymnasijní (only 2009) 7.735 Praha- Veleslavín 315 m 9,492 Praha- Liboc 10.909 Praha- Ruzyně 330 m from Praha-Smíchov (formerly BEB ) 14.809 Hostivice 355 m 16,251 odb. Jeneček St. 3 according to odb. Jeneček výh. č.7 / odb. Jeneček St. 2 Most – Praha-Smichov (formerly PDE ) 18.386 Jeneč 375 m after must 21,870 Pavlov 390 m 24,315 Unhošť 400 m Industrial line Kladno – Nučice (formerly KND ) 28,043 Kladno 410 m to Alt Kladno (formerly KND ) to Kralupy nad Vltavou (formerly BEB ) 31,703 Kladno- Rozdělov 410 m 34.286 Kamenné Žehrovice 405 m 37.995 St. Kačice 38,300 Kačice 395 m 41.108 Stochov 420 m 44.118 Rynholec 450 m Rynholecký tunnel (476 m) 48,422 Nové Strašecí 430 m 53.271 Řevničov 445 m 57.726 St. Merkovka 61.267 Lužná u Rakovníka formerly Luzhna-Lischan 385 m to Rakovník (formerly BEB ) from Kolešovice (formerly BEB ) 65.838 Krupá 355 m 68.400 Mutějovice zastávka 370 m 71.632 Milostín 400 m 72.698 Protectorate border (1938–1945) Louny – Rakovník (formerly the Rakonitz – Laun railway ) 77.158 Deštnice 380 m 81.745 Sádek u Žatce formerly Satkau 335 m 84,000 Želeč formerly Seitsch 320 m 89.719 Měcholupy formerly Michelob 270 m 92.913 Holedeček formerly Klein Holletitz 245 m 94.535 Veletice formerly Welletitz 230 m 96.467 Dobříčany formerly Dobrichan 215 m 98.015 Trnovany formerly Trnowan 200 m from (Duchcov–) Obrnice (formerly EPPK ) 102.386 Žatec formerly Saaz 210 m to Plzeň (formerly EPPK ) Connecting railway from Žatec zapad 103.825 odb. Velichov 106.082 Žiželice formerly Schießelitz 235 m 109,400 Hořetice formerly Horatitz 265 m 111.170 Denětice formerly Dennetitz 270 m 113.145 Holetice formerly Holletitz 280 m vlečka elektrárna Tušimice ; 1873/1879 from Žabokliky 115.783 Březno u Chomutova formerly Priesen 285 m to Kadaň-Prunéřov (formerly BEB ) 117.116 0.000 (Re-routing 2007) 118.690 Brančíky formerly Prenzig 302 m 119.750 Brany formerly Prahn 314 m 2.090 Březenský tunnel (1758 m) 3.732 Droužkovice 310 m 121,500 výh. Spořice 007,109 122,364 (End of realignment) Connection curve according to odb. Dubina Dálnice D7 from Cheb (formerly BEB ) 124.399 odb. Chomutov St. 2 355 m to Děčín hl.n. 125.173 Chomutov formerly Komotau 355 m to Vejprty (formerly BEB ) to Ústí nad Labem (formerly ATE ) formerly double-track line
Droužkovice – odb. Dubina
Course book series (SŽDC) :	-
Route length:	5.517 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C4
Maximum slope :	11.7  ‰
Top speed:	100 km / h
Legend from Praha-Bubny 0.294 Droužkovice 310 m after Chomutov from Praha-Bubny 0.000 výh. Spořice 330 m after Chomutov 3,560 0.864 (End of realignment 2007) 335 m (Re-alignment 1978) from Chomutov ≈1.910 odb. Dubina (until 1978) 350 m after Cheb from Chomutov 5.811 odb. Dubina (since 1978) 364 m after Cheb

Lužná u Rakovníka railway station

The railway Praha-Chomutov is a railway line in the Czech Republic , which was originally from the kk priv. Buštěhrad Railway (BEB) as part of a remote connection from Prague to Cheb ( Eger was built) and operated. It runs from Prague via Kladno and Žatec ( Saaz ) to Chomutov ( Komotau ).

The sections Praha-Bubny-Lužná u Rakovníka and Žatec-Chomutov are part of the national network. The Lužná u Rakovníka – Žatec section was graded in importance in 2014 and is classified as a regional railway ("regionální dráha").

history

Prehistory and construction

See also: Prague – Lana horse-drawn tram

On June 3, 1868, the Buschtěhrad Railway Company received a law permit to build a railway from Prague via Saaz and Komotau to the royal Saxon border to connect to the Chemnitz-Annaberger Railway and with a winged railway into the Rakonitz coal district, then from Priesen via Karlsbad to Eger and Franzensbad . In December 1871, the continuous rail line from Prague to Komotau and Eger was completed.

Opening dates:

• Praha Dejvice – Kladno: November 4, 1863
• Praha Bubny – Dejvice: April 27, 1868
• Kladno – Stochov: April 22, 1869
• Stochov – Sádek u Žatce: November 20, 1870 (freight traffic) ; February 4, 1871 (passenger traffic)
• Sádek u Žatce – Chomutov: February 4, 1871

In the operation of the BEB

In the years that followed, the line developed into one of the most important connections in northern Bohemia. In freight transport, the coal trains from the North Bohemian Basin were particularly dominant.

The BEB was nationalized on January 1, 1923 as one of the last large private railways in Bohemia. From then on, the line was integrated into the network of the Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD.

After nationalization

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the section from Satkau to Komotau was part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The station Satkau (Sádek u Žatce) was designated as the border station. In the realm course book the connection was under the timetable track 167b Komotau-Luschna-Lischan included. After the end of the Second World War , the entire line came back to the ČSD.

After the Second World War

At the beginning of the 1980s, the section from Žatec to Březno u Chomutova was electrified with the 3 kV direct current system common in Northern Bohemia. Electric train operations began on October 31, 1985. To date, however, only the coal trains have been driven electrically. All other trains are still supported by diesel locomotives or railcars.

On January 1, 1993, the line was transferred to the newly founded České dráhy (ČD) in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia . Since 2003 it has been part of the network of the state infrastructure operator Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC).

The expansion of lignite production in the North Bohemian Basin near Chomutov required the route to be re-routed. The 7.109 km long new route crosses under the Farářka ridge near Droužkovice in a tunnel almost two kilometers long. The new construction route was financed with funds from the mining company Severočeské doly . Construction work began on March 1, 2000. The original budget was CZK 1.2 billion . Because of the problematic subsoil found during the tunnel construction, the costs rose to a total of around CZK 2 billion. On April 1, 2007, train traffic began on the new line. The Droužkovice municipality received a new stop on the route.

The current gap between Březno u Chomutova and Chomutov is to be closed by 2024. Electrification was not carried out there in the past due to the planned expansion of the mining areas in the area of ​​the route, which was then implemented by 2007. The electrification work is planned between October 2023 and October 2024 with a budget of around one billion crowns. The systems are designed for a contact line voltage of 25 kV 50 Hz in order to enable the planned later changeover without any problems.

From 2022 the dilapidated Rynholecký tunnel is to be replaced by a new route. The new, above-ground route through an abandoned quarry will be around one kilometer long. It is expected to cost around 120 million crowns.

In the Prague city area, the line is to be expanded to double tracks and fundamentally renewed and electrified for high-speed rail traffic to Prague Airport and towards Kladno. The plans are currently based on a realization from the year 2025.

Train traffic

In the past, high-quality long-distance trains such as the Praha – Chomutov route also ran. B. the connection Praha – Karlovy Vary. The last time a supra-regional train traffic was observed during the modernization work on the Praha – Děčín railway line , when part of the traffic had to be diverted via parallel alternative routes.

The last express trains Praha – Chomutov were discontinued at the 2008 timetable change. Instead there is now a two-hour express train service from Praha – Lužná u Rakovníka – Rakovník and Lužná u Rakovníka – Chomutov – Jirkov, with correspondence in Lužná. The express trains Plzeň – Most, which run every two hours with one interval, use the route between Žatec and Chomutov. Other express trains run the route Praha-Kladno-Kladno-Ostrovec every two hours with compressors during rush hour.

Passenger trains run on the connections Praha – Kladno (every hour) and Kladno – Lužná u Rakovníka – Rakovník (every two hours). Since the timetable change in 2007, some of the stations between Deštnice and Žatec and the Denětice stop in the Žatec – Chomutov section have not been served since the responsible Ústecký kraj canceled the traffic stops . With the 2008 timetable change, the clocked passenger train traffic between Žatec and Chomutov ended, so that the above-mentioned express and express trains now form the majority in passenger traffic.

The route is no longer of any great importance in freight transport. The coal trains starting in Březno u Chomutova are today departed from Žatec via Bílina and Ústí nad Labem into the interior of the country.

Vehicle use

Since 2013, the express trains Praha – Rakovnik have mostly consisted of the newly introduced push-pull trains, which are run by a class 750 locomotive. The local trains and express trains on the Praha – Kladno or Luzna u Rakovnika – Chomutov – Jirkov sections are mainly driven by the 814 series railcars.

The express trains Plzeň – Most were run with railcars of the ČD series 842 and a sidecar until December 2016 , after a change of operator after a direct assignment to GW Train Regio, since then with railcars of the DB series 628 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Route data on www.atlasdrah.net
2. ↑ Route data on www.atlasdrah.net
3. ↑ Comparison of map M02 as of November 12, 2013 and map M02 as of November 2, 2015
4. ↑ http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?apm=0&aid=rgb&date=18680004&seite=00000179
5. ↑ http://www.zelpage.cz/zpravy/3438
6. ↑ http://www.zelpage.cz/zpravy/4074
7. ↑ "Správa železnic elektrifikuje druhý nejdelší tunel, uhlí bude možné vozit přes Chomutov" on zdopravy.cz
8. ↑ "Správa železnic zruší Rynholecký tunel, přeložka povede přes lupkový lom" on zdopravy.cz
9. ↑ "Project entered mezi Výstavištěm a Veleslavínem bude wít dvě etapy, přípravu prodražují posudky" on zdopravy.cz
10. ↑ message "Tok vyšachoval Czech Railways. Do Mostu pojedou rychlíky soukromého dopravce ” (Czech) on idnes.cz from August 1, 2016, accessed on August 5, 2016
11. ^ Message "GW Train Regio to operate Plzen - Most services" (English) on railjournal.com from August 5, 2016, accessed on the same day

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Railway line 120 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Railway line 124 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Praha – Lužná u Rakovníka – Rakovník on www.zelpage.cz
• Lužná u Rakovníka – Žatec – Chomutov on www.zelpage.cz
• Section tape Praha-Bubny-Cheb on www.atlasdrah.net