Railway line Praha – Most
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Course book series (SŽDC) : | 110, 121, 123, 173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | Obrnice – Most: 3 kV = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 70 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Prague – Most railway line is a railway line in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated by the Prague-Dux Railway . It runs from Prague via Zlonice and Louny ( Laun ) to Most ( Brüx ). The section Praha-Smíchov-Podlešín is still classified as a main line ("celostátní dráha"), the remaining section, however, has been downgraded to a branch line ("regionální dráha").
history
Prehistory and construction
See also: Prague-Dux Railway
On June 25, 1870, the concessionaires of the Prague-Dux Railway were granted the right to build and operate a locomotive railway from Prague (Smichow) to Dux in connection with the Aussig-Teplitz Railway and the Lobositz-Dux-Niklasberger Railway Dux with a branch from one point of this line to Brüx . The construction of the route took place very quickly, so that the entire licensed route could be opened step by step in the years 1872 and 1873:
Opening dates:
- Chlumčany u Loun – Most: * November 21, 1872
- Slaný – Chlumčany u Loun: * January 2, 1873
- Praha-Smíchov-Slaný: * May 11, 1873
At Zákolany and Podlešín it was necessary to build two larger viaducts that are still preserved today. The route through the hilly terrain between Prague and Louny also caused difficulties, especially since the incline of the route could not be too great in view of the traffic with heavy coal trains.
business
From July 1, 1884, the operation of the line was transferred to the kk Austrian State Railways kkStB. The Prague-Dux Railway was nationalized in 1894.
After the First World War, the line was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD. This built a new connecting line between Zvoleněves on the Kralupy nad Vltavou – Kladno-Dubí and Podlešín line , which was opened on October 2, 1922. From then on, all through express trains to Brüx ran from Praha Masarykovo nádraží and only used the old route of the Prague-Dux Railway from Podlešín. In addition to the significantly shorter travel distance, this also resulted in a significant reduction in travel times between Prague and Brüx.
After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the section from Weberschan to Brüx came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . Weberschan station was designated as the border station. In the Reich course book the connection was included under the course book route 169h Brüx – Weberschan – Laun. After the end of the Second World War , the entire line came back to the ČSD.
In the mid-1960s, the section between Hostivice- Litovice and Středokluky had to be relocated to the west due to the expansion of the Prague-Ruzyně airport . In connection with this, a new transfer station to the Prague – Chomutov railway line in Jeneč was built . The new line was opened on June 1, 1966.
In 1981, the section between Obrnice and Most was electrified with the 3 kV direct current system common in Northern Bohemia.
Train traffic
From 1884 to the early 1960s, passenger trains were tied through directly from Prague to Moldava ( Moldau ) at the national border (cf. Most – Moldava railway ). These trains continued to use the original route from Praha-Smichov for a long time . Only later did the passenger trains now only start running to Most in Kralupy. Today there is no more continuous passenger train traffic over the entire route. In the timetables, the once continuous connection can now be found in five different course book tables:
- KBS 173: Praha-Smíchov-Beroun
- KBS 122: Praha – Hostivice – Rudná u Prahy
- KBS 121: Hostivice – Podlešín
- KBS 110: Kralupy nad Vltavou – Louny
- KBS 126: Most – Louny – Rakovník
Until the beginning of the 1990s, long-distance trains also ran on the Praha – Most connection, for example between Prague and Cheb . Today, higher-quality train traffic is limited to two pairs of express trains between Prague and Most, which only consist of one railcar with a corresponding trailer.
Vehicle use
Today, only the proven two-axle railcars of the ČD series 810 , which mostly run solo, are used in passenger trains. The express trains between Prague and Most are now carried by the modernized railcars of the ČD class 854 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comparison of map M02 as of November 12, 2013 and map M02 as of November 2, 2015
- ↑ http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18700004&seite=00000193
literature
- Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006-2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1