Railway line Praha – Most

Prague-Smíchov-Most

Course book series (SŽDC) :

110, 121, 123, 173

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

Obrnice – Most: 3 kV =

Top speed:

70 km / h

Legend

		from Praha hl.n.
		to Hostivice (formerly BEB )
	0.000	Praha-Smíchov	200 m
		to Plzeň
		Praha-Smíchov-Hostivice
		Praha-Smíchov-Hostivice
	4.055	Praha- Hlubočepy	220 m
	7.243	Praha- Holyně	265 m
	10.270	Praha- Řeporyje	315 m
	~ 12.4	Zbuzany	350 m
	15,882	Rudná u Prahy formerly Dušníky	390 m
		to Beroun
		by odb. Růžová
	16,482	odb. km 16.4
	21,060	Hostivice - Litovice	385 m
		odb. Jeneček St. 1
		according to odb. Jeneček St. 3
		Praha – Chomutov (formerly BEB )
		by odb. Jeneček St. 3
		(Realignment 1966)
		odb. Jeneček St. 2
		odb. Jeneček vyh. č.7
		Jeneč zastávka	370 m
		Rychlostní silnice 6
	26,840	Hostouň u Prahy
	27.260	Dobrovíz Amazon
	27,850	Dobrovíz
		vlečka Airport Praha-Ruzyně
	30,900 27,345	Středokluky	350 m
	~ 29.0	Tuchoměřice	340 m
	32,047	Noutonice	310 m
	~ 36.8	Kováry	240 m
	~ 38.9	Zákolany zastávka	230 m
		Kralupy – Kladno
	4,310	Koleč	255 m
	~ 44.1	Želenice u Slaného	290 m
		from Kralupy nad Vltavou předměstí
	47.962	Podlešín	240 m
		Zvoleněves – Vinařice
	~ 50.9	St. Strojírna
	~ 52.1	Slaný předměstí	285 m
	54.901	Slaný	280 m
	~ 60.0	Královice u Zlonic	265 m
		from Roudnice nad Labem
	64.730	Zlonice	245 m
	~ 68.4	Páleček	245 m
	71.223	Klobuky v Čechách	285 m
	~ 73.2	Vraný	310 m
	~ 75.3	Telce	340 m
	78.471	Peruc	355 m
	83.095	Vrbno nad Lesy	330 m
	~ 91.0	Cítoliby	230 m
	92.910	Chlumčany u Loun	215 m
		from Lovosice
	95.992	Louny	190 m
		to Rakovnik and Postoloprty
	~ 98.3	Dobroměřice	185 m
	100.373	Lenešice	185 m
	104.020	former protectorate border (1938–1945)
	106.182	Břvany formerly Weberschan	230.8 m
	111.817	Bečov u Mostu formerly Hochpetsch	245 m
		from Čížkovice (formerly the Brüx-Lobositzer connecting railway)
		from Plzeň
	118.508	Obrnice formerly Obernitz	210 m
		to Ústí nad Labem
		Most- Rudolice formerly Brüx-Rudelsdorf
	121.780	Most earlier Brüx	225 m
		to Moldava
		after Chomutov

formerly double-track line

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.

Podlešín viaduct

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

Jeneček, disused section towards Středokluky and branch to Hostivice

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

literature

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

Web links

[1] Comparison of map M02 as of November 12, 2013 and map M02 as of November 2, 2015

[2] ttp://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18700004&seite=00000193