Railway line Prague – Plzeň

Praha-Smíchov – Plzeň hlavní nádraží
Course book series (SŽDC) :	170
Route length:	103,100 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Praha – Beroun: 3 kV = Beroun – Plzeň: 25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	Praha-Smíchov – Plzeň hlavní nádraží
Legend from Praha hlavní nádraží (formerly KFJB ) to Praha-Smíchov společné nádr. – Hostivice (formerly BEB ) 0.465 Praha-Smíchov formerly Prague West Railway Station to Rudná u Prahy – Most (formerly PDE ) ~ 3.0 hradlo Barrandov Praha-Radotín – Praha-Vršovice ~ 6.8 Praha-Velká Chuchle from Praha-Vršovice 9.753 Praha-Radotín ~ 14.3 Černošice ~ 15.2 hradlo Kazín ~ 15.8 Černošice-Mokropsy Berounka ~ 18.3 Všenory 19.666 Dobrichovice 20,500 Řevnice to Lochovice (formerly LB Hinter Třeban – Lochowitz) 26,236 Zadní Třebaň 29.719 Karlstejn nákl. Karlstejn ~ 32.8 hradlo Korno ~ 33.5 Srbsko from Rakovník (formerly Rakonitz – Protivín Railway ) 38,343 Beroun 40,300 Beroun seřaďovací nádr. 41.075 System separation point 3 kV / 25 kV 41.868 Králův Dvůr 44.126 Králův Dvůr-Popovice Litavka 47.864 Zdice to Protivín (formerly Rakonitz – Protivín Railway ) 51.243 Stašov 54.163 Praskolesy 58,321 Hořovice 64.096 Cerhovice 67.300 Strousberg-Bahn (never completed) 68.131 Zbiroh (until 2012) 69.440 Kařez (since 2012) Strousberg-Bahn (never completed) 71.946 Kařízek 74.818 Mýto 77.915 Holoubkov 81.766 Svojkovice Klabava from Nezvěstice (formerly BCB ) 87.057 Rokycany 91.210 Klabava 93.088 Ejpovice (Re-routing 2018) 95.775 Dýšina- Horomyslice formerly Dýšina 95.850 tunel Ejpovice (4150 m) Dýšina (planned) 97.883 Chrást u Plzně to Stupno (formerly BWB ) 100,000 101,000 Plzeň-Doubravka (former km 106,953) 102,300 108,400 Kilometer jump −6,100 m Úslava from (Duchcov–) Obrnice (formerly EPPK ) from České Budějovice (formerly KFJB ) 109.665 Plzeň hlavní nádraží to Železná Ruda (formerly EPPK ) to Cheb (formerly KFJB ) to Furth im Wald (formerly BWB )

The Prague – Plzeň railway is an electrified, double-track main line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the kk priv. Bohemian Western Railway (BWB). It runs from Prague through Beroun ( Beraun ) to Pilsen . As an upgraded line, it is part of the Third Railway Corridor in the Czech Republic.

history

→ Main article Bohemian Western Railway

The Prague – Pilsen line was opened on July 14, 1862. It was part of the connection from Prague via Pilsen to the Bavarian border near Furth im Wald , which was built by the kk priv. Bohemian West Railway . The Prague connecting railway from the main train station across the Vltava to the Westbahnhof was put into operation in 1872.

In 1884 the Bohemian West Railway was nationalized and from then on the line belonged to the network of the kk Austrian State Railways kkStB. After the First World War , the line came to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD.

Plzeň hlavní nádraží railway station

In 1928 the connecting line from Prague Central Station to Prague Westbahnhof / Praha západní nádraží (today: Praha-Smíchov ) was electrified with 1.5 kV direct current. From 1911, the expansion of the previously single-track line began with a second track.

In 1962 the overhead line voltage in the Prague network was increased to the now usual 3 kV. Until 1973, the section Praha-Smichov-Beroun was electrified for suburban traffic similar to the S-Bahn with 3 kV direct current. The rest of the route to Pilsen was spanned in the 1980s with the more modern 25 kV AC system, which made it necessary to set up a system separation point between the two power systems at Beroun. On July 5, 1987, the continuous electric train service between Prague and Pilsen began.

After the political change in Czechoslovakia, the connection soon regained its old importance as the most important route between Bohemia and West Germany.

As part of the Trans-European Networks (TEN), the connection became part of the Third Railway Corridor ( Čadca - Bohumín - Prague - Pilsen - Cheb - Schirnding ) in the Czech Republic. Work is currently underway on the renewal of tracks and systems to increase permeability. From 2008 to 2011 the section from Beroun to Zbiroh was upgraded. A maximum speed of 120 to 130 km / h for conventional and 150 to 160 km / h for tilting technology trains was achieved here. It is planned to build a 27 km long new line between Prague and Beroun. The main part of this new line is to be the 25 km long Barrandov Tunnel. The line should be designed for a top speed of 270 km / h and be operated with 25 kV / 50 Hz alternating current, so that a system change is no longer necessary. This shortens this travel distance by 10 km. The travel time would be halved to 18 minutes.

In the 2012 timetable, two pairs of international trains ran to Nuremberg and Munich (as alex ). All four were led over the border crossing in Furth im Wald every four hours. In addition, three other pairs of express trains ran to the border station Železná Ruda-Alžbětín / Bayerisch Eisenstein . A total of 18 pairs of express trains ran on the entire route, providing a continuous connection every hour. Local trains also ran every hour between Pilsen and Beroun and between Beroun and Prague.

Since the timetable change on December 9, 2012, all four international train pairs have been running on the Czech section now as express trains on this route between Munich, Furth im Wald and Prague. These four pairs of express trains, two pairs of express trains to Železná Ruda-Alžbětín and five pairs of express trains and two Supercity to Cheb and Frantiskovy Lazne are currently operating in the 2014 timetable .

In December 2018, the Ejpovice Tunnel was completed and commissioned after a five-year construction period. This will reduce the travel times of long-distance trains by eight minutes from the timetable change on December 9, 2018. The express trains, which run without stopping, then only need 66 minutes between Praha-Smíchov and Pilsen, which corresponds to a travel speed of 94 km / h.

In November 2019, the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic approved the construction of a new underground line between Praha-Smíchov and Beroun. The tunnel should be 24.8 kilometers long and designed for a line speed of 200 km / h. The travel time between Praha-Smíchov and Beroun is to be reduced to twelve minutes after completion, and a travel time of 44 minutes is planned to Pilsen. The cost is calculated at 50 billion crowns.

Route description

Operating points

Kařez stop

The Kařez stop was opened on April 28, 2012 as part of the renewal of the route in the Zdice – Rokycany section. The stop replaces the previous Zbiroh station, which will be completely abandoned. Kařez received 300-meter-long platforms with a height of 55 centimeters above the top of the rails.

literature

• Jaroslav Kocourek, Jiří Maurenz, Miroslav Petr, Václav Simbartl: Praha-Smíchov - Plzeň - Furth im Wald, 150 let žel. trati v hist. fotografiích a documentech . Starý most, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87338-19-3

Web links

Commons : Praha-Plzeň railway  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• (Praha–) Beroun – Plzeň – Cheb on zelpage.cz
• Souhrnná doprava Praha – Beroun on zelpage.cz
• Modernisace trati Rokycany – Plzeň

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 ; Pp. 33-36
2. ↑ http://www.vsenory.cz/informace-o-obci/historie/
3. ↑ Official homepage of the new building project Prague – Beroun (English)
4. ^ SŽDC: course book section 170 ( memento from June 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 4, 2014
5. ↑ Annual timetable 2019 - valid from December 9, 2018
6. ↑ "Stát posvětil nejdelší železniční tunel. 25 kilometers pod zemí zkrátí výrazně cestu z Prahy do Berouna ”on zdopravy.cz
7. ↑ “The new Kařez stop is already serving travelers” on www.zelpage.cz