Protivín – Zdice railway line

Protivín – Zdice
Course book range :	200
Route length:	101.911 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C3
Power system :	Protivín – Písek: 25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	12.5  ‰
Minimum radius :	275 m
Top speed:	75 km / h
Legend from České Budějovice (formerly KFJB ) 0.000 Protivín formerly Protivin 381 m to Plzeň (formerly KFJB ) Blanice (30 m) Blanice (36 m) 5.913 Heřmaň from Ražice (formerly BMTB ) 8,495 Putim 374 m 12,532 Písek 369 m to Tábor (formerly BMTB ) Otava (141 m) 364 m Písek - Dobešice 368 m 20.495 Čížová 419 m 27,332 Vráž u Písku 417 m 30.638 Dolní Ostrovec Lomnice (41 m) 398 m 35.203 Smetanova Lhota 38.207 Čimelice formerly Čimelitz 420 m 42.365 Horní Nerestce 45.178 Mirovice formerly Mirowitz 435 m 47,700 Myslin Vlčava (53 m) 51,609 Dobrá Voda u Březnice formerly estate water von Strakonice (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) 54.459 Březnice formerly Březnitz 480 m 56.644 odb. Přední Poříčí to Rožmitál pod Třemšínem (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) 59.741 Tochovice 480 m vlečka přehrada Orlík 61.0 Tochovice zastávka (planned) 63,300 Ostrov u Tochovic 66.237 Milin 547 m Vertex 557 m 73.651 Příbram 487 m 77.025 St. Trhové Dušníky 79.799 Bratkovice formerly Bradkowitz 82.735 St. Čenkov 85.611 Jince formerly Jinec-Čenkau 385 m Litavka (42 m) 89.225 Rejkovice Litavka (47 m) 93.834 Lochovice formerly Lochowitz 317 m to Zadní Třebaň (formerly LB Hinter Třeban – Lochowitz) 97.425 Libomyšl from Plzeň hl. n. (formerly BWB ) 101.911 Zdice formerly Zditz 257 m to Praha-Smichov (formerly BWB )

The Protivín – Zdice railway is a main line ("celostátní dráha") in the Czech Republic that was originally built by the Austrian state as part of the Rakonitz – Protivín Railway . It runs from Protivín via Písek and Příbram to Zdice .

history

The Beroun – Rakovník railway was originally a section of the so-called Bohemian Southwest Railway from Liebenau to Kuschwarda . On October 8, 1872, Prince Joseph Adolph and Hereditary Prince zu Schwarzenberg, Count Edmund Hartig, Count Hyronymus Mannsfeld and Franz Tschinkel received the concession to build and operate a railway from Liebenau via Böhmisch-Leipa , Leitmeritz , Postelberg , Rakonitz, Beraun, Przibram , Brzesnitz and to Pisek to connect to the Kaiser Franz-Josephsbahn in Račic or Protivín with wing railways from Postelberg to Komotau , from Reichstadt or Böhmisch-Leipa in the direction via Zwickau and Gabel towards Zittau and from Brzesnitz via Strakonitz, Wollin and Winterberg to the Bohemian -Bavarian border at Kuschwarda with the direction towards Passau. However, the financial consequences of the economic crisis of 1873 caused this project to fail.

Příbram Railway Station (2012)

In this situation, the Austrian state itself took the initiative and had the Zdic – Protivín section run at state expense. In 1875 the southern part of the castle hill with parts of the ruins of Hrochův Hrádek was removed. The Zdic – Protivín line was opened on December 20, 1875.

In 1912 the timetable showed four 1st to 3rd class passenger trains a day . They needed a little more than three hours for the 103-kilometer route. There was also a pair of express trains that went from Protiwin to Zditz early in the morning and back in the evening.

After the First World War lost for Austria-Hungary , the line came to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded six daily pairs of passenger trains over the entire route, most of which were connected to and from Prague. Another two pairs of trains ran between Beroun or Zdice and Příbram. In addition, two pairs of express trains operated as motorized trains ran to and from Prague, one of which was connected to Klatovy. An accelerated passenger train for day trippers ran from Praha-Smichov to Vimperk on Saturday lunchtime and back on Sunday evening.

Express train with railcars of the ČD class 842 in Příbram (2006)

During the Second World War , the route lay entirely in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . The operators were now the Protectorate Railways Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB). On May 9, 1945, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

As an innovation reversed in 1951 with a railcar -run express between Most and České Budějovice , who mastered the route Rakovník-Beroun non-stop in 41 minutes. This direct train connection between North and South Bohemia was only given up in 2009.

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).

In the early 1990s, the Protivín – Písek section was equipped with an electrical contact line. The scheduled electric rail operation began on May 28, 1994.

In the 2012 timetable, the route is operated every two hours by express trains on the České Budějovice – Praha hl. n. served. Alternating passenger trains run every two hours between Protivín and Zdice. Other trains condense this timetable into sections.

See also

• Beroun – Rakovník railway line

literature

• Julius Lott: Statistical report on the construction of the Rakonitz – Protivín State Railway ; Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1879

Web links

Commons : Protivín – Zdice railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route 200 Zdice – Protivín on www.zelpage.cz

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
2. ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
3. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe - published on December 24, 1872
4. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
5. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
6. ↑ ČSD timetable 1951/52
7. ↑ Current timetable ( memento of March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 3, 2012; PDF; 187 kB)