Protivín – Zdice railway line
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1
- ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
- ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe - published on December 24, 1872
- ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
- ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
- ↑ ČSD timetable 1951/52
- ↑ Current timetable ( memento of March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 3, 2012; PDF; 187 kB)