Rakovník – Bečov nad Teplou railway line

Rakovník – Bečov nad Teplou
Course book series (SŽDC) :	161
Route length:	87.962 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	A1 / C3
Maximum slope :	26  ‰
Minimum radius :	200 m
Top speed:	60 km / h
Legend from Lužná u Rakovníka (formerly BEB ) from Beroun (formerly Rakonitz-Protiviner Bahn ) 0.000 Rakovník formerly Rakonitz 325 m to Louny (formerly EB Rakonitz – Laun ) 1.180 Odb. Rakona to Mladotice (formerly LB Rakonitz – Mlatz ) 1.600 Rakovník západ 6.986 Senomaty 349 m 8,358 Šanov 352 m 9,685 Protectorate border (1939–1945) 10,993 Pšovlky formerly Pschoblik 365 m 13,298 Švihov u Jesenice 375 m 14.968 Oráčov used to be Woratschen 410 m 17.040 Kosobody formerly Gossawoda 425 m Rakovnický potok 20.986 Jesenice formerly Jechnitz 457 m 24.018 Krty formerly whips (b Jechnitz) 435 m Blšanka from Plzeň (formerly EPPK ) 27.764 Blatno u Jesenice used to be Pladen 405 m to Obrnice (formerly EPPK ) 29,460 Malměřice formerly Alberitz 31,563 Ležky formerly Leschkau 33.660 Lubenec formerly Lubenz 398 m 35.288 Lubenec zastávka formerly Lubenz Hp 38,320 Libkovice formerly Libkowitz 42,306 Chyše formerly Chiesch 471 m 47.206 Protivec formerly Protiwitz 463 m to Bochov (formerly LB Rakonitz – Petschau – Buchau ) Střela 48.986 Záhořice 52.091 Žlutice formerly Luditz 481 m 54.033 Žlutický (25 m) 55,485 Borek u Žlutic formerly Worka 510 m 56.667 Borecký (86 m) 59.110 Štědrá formerly Stiedra 551 m 64,485 Smilov used to be Schmiedles 620 m 67.330 Luhov formerly Lohof 644 m 70.914 Toužim formerly Theusing 615 m 75.830 Poseč rather Poschitz 665 m 79.355 Otročín formerly Landek-Pirthen 609 m Teplá from Mariánské Lázně (formerly EB Marienbad – Karlsbad ) 87.962 Bečov nad Teplou used to be Bečov 506 m to Karlovy Vary (formerly EB Marienbad – Karlsbad )

The railway line Rakovník – Bečov nad Teplou is a railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated as part of the state-guaranteed local railway Rakonitz – Bečov nad Teplou . The route of Rakovník ( Rakonitz ) via Jesenice u Rakovníka ( Jechnitz ) and Žlutice ( Luditz ) to Bečov nad Teplou ( Petschau ).

According to a decree of the Czech government, the line has been classified as a regional railway ("regionální dráha") since December 20, 1995.

history

The concession to build and operate a standard-gauge local railway was granted by the Austrian state on May 31, 1895. The line was opened on June 27, 1897 (Rakonitz – Luditz) and November 20, 1898 (Luditz – Petschau). The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on behalf of the owners.

Chyše Railway Station (2007)

After the First World War, management was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) in October 1918 . Their first timetable from 1919 recorded only one pair of trains on the entire route. Three other sections traveled. On January 1, 1925, the local railway company was nationalized and incorporated into the ČSD.

On October 7, 1928, the use of modern motorized railcars began, which led to a significant reduction in travel times and a compression of the timetable. As of May 15, 1934, four pairs of trains were already running with multiple units, with most of the trains going through to and from Karlsbad.

After the Sudetenland became part of Germany on October 1, 1938, the line between Pschoblik and Beschau came under the administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The short section from Rakonitz to Pschoblik remained under Czech administration; from March 1939 it belonged to the network of the Protectorate Railways of Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB). The Pschoblik (Pšovlky) station was designated as the border station with passport and customs control. In the imperial course book the connection was included as a course book route 167 m Beschau – Pladen – Pschoblik – Rakonitz . The use of railcars was reduced more and more during the war on both sides of the newly drawn border and finally stopped completely in 1942. In 1944 there was only one single pair of continuous passenger trains across the protectorate border. For three other connections, a change had to be made between the trains of both railway administrations in the border station Pschoblik.

Žlutice railway station (2008)

After the end of the Second World War on May 8, 1945, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

In the 1988/89 timetable, a total of six pairs of passenger trains ran, which took around three hours in both directions for the entire route from Rakovník to Bečov nad Teplou. Another six pairs of trains served sections of the route.

On January 1, 1993, in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the line was transferred to the newly founded Czech state railway organization České dráhy (ČD).

In the 2011 timetable, the passenger trains run approximately every two hours . Additional trains run between Rakovník and Blatno u Jesenice, especially on weekdays, so there is an hourly train service there.

literature

• Vladimír Zuska: 100 letertrí Rakovník - Bečov nT a Protivec - Bochov , Lokálka Group Rokycany 1997

Web links

Commons : Railway line 161 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rakovník – Bečov nad Teplou on 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. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
3. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of July 3, 1895
4. ↑ 1919 timetable of the ČSD
5. ^ Reich course book 1944 - valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice; Course book range 154t
6. ↑ http://www.zelpage.cz/gvd/1988/161_01.jp (link not available)