Smržovka – Josefův Důl railway line
| Smržovka – Josefův Důl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course book series (SŽDC) : | 034 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 6.69 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route class : | C3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 23 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 40 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Smržovka – Josefův Důl railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated by the Reichenberg-Gablonz-Tannwalder Railway (RGTE) as a local railway . It branches off in Smržovka ( Morchenstern ) from the Liberec – Kořenov line and leads to Josefův Důl ( Josefsthal ) in the Jizera Mountains .
According to a decree of the Czech government, the line has been classified as a regional railway ("regionální dráha") since December 20, 1995.
history
On March 25, 1893, the Aktiengesellschaft Lokalbahn Reichenberg-Gablonz was granted the right to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from the Morchenstern station of the Gablonz-Tannwald ... in Kamnitzthale to Josefsthal .
The line was opened together with the Wiesenthal – Tannwald section of the Reichenberg – Tannwald local railway on October 15, 1894.
The operations management on the new route was taken over by the south-north German connecting railway SNDV. On July 1, 1902, the kk Österreichische Staatsbahnen kkStB took over the management of the SNDV.
After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD took over the management of the kkStB. On January 1, 1930, the RGTE was nationalized.
From the beginning of the 1930s, the ČSD started using its Tatra tower cars on other local railways , which led to a significant acceleration in passenger traffic.
After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The connection was now included in the Reichskursbuch as KBS 160q Morchenstern – Josefsthal-Maxdorf. With the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, the railcars had to be parked and all passenger trains ran again with steam locomotives.
On May 9, 1945 the line came back to the ČSD.
On January 1, 1993, the line was transferred to the newly founded České dráhy (ČD) in the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia .
The connection only received completely new perspectives in 2000, when the construction of the Regiotram Nisa was officially announced. In addition to the Liberec – Jablonec nad Nisou – Tanvald line, the branch line to Josefův Důl was also selected as a pilot line. Originally, electric light rail cars were supposed to run from 2007, which could also be transferred to the tram network in Liberec . Realization of the project is not expected for the time being, however, as the Czech Ministry of Transport does not consider the project to be a priority.
The track is now on weekdays usually within a half-hour intervals, on weekends and holidays in a Einstundentakt served. Only trains from the ČD series 814 are used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
- ↑ http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=rgb&date=18930004&seite=00000149