Strakonice – Volary railway line

Strakonice – Volary
Course book series (SŽDC) :	198
Route length:	70.783 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	B2 (Vimperk – Volary) C2 (Strakonice – Vimperk)
Top speed:	60 km / h
Legend from Březnice (formerly LB Strakonitz – Blatná – Březnitz ) from České Budějovice (formerly KFJB ) 0.000 Strakonice formerly Strakonice 400 m to Plzeň hl. n. (formerly KFJB ) 3.308 Radošovice 420 m 5.166 Přední Zborovice 425 m 7.006 Strunkovice nad Volyňkou formerly Čestic 425 m 9.017 Hoštice u Volyně 435 m 10,952 Volyně formerly Wolin 445 m 13,454 Nišovice formerly Nischowitz-Radschi 460 m 17.910 Malenice nad Volyňkou formerly Malenitz ad Wolinka 500 m 20,160 Lčovice formerly Elčowitz 510 m 23.115 Čkyně formerly Čkyn 525 m 25.688 Bohumilice v Čechách zastávka formerly Bohumilitz H. 550 m 27,081 Bohumilice v Čechách formerly Bohumilitz 565 m former protectorate border (1938–1945) 32,417 Vimperk formerly Winterberg 675 m 35,353 Vimperk zastávka formerly Winterberg stop 735 m 40,082 Brloh formerly Bärenloch 42.883 Lipka used to be a freedom in Bohemia 900 m 46.275 Šerava (Vertex) 48,527 Kubova Huť formerly Kubo huts 995 m 51.100 Horní Vltavice formerly Obermoldau 955 m 53.972 Zátoň (formerly Zátoň zast.) Formerly Schattawa stop 905 m 57.513 Zátoň-Boubín (formerly Zátoň) formerly Schattawa 840 m 61.084 Lenora formerly Eleonorenhain-Kuschwarda 785 m 61,805 Lenora zastávka 775 m 65.184 Soumarský Most, formerly the mule bridge 755 m from Haidmühle (formerly United Bohemian Forest Local Railways ) 70.783 Volary used to be catfish in Bohemia 760 m to Číčenice (formerly LB Wodňan – Prachatitz )

The railway Strakonice-Volary is a regional railway line in the Czech Republic , originally from the local railway Strakonitz-Winterberg as local railway was built in Strakonice-Volary. It runs from Strakonice (Strakonitz) via Vimperk (Winterberg) to Volary (Wallern) . The Kubova Huť (Kubohütten) station is 995 meters above sea level and is the highest station in the Czech Republic.

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 first projects for a railway in the southern Bohemian Forest came from the 1870s. At that time a railway was planned from Liebenau in northern Bohemia to the imperial border near Kuschwarda ("Bohemian Southwest Railway"). However, the financial consequences of the economic crisis of 1873 caused this project to fail.

The concession for the local railway from Strakonitz to Winterberg was granted on April 18, 1892. The route was opened on October 15, 1893. The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on behalf of the owners. On May 22nd, 1898, the local railway company received the concession to continue the route via Eleonorenhain to Wallern. The line was opened on November 6, 1899 (Eleonorenhain – Wallern) and July 9, 1900 (Winterberg – Eleonorenhain).

In 1908 the Strakonitz – Winterberg local railway merged with the neighboring Wodňan – Prachatitz local railway . From then on, the local railway company operated as the United Böhmerwald-Lokalbahnen .

Volyně station (2007)

Lipka Railway Station (2011)

Kubova Huť

In 1912 the timetable of the local railway indicated three mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. They needed about three hours for the 89-kilometer route.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, management was transferred to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). With the nationalization of the local railway company from January 1, 1925, the infrastructure also belonged to the ČSD network.

With the use of modern motorized trains , travel times were significantly shortened at the end of the 1920s. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded up to eight pairs of 3rd class passenger trains, most of which operated as motor trains. The travel time on the Strakonice – Volary route was around 2.5 hours.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the section between Winterberg and Wallern came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Regensburg . The remainder of the route remaining in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was operated by the Protectorate Railways of Bohemia and Moravia (ČMD-BMB). In the Reich course book the connection was included as course book route 425y Wallern (Böhmerw) –Winterberg (Böhmerw) . After the end of the Second World War, the route was completely returned to the ČSD.

As an innovation reversed in 1951 with a railcar -run express between Prague and Vimperk , who mastered the route Strakonice Vimperk with two intermediate stops in 39 minutes. A through car drove through from Prague to Volary. This direct train connection between the Czechoslovak capital and the Bohemian Forest was only given up in the 1990s.

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 2012 timetable, the route is served by passenger trains every two hours. On weekdays there are further trains between Strakonice and Vimperk.

Since December 10, 2017, the route has been served by low-floor RegioSprinters (series 654) from GW Train Regio . České dráhy tickets are not accepted.

Route description

simplified elevation profile of the route

From Strakonice the route follows the Volyňka (Wolinka) valley to the southwest. The railway connects the larger cities of the region, Volyně (Wolin) , Čkyně and Vimperk (Winterberg) . After 71 kilometers the line reaches Volary (Wallern) , from where there is a connection to the railway lines in the direction of Nové Údolí (Neuthal) and Prachatice (Prachatitz) .

Web links

Commons : Railway line 198 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route 198 Strakonice – Volary on www.zelpage.cz
• Timetable 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas Drah České republiky 2006–2007. 2nd Edition. Pavel Malkus Publishing House, Prague 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1 , p. 51.
2. ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
3. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
4. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe from May 20, 1892 1892
5. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of June 7, 1898
6. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
7. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
8. ^ Deutsches Kursbuch - Annual timetable 1944/45, valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice
9. ↑ ČSD timetable 1951/52
10. ↑ Current timetable ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 8, 2012; PDF; 125 kB)