Studénka – Veřovice railway line

Studénka – Veřovice
Course book series (SŽDC) :	325
Route length:	26.042 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C3
Power system :	Studénka – Sedlnice: 3 kV  =
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Minimum radius :	127 m
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend from Břeclav (formerly KFNB ) (Re-alignment 1959) 0.000 Studénka formerly Stauding to Bílovec (formerly KFNB ) to Bohumín (formerly KFNB ) Bartošovická vlečka Albrechtičky výh. Bartošovice ~ 4.8 Sedlnice formerly Sedlnitz Sedlnice zastávka to Mošnov 7.466 Sedlnice ~ 6.6 8.170 10,068 Skotnice formerly a side village 13.131 Příbor formerly Freiberg (Re-routing 1979) ~ 15.8 Drnholec formerly Drholetz 15.984 Kopřivnice nákladní nádraží vlečka Tatras 16.802 Kopřivnice zastávka formerly Nesselsdorf 17.798 Kopřivnice 19.694 Štramberk formerly Stramberg vlečka Kotouč vlečka Kotouč 22,142 Ženklava used to be a mustard life former protectorate border (1938–1945) from Český Těšín (formerly KFNB ) 26,042 Veřovice formerly Wernsdorf to Kojetín (formerly KFNB )

The Studénka – Veřovice railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built by the kk priv. Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn and the Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway . It branches off the Břeclav – Bohumín railway line in Studénka ( Stauding ) and leads via Kopřivnice ( Nesselsdorf ) and Štramberk ( Stramberg ) to Veřovice ( Wernsdorf ).

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

history

Stauding – Stramberg local railway

→ Main article : Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn

The reason for the construction of the route was the limestone quarry on Kotouč (2011)

The construction of the Stauding – Stramberg local railway goes back in particular to the initiative of the Gutmann brothers , who owned both the lime works in Stramberg and the Witkowitz ironworks . Before the local railway was built, the limestone that had been broken in Stramberg was laboriously brought to the station of the Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB) in Stauding by horse and cart . On June 15, 1881, the Gutmann brothers received the concession for the Stauding – Stramberg local railway, which they built on their own account. On December 18, 1881, the line was initially provisionally opened for freight traffic, and on April 1, 1882 for travel as well.

In 1912, the local railroad's timetable showed a total of five mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. They needed between 64 and 75 minutes for the 19-kilometer route. In Stramberg there was a connection to the trains of the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) to and from Wernsdorf.

From 1930 the Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn started using a motorized multiple unit in addition to the normal trains. The use of the vehicle enabled the timetable to be significantly compressed and travel times to be reduced to just 41 minutes. The winter timetable of 1931/32 recorded a total of eleven pairs of trains, five of which were motorized trains.

Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway

→ Main article : Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway

The Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway was created to close the gap to the Moravian-Silesian city railway (Kojetín – Bielitz ) of the KFNB, which was opened in 1888 . The concession for the line was awarded to Lindheim & Comp on September 2, 1895. It was opened on July 25, 1896.

The Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway initially carried out the operation itself. From January 1, 1903, this task was transferred to the Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB). After its nationalization in 1907, the management was transferred to the kk Austrian State Railways (kkStB).

In 1912, the local railroad's timetable showed a total of five mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. You needed 22 minutes for the 7 km long route. In Stramberg there was a connection to the trains of the Stauding-Stramberger Eisenbahn from and to Stauding.

After the First World War, the Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) took over operations. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded a total of six pairs of trains that stopped at all intermediate stations.

Eisenbahn AG Stauding – Stramberg – Wernsdorf

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in October 1938, the railway area of ​​the Stauding-Stramberger Railway was entirely on German territory, while the line of the Stramberg – Wernsdorf local railway was cut up by the new state border. On October 10, 1938, railway operations were initially stopped on this section.

In 1942, the two local railway companies merged to form Eisenbahn AG Stauding-Stramberg-Wernsdorf (Czech: Železniční akciový společnost Studénka-Štramberk-Veřovice ). Rail traffic across the border to what is now the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was resumed on June 1, 1941 in connection with the start of military production in the Tatra works, automobile and wagon construction in Nesselsdorf . Stramberg station functioned as the border station.

In the imperial course book the connection was included as course book route 151h Stauding-Stramberg-Wernsdorf . In the last war timetable in 1944/45, the timetable recorded a total of seven pairs of trains, three of which ran across the protectorate border to Wernsdorf.

After the re-establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1945, the Railway AG Stauding-Stramberg-Wernsdorf initially continued to exist formally. The owners were now the nationalized Witkowitz iron works (Vítkovické železárny np). On January 1, 1951, the infrastructure and vehicles were taken over by the Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). The Eisenbahn AG Stauding-Stramberg-Wernsdorf was dissolved.

In the operation of the ČSD

Veřovice Railway Station (2008)

In the 1950s, due to the construction of the airport in Mošnov , the line in the Studénka – Sedlnice section was re-routed. Construction work on the new line began in 1956 and was put into operation on June 1, 1959. The new line extended the line by two kilometers. New train stations were built in Studénka and Sedlnice. The Albrechtičky stop was abandoned.

In 1976 the construction of the section between Příbor and Kopřivnice began. A new marshalling yard was built in Kopřivnice at the confluence of the Tatra railway siding. The line was opened on March 1, 1979. On October 2, 1981, a new passenger station was opened in the center of Kopřivnice. The previous stop Kopřivnice was renamed Kopřivnice zastávka .

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

In the ČD

In the 2012 annual timetable, the route is served by a total of 18 pairs of daily passenger trains at approximately hourly intervals, some of which, however, only run to and from Štramberk.

In connection with the construction of a new line branching off near Sedlnice to Ostrava Airport in Mošnov, the Studénka – Sedlnice section has undergone extensive renovation and modernization. The section was electrified and expanded for a line speed of 100 km / h. To increase capacity, a new passing point was built near Bartošovice, where trains can meet. Sedlnice received a new, closer to the village, which is served by the trains of the Esko line to Ostrava Airport.

Web links

Commons : Studénka – Veřovice railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• KBS 325: Studénka – Veřovice on www.zelpage.cz
• History of the 325 Studénka – Veřovice line (Czech)
• "Studénsko-štramberská trať pomohla průmislu a lidem" in Železničář 5/2012 (Czech; PDF; 10.7 MB)

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
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. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of June 15, 1881
5. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
6. ^ Winter timetable 1931/32 of the Stauding-Stramberger Railway
7. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of October 11, 1895
8. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
9. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
10. ↑ 1938 - 1945 - Veřovice v období 2. světové války
11. ^ German course book annual timetable 1944/45 - valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice
12. ↑ ČD 2012 annual timetable - valid from December 11, 2011
13. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.