Railway Svitavy – Žďárec u Skutče

Svitavy – Žďárec u Skutče
Course book series (SŽDC) :	261
Route length:	52.829 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	B2
Maximum slope :	23.56  ‰
Top speed:	60 km / h
Legend from Brno hl.n. 0.000 Svitavy formerly Zwittau to Česká Třebová 1.025 Silnice I / 43 and II / 461 1.040 Svitava 1,890 vlečka Svitap 2,442 Svitavy zastávka formerly Zwittau local railway 2,595 vlečka AGROTEC 5.220 Vendolský Lesní Viaduct 6.684 Vendolí formerly pole village 8,569 Vendolí zastávka formerly Ober Stangendorf 10.604 former border Moravia - Bohemia 11.225 Květná formerly Blumenau 12.220 Květná zastávka 14,473 Pomezí formerly arboreal village 17.106 Pomezí zastávka Protectorate border (1938–1945) 19,149 vlečka muniční továrna 19.290 Polička 23,077 Sádek u Poličky formerly Baumgarten-Ullersdorf 25.159 Oldřiš 26.800 Borová u Poličky zastávka 28,435 Borová u Poličky formerly Borowa 31.689 Vertex ( European watershed ) 681 m 34,046 Pustá Kamenice zastávka 35.053 Pustá Kamenice formerly Wüstkamenitz 36.903 Čachnov formerly Čachnow 40,717 Krouna 41.680 Krouna zastávka 46.745 Předhradí formerly Richenburg 49.537 Skuteč formerly Skuch town Žejbro from Havlíčkův Brod 52.829 Žďárec u Skutče formerly Skutsch to Pardubice Swell:

The railway line Svitavy – Žďárec u Skutče is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated as a state-guaranteed local railway Zwittau – Polička (Czech: Místní dráha Svitava – Polička ). The route branches into Svitavy ( Zwittau ) from the railway line Brno-Česká Třebová from crosses at Květná ( Blumenau ) the earlier border between Moravia and Bohemia and leads via Polička and Skuteč ( Skutsch ) according Žďárec u Skutče where they in the railway Havlíčkův Brod – Pardubice flows into it. At Pustá Kamenice ( Wüstkamenitz ), the route crosses the main European watershed at an altitude of 681 meters .

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 September 10, 1894, “ Dr. Wenzel Pretty. Chairman of the local representative of the city of Polička within the city walls and Josef Thanabauer, member of the above local representative and property owner in Polička, the requested concession ... for the construction and operation of a standard-gauge local train from the Zwittau station on the Brno-Prague line of the privileged Austrian- Hungarian State Railway Company to Polička ”. Until the end of the 76th year from the granting of the license, the Austrian state paid interest on the investment capital of 4 percent each and a maximum of 27,406  florins. guaranteed annually. Part of the concession was also the obligation to start construction of the line immediately and to finish it “ within a year and a half ”.

The line was opened on September 15, 1896. The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on behalf of the owners.

On May 31, 1897, the local railway Zwittau – Polička received the concession for the continuation of its route from Polička to the Skutsch station of the Austrian Northwest Railway (ÖNWB). This section of the route should also be completed within a year and a half. Part of this concession was also the obligation to combine both parts of the route " into a single company ". The guaranteed annual net income for the entire route has now been increased to 68,606 florins. until September 10, 1970. The line was opened on October 16, 1897.

The share capital of the local railway company Zwittau – Polička , founded on October 1, 1896, totaled 1,524,000 crowns. The company was based in Vienna .

Borová u Poličky station (2014)

The 1912 timetable only recorded one continuous, mixed pair of trains on the Zwittau – Skutsch route and two in the opposite direction. Other trains served the sections Zwittau – Polička and Skutsch Stadt – Skutsch. The trains take around three hours to cover the entire route between Zwittau and Skutsch.

After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) took over the management of the kkStB. On January 1, 1925, the Zwittau – Polička local railway was nationalized by law and the line was integrated into the ČSD network.

After the Sudetenland became part of Germany in the autumn of 1938, the line between Zwittau and Laubendorf Unterort came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Breslau . The Laubendorf Unterort stop was designated as the border station. The connection was included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 154u Zwittau – Politschka.

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; today: Správa železnic).

Čachnov Railway Station (2016)

On June 24, 1995, a serious railway accident occurred near Krouna zastávka in which 19 people died. A passenger train coming from Žďárec u Skutče collided head-on with three freight wagons that had escaped during shunting work in Čachnov station. At the scene of the accident, a memorial with the names of the victims commemorates the event.

In 2011, the Pardubický kraj, as the responsible authority for local public transport , decided to discontinue regular travel between Pustá Kamenice and Žďárec u Skutče as part of a general optimization. The 2012 annual timetable, valid from December 11, 2011, only recorded two pairs of passenger trains on the weekend on the Pardubice – Borová u Poličky route. Trains between Svitavy and Pustá Kamenice ran every two hours with a few more frequent stops on weekdays and Sundays. The stops Vendolí, Květná, Květná zastávka, Pomezí and Pomezí zastávka were no longer served. From the 2013 annual timetable, the trains stopped again at all stops, and since the 2014 annual timetable there has been daily passenger traffic on the entire route.

In the 2020 annual timetable, passenger trains run between Svitavy and Pustá Kamenice every two hours, with individual trains going to and from Česká Třebová. During rush hour on weekdays, this cycle is condensed to an hourly cycle. There is no longer a fixed cycle on the rest of the route. On weekends there are runs in the Polička – Pardubice-Rosice to Labem route, which are primarily used for tourist traffic. On weekdays, commuter trains run between Polička or Borová u Polič and Žďárec u Skutče. Individual train runs are also tied through over the entire route.

Vehicle use

Railcar of the ČD class 841 (Vendolí, 2015)

The operational kkStB procured four locomotives of the kkStB series 97 for the account of the local railway Zwittau – Polička . They had the company numbers 97.86, 97.87, 97.101 and 97.112.

Today, travel is handled with class 810 “RegioMouse”, 814 “RegioNova” and 841 “RegioSpider” railcars.

literature

• Josef Vendolský, Pavel Stejskal: History místní dráhy: Svitavy - Polička - Žďárec u Skutče. Městská knihovna Polička - Argo, Polička / Praha 2016, ISBN 9788025718308 .

Web links

Commons : Railway line 261 (Czech Republic)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Artaria railway map of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, with Station Directory; Artaria & Co., Vienna 1913
3. ↑ Data on atlasdrah.net
4. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995 ( memento of the original of April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of October 26, 1894
6. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of June 23, 1897
7. ↑ data on geerkens.at
8. ↑ Timetable 1912
9. ↑ State Law of Czechoslovakia No. 156/25
10. ↑ Timetable 1944 - valid from July 7, 1944 until further notice
11. ↑ Annual timetable 2012
12. ↑ Annual timetable 2020
13. ↑ Directory of the locomotives, tenders, water cars and railcars of the kk Austrian state railways and the state operated private railways as of June 30, 1917. Verlag der kk Österreichische Staatsbahnen, Vienna 1918.