Uzhhorod – Haniska railway line

Uzhhorod – Haniska
Route length:	88.051 km
Gauge :	1520 mm ( Russian gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Maximum slope :	17  ‰
Minimum radius :	400 m
Top speed:	Uzhhorod – Maťovce: 50 km / h, Maťovce – Haniska: 60 km / h
Legend from Uzhhorod (Ужгород) 0.000 State border Ukraine / Slovakia to Bánovce nad Ondavou 2.382 Maťovce ŠRT Maťovský kanál Maťovce – Bánovce nad Ondavou Udoč 10.456 Vojany ŠRT vlečka elektrárna Vojany Freight track Laborec Duša 21,329 Budkovce ŠRT Ondava Kopany jarok Trnávka Trebišov ŠRT Łupków – Michaľany Chlmec 53.532 Slivník ŠRT 65,700 Slančík ŠRT Košice – Čierna nad Tisou Torysa 77.808 Hornád Hornád Košice – Miskolc 87.159 Haniska pri Košiciach ŠRT 88.051 US Steel Košice

The Uzhhorod – Haniska railway line , officially Širokorozchodná trať (broad-gauge railway ; ŠRT ) is a railway connection in Ukraine and Slovakia that is used only for freight traffic and serves in particular to supply the Slovak steelworks U. S. Steel Košice with Ukrainian iron ore. It runs from the Uzhhorod border station in Carpathian Ukraine to Haniska in Slovakia. The line is designed according to former Soviet standards in Russian broad gauge and clearance profile .

history

Alternative point ("výhybna") Budkovce ŠRT (2015)

After the construction of the steelworks in the 1960s, the demand for iron ore skyrocketed, and the existing border station in Čierna nad Tisou was unable to handle the traffic, especially in winter. This was mainly due to the fact that the railway of Czechoslovakia was operated with standard gauge , whereas the railway of the Soviet Union was operated in broad gauge, so that all goods had to be reloaded. The Czechoslovak government decided to build a railway line according to Soviet standards to facilitate transport to the steel mill. Construction began on November 4, 1965. Half a year later, on May 1, 1966, the line was opened.

In 1973 it was decided to electrify the line to increase capacity. Electrical operation between Trebišov and Haniska began on December 16, 1976, and the rest of the route on January 1, 1978.

The Russian Railways (RŽD) and the Slovak Ministry of Transport, Post and Telecommunications signed a letter of intent on May 7, 2007, which provides for the construction of an extension as a broad-gauge Košice – Vienna line via Bratislava , with electrification to convert 3 kV DC to 25 kV 50 Hz AC voltage provided.

Vehicle use

ČSD series E 469.5 (ZSSK 125.8)

SŽD series ВЛ11 (UZ WL11) in Maťovce (2017)

At the beginning - from 1966 - the traffic was handled with diesel locomotives of the ČSD series T 679.5 , which were supplied by the Luhansk locomotive factory in the Soviet Union. Identical locomotives were procured by the then Czechoslovak State Railways as the ČSD series T 679.1 for their standard-gauge lines.

Electric double locomotives of the ČSD series E 469.5 (ZSSK 125.8) have been in use since electrification . The locomotives have SA-3 central buffer couplings for use on broad gauge and higher pantographs according to Soviet standards (contact wire height at least 6.5 meters above the top edge of the rails), but otherwise correspond in clearance profile and design to contemporary standard-gauge locomotives of the 1st and 2nd generation of Škoda. Standard gauge locomotives of the same design were delivered to the Polish state railway PKP in the same period as the ET40 series .

Ukrainian locomotives of the SŽD series ВЛ11 (WL11) also run to the Maťovce border station .

See also

• Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa

Web links

Commons : Uzhhorod – Haniska broad-gauge line  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Czech site with more information on the topic
• Information about the route on rail.sk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24hod.sk May 7, 2007: Širokorozchodná trať by mohla byť postavená do roku 2014. Accessed on August 23, 2014 .