Railway line Velká Kraš – Vidnava

Velká Kraš – Vidnava

Course book series (SŽDC) :

296

Route length:

6.5 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

C4

Maximum slope :

10 ‰

Top speed:

60 km / h

Legend

		from Lipová Lázně
	0.000	Velká Kraš formerly Haugsdorf (Schles)
		to Bernartice u Javorníka
	2,325	Velká Kraš zastávka formerly Groß Krosse
	4,413	Vidnava formerly Weidenau
	4.669	(End of track since 1974)
		Vidnavka
	6.500	State border between the Czech Republic and Poland
		to Nysa Miasto (formerly Neisser Kreisbahn )

Vidnava station (2010) from the north (end of the line)

The railway line Velká Kraš – Vidnava is a railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated by the Austrian state as a local railway . It branches off in Velká Kraš ( Groß Krosse ) from the Lipová Lázně – Bernartice u Javorníka railway line and leads to Vidnava ( Weidenau ). From 1911 to 1945 there was a connection to the Neisser Kreisbahn to Nysa ( Neisse ).

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 route was opened on August 6, 1897. The operation was led by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB).

On December 5, 1911, the kkStB also opened the section up to the state border. The management of the entire Haugsdorf – Weidenau line was taken over by the railway construction and operating company Lenz & Co. , which also operated the Prussian Neisser Kreisbahn. The Weidenau station served as a border station with passport and customs control and was given a large representative reception building for this purpose. Passengers in cross-border traffic had to change there. There were never continuous passenger trains.

After the First World War, the line came to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD. The section up to the state border was now also in operation by the ČSD.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Opole . In the imperial course book the connection was contained as KBS 151z Weidenau – Haugsdorf (Schles) . After the end of the Second World War , the route was completely returned to the ČSD. Cross-border traffic to the now Polish-administered Silesia was no longer started after 1945. The cross-border track was dismantled in 1974. The PKP operated the Nysa Miasto – Kałków Łąka route in domestic traffic until 1991.

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).

On December 12, 2010, passenger traffic was stopped. The last timetable from 2009 showed a total of eleven pairs of passenger trains, some of which were connected to Lipová Lázně and Javorník ve Slezsku . There has been no regular train service since then.

Since August 28, 2017, the route from the branch point at the Velká Kraš station at rail kilometer 0.090 to the end of the track at rail kilometer 4.669 was tendered by the operator SŽDC for delivery to third parties. Including all buildings, a total of CZK 1,105,000 was required for the route. The bidding period ended on October 31, 2017. After no buyer could be found, SŽDC initiated the shutdown procedure in February 2019.

Web links

Commons : Railway line 296 (Czech Republic) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

KBS 296: Velká Kraš – Vidnava on www.zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 , 2nd edition; Pavel Malkus Publishing House, Prague 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1
↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
↑ Jörg Petzold: Small Railway Anniversaries 2011 (2), in: Die Museums-Eisenbahn 2/2011, p. 20 (Neisser Kreisbahn)
^ German course book annual timetable 1944/45 - valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice
↑ http://www.kolej.one.pl/index.php?dzial=linie&id=88&okno=historia&od=0&do=16
↑ Timetable 2009 ( Memento from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB)
↑ Invitation to tender for the route from August 28, 2017
↑ "Osud lokálky v Jesenickém výběžku se naplňuje. Proces zrušení tratě do Vidnavy začal “on zdopravy.cz

[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] Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995

[3] Jörg Petzold: Small Railway Anniversaries 2011 (2), in: Die Museums-Eisenbahn 2/2011, p. 20 (Neisser Kreisbahn)

[4] German course book annual timetable 1944/45 - valid from July 3, 1944 until further notice

[5] ttp://www.kolej.one.pl/index.php?dzial=linie&id=88&okno=historia&od=0&do=16

[6] Timetable 2009 ( Memento from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB)

[7] Invitation to tender for the route from August 28, 2017

[8] "Osud lokálky v Jesenickém výběžku se naplňuje. Proces zrušení tratě do Vidnavy začal “on zdopravy.cz