Brno-Černovice – Lišeň railway line

Brno-Černovice – Lišeň
Local railway Brno – Lösch around 1910
Course book range :	-
Route length:	6.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	600 V  =
Legend 0.0 Brno -Černovice Líšeňské nádr. Connecting track from odb. Černovice Vlárský průsmyk – Brno Brno tram Podstránská Stránská skála Stránská skála, smyčka 6.4 Líšeň

The Brno-Černovice – Lišeň railway was a railway connection in today's Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated as a state-guaranteed local railway . It ran from Brno- Černovice ( Brno-Chernivtsi ) to Líšeň ( Lösch ). It has been part of the Brno tram network since 1942 .

history

On December 17, 1904, the Vice-President of the Regional Culture Council for Moravia, Dr. Cyrill Seifert granted “ the concession to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from Brno to Lösch ”. Part of the concession was the obligation to start construction of the line immediately and to finish it within a year. The duration of the concession was set at 90 years. The line was opened on July 16, 1905. The operations were run by the Brno-Chernivtsi operations department of the Austrian-Hungarian state railway company (StEG) on behalf of the owners.

In 1911 there were plans to extend the line via Ochoz u Brna and Křtiny to Jedovnice , where it should connect to the planned Blansko - Vyškov line . The extension into the tourist area of Moravian Switzerland should be 22 kilometers long and have a maximum gradient of 33 per mille. The cost of the project was given as two million crowns. At the end of 1911 the route revision was completed, but construction did not begin.

After the establishment of the joint stock company Lokalbahn Brno – Lösch (Společnost místní dráhy Brno – Lišeň), the concession was transferred to them on September 19, 1912.

A total of eight pairs of trains were listed in the 1912 timetable, but one of them only ran "when the weather was good". The trains took 18 minutes uphill and 16 minutes downhill.

Devastated track between Stránská skála and Lišeň (2005)

Stránská skála stop (2005)

In 1941, the Ostmark aircraft engine works built a manufacturing facility for aircraft engines near Líšeň. The concession for the local railway Brno – Lösch was therefore passed on June 3, 1942 to the company of Brno electric trams (Společnost brněnských elektrických pouličních drah). The Brno electric trams electrified the route and created a connection to the Brno tram network. On January 1, 1943, tram operations could be started up to the engine plant in Stránska Skála, where a temporary turning loop was created. In November of the same year the trams also went to the end point Líšeň. After a heavy bombing raid on the plant on August 8, 1944, rail operations had to be abandoned because the line was also badly damaged. Until the end of the Second World War, operations could not be resumed.

After the damage was repaired, trains with steam locomotives started running again from May 25, 1945. After the catenary was rebuilt, trams could run again from December 30, 1945. In the years 1948 to 1950, the entire line was finally expanded to double-track. A track loop was created at the end point of Líšeň. During this time, two tram lines ran to Líšeň.

The Stránska Skála – Líšeň section was given up in 1964 in favor of a bus line, but not dismantled. It has been designated as a cultural monument since 1995 . The tram line 10 (Stránská skála – Nové sady) now runs on the section that is still in operation as far as Stránska Skála, smyčka . It is used in particular for the rush hour of the local tractor manufacturer Zetor .

Líšeň has had a tram connection to a new route since December 19, 2004, which was built since 1989 to develop a newly built residential area. The end point of this route is right in the center of Líšeň, about one kilometer north of the old train station. In the future, however, the Brno public transport company is also expecting the old local railway to be rebuilt in order to connect a newly emerging residential area not far from the old station to the tram network, although these plans have now taken on concrete forms.

Route description

Operating points

Lišeň Railway Station (2005)

Brno-Černovice (Líšeňské nádrazi)

The Brno-Černovice station (German until 1945: Brünn-Chernivtsi ) was the starting point for the local railway. For travelers there was a transfer option to the nearby Černovice u Brna / Chernivtsi station near Brno on the Brno – Vlárský průsmyk railway line (Brno – Wlarapass). Freight wagons could be exchanged with the state railway via a short connecting track. Brno-Černovice was the seat of the local railway management. With the conversion to a tram, the station was shut down and demolished after 1945. The connecting track to the state railway was last used in 1967 for goods traffic. It was shut down on June 30, 1969 and dismantled shortly afterwards.

Líšeň

The Líšeň station (German until 1945: Lösch ) was the terminus of the local railway. Today there is a depot of the Technical Museum in Brno , which houses the tram collection of the museum. The station building from 1905 has been a listed building since 1995 (as part of the route). It is used for residential purposes.

Vehicle use

The ŽEROTÍN locomotive in the Líšeň museum depot (2006)

As initial equipment, the local railway Brno – Lösch acquired two steam locomotives, eight two-axle passenger cars and five freight cars, which were used until the line was electrified in 1943. The ŽEROTÍN locomotive and three passenger coaches have been preserved in the museum . They are now in the museum depot in Líšeň.

Locomotives of the local railway Brno – Lösch
StEG no.	Surname	design type	Construction year	Manufacturer	Factory no.	ČSD no.
40.001	ŽEROTÍN	D n2t	1904	Locomotive factory of the StEG , Vienna	3161	400.901
40.002	ŠEMBERA	D n2t	1904	Locomotive factory of the StEG , Vienna	3162	400.902

literature

• Miroslav Jelen: Zrušené železniční tratě v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku , Dokořán 2009, ISBN 978-80-7363-129-1 ; P. 89f

Web links

Commons : Brno-Černovice – Lišeň railway line  - collection of images, 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. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrat from December 24, 1904
3. ↑ Stanislav Pavlíček: Naše lokálky: Místní Railways v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Dokořán, Praha 2002, ISBN 80-86569-13-6 ; P. 63
4. ↑ Timetable for the local railway from Brno to Lösch, valid from May 1, 1912
5. ↑ Národní památkový ústav
6. ↑ Timetable for line 10 - valid from August 25, 2011
7. ↑ Brno, plán města 1: 20.000 , 5th edition, Marco Polo, Praha 2010, ISBN 978-80-7446-032-6
8. ↑ Brněnský deník from August 25, 2007 (Czech)
9. ↑ Announcement of the construction project. (Czech)
10. ^ Josef Motyčka: Encyklopedie železnice - Parní lokomotivy [4] . Nakladatelství corona, Praha, 2001 ISBN 80-86116-21-2 ; P. 80