Petrov nad Desnou – Kouty nad Desnou railway line

Petrov nad Desnou – Kouty nad Desnou
Course book series (SŽDC) :	293
Route length:	13.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	70 km / h
Legend from Zábřeh na Moravě (formerly MGB ) 0.000 Petrov nad Desnou 360 m to Sobotín (formerly MGB ) Rapotín zastávka 1.660 Rapotín formerly a riding village 3.760 Velké Losiny formerly Bad Ullersdorf Velké Losiny zastávka formerly Groß Ullersdorf Loučná nad Desnou-Filipová Loučná nad Desnou formerly meadow mountain 490 m Loučná nad Desnou-Rejhotice formerly Reutenhau 13.300 Kouty nad Desnou formerly Winkelsdorf 550 m

The Petrov nad Desnou – Kouty nad Desnou railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated as a state-guaranteed local Petersdorf – Winkelsdorf ( Czech Místní dráha Petrovice – Kouty ) railway. It branches off in Petrov nad Desnou ( Petersdorf ) from the Zábřeh na Moravě – Sobotín railway and runs in the Desná ( Teß ) valley to Kouty nad Desnou ( Winkelsdorf ).

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 July 29, 1903, “ the royal governor's council Julius Boehse in Klein-Mohrau in association with the industrialist Ignaz Seidl in Mährisch Schönberg and the industrialist Friedrich Schiller in Groß-Ullersdorf was granted the concession to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from the Petersdorf-Ullerdorf station of the kk state railway line Hohenstadt – Zöptau to Winkelsdorf ”. Part of the concession was the obligation to start construction of the line immediately and to finish it within two years. The company's share capital totaled 800,000 crowns. The company was based in Mährisch Schönberg . The line was opened on November 12, 1904.

The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) for the account of the Petersdorf – Winkelsdorf local railway. In 1912 the timetable of the local railway indicated three daily mixed pairs of trains, 2nd and 3rd class. During the tourist season in summer, other trains were added on Sundays and public holidays that ran purely as passenger trains. The trains took between 50 and 62 minutes for the 13-kilometer route.

After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) took over the management of the kkStB. In 1936, the Petersdorf – Winkelsdorf local railway became the property of ČSD after all shares were taken over.

In the 1930s, the use of modern motorized trains made it possible to compact the timetable as well as significantly shorten the journey time to just 35 to 40 minutes uphill. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded seven 3rd class passenger train pairs, six of which operated as motor trains. Some of the passenger trains were tied to and from Mährisch Schönberg and Hohenstadt.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Breslau . The connection was now included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 154q Petersdorf – Winkelsdorf . This was accompanied by the final nationalization and dissolution of the local Peterdorf – Winkelsdorf railway. The law of August 2, 1940 "concerning the takeover of railways in the Reichsgau Sudetenland and in the parts of the southern German territories incorporated into the Reichsgaue Oberdonau and Niederdonau" regulated a. a. the nationalization of nine local railways with a total length of 169.77 km, in which the Czechoslovak state had already held the majority of the shares.

After the end of the Second World War in May 1945, the line came back to the ČSD.

Kouty nad Desnou station (2010)

Velké Losiny station (2012)

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

On July 7, 1997, the line was badly damaged in a flood. This event occurred at a time when there was serious effort in the Czech Republic to reduce the secondary route network. In this situation, a municipal association ( Svazek obcí údolí Desné ) was founded on October 16, 1997 on the initiative of the mayor of Rapotín , which took over the route on May 1, 1998. On December 1, 1998, it went back into operation under the brand name "Železnice Desná". The management initially took over the company Stavební obnova železnic , since October 1st, 2002 Connex Morava (today Arriva Morava) has been the commissioned railway company for passenger transport. Since May 1, 2005, freight traffic has again been handled by ČD (today: ČD Cargo ).

In 2013 the municipal association Svazek obcí údolí Desné announced the electrification of the line. Work began on June 18, 2015 and was completed by November 2015. In addition to the construction of the catenary, the line was also extensively modernized. All train stations and stops have new, barrier-free platforms with a usable length of 90 meters. From December 2015, according to the original plans, the passenger trains from Olomouc to Kouty nad Desnou, which had previously ended in Šumperk, were to be tied through. Locomotive-hauled trains will operate temporarily until December 2016, while diesel multiple units will continue to run.

Vehicle use

The operating kkStB acquired two locomotives of the kkStB series 97 for the account of the Petersdorf – Winkelsdorf local railway . They had the company numbers 97.233 and 97.234.

Arriva handled the travel up to the point of electrification with class 810 and 814 railcars . In 2016, most passenger trains ran with a ČD class 162 locomotive rented by Regiojet and former German Bimdz interregional cars.

Electric multiple units of the ČD series 640 have been in service since December 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Petrov nad Desnou – Kouty nad Desnou railway line  - collection of images

• Šumperk – Kouty nad Desnou / Sobotín on www.zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

1. ^ Zdeněk Hudec et al: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007. 2nd Edition. Dopravní vydavatelství Malkus, Praha 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1 .
2. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
3. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of August 8, 1903
4. ↑ http://www.geerkens.at/historische-wertpapiere/lokalbahnen-der-donaumonarchie/?wp=87
5. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
6. ↑ State Law of Czechoslovakia No. 156/25  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
8. ^ Siegfried Bufe, Heribert Schröpfer: Railways in the Sudetenland. Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1991, ISBN 3-922138-42-X , p. 54f
9. ^ Law on the takeover of railways in the Reichsgau Sudetenland and in the parts of the southern German territories incorporated into the Reichsgaue Oberdonau and Niederdonau to the Reich of August 2, 1940
10. ↑ Železnice Desná
11. ↑ Elektrifikace železnice Desná dostala zelenou Zdroj
12. ^ Stavba Elektrizace trati č. 293 Šumperk - Kouty nad Desnou zahájena ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ ^{a b} Article “Arriva starts Železnice Desná electric services” on railwaygazette.com from June 15, 2016 , accessed on June 15, 2016
14. ↑ 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.