Postoloprty – Louny railway line

Postoloprty – Louny
Course book series (SŽDC) :	114
Route length:	11.384 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	50 km / h
Legend from Plzeň hl. n. (formerly EPPK ) 0.000 Postoloprty formerly Postelberg 210 m to Obrnice (formerly EPPK ) Connection curve from odb. Vrbka (formerly EB Rakonitz – Laun ) 0.755 odb. Bažantnice Ohře Conn. Sugar factory 3.184 Březno u Postoloprt formerly Priesen-Postelberg 195 m Conn. China factory 6,193 Protectorate border (1938–1945) 6.632 odb. Louny předměstí St. 2 to Rakovník (formerly EB Rakonitz – Laun ) 7.225 odb. Louny předměstí St. 1 8,929 Louny město 205 m 9.740 Louny střed 205 m von Most (formerly PDE ) 11,384 Louny early mood 190 m to Praha-Smíchov (formerly PDE ) to Libochovice (formerly LB Laun – Libochowitz)

The Postoloprty – Louny railway is a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated as a state-guaranteed local railway Postelberg – Laun . It runs in Northern Bohemia from Postoloprty ( Postelberg ) to Louny ( Laun ).

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 18, 1894, the gentlemen " Josef Maschat, princely Schwarzenbergsche domain director in Postelberg, Carl Kraus, k. u k. Major i. R. and Mayor in Postelberg and Adalbert Saitz, City Council in Postelberg ... the right to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from the Postelberg station on the Pilsen – Dux state railway to the Laun station on the Prague – Dux state railway ”. The company's share capital was 934,400 kroner in 4,500 ordinary shares of 200 kroner each.

The line was opened on September 16, 1895. The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) for the account of the owners. In 1905 the Postelberg – Laun local railway was nationalized and the line was integrated into the kkStB network.

In 1912, the local railway timetable indicated four mixed pairs of 2nd and 3rd class trains. They needed between 35 and 38 minutes for the 13-kilometer route. One of the train pairs also served the Laun Vorstadt station on the Rakonitz – Laun railway .

After the First World War , which Austria-Hungary lost , the line became the property of the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD). At the end of the 1920s there was a significant compression of the timetable as well as a significant reduction in travel time to up to 21 minutes. Mostly modern motor trains were now used. The winter timetable of 1937/38 recorded a total of 13 train pairs.

After the Sudetenland became part of Germany in autumn 1938, the line between Postelberg and Priesen-Postelberg came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The Priesen-Postelberg station was designated as the border station. The connection was now included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 167a Laun – Postelberg . After the Second World War, the entire line came back to the ČSD.

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

In the 2012 timetable, the route is served every two hours by passenger trains on the U11 line ( Česká Lípa hl. N. – Postoloprty). On weekdays, additional trains condense the offer, sometimes at hourly intervals.

Web links

Commons : Postoloprty – Louny railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route 114: Lovosice – Louny – Postoloprty on www.zelpage.cz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České republiky , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1 ; P. 19
2. ↑ Decree of the Czech government of December 20, 1995
3. ↑ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrathe of November 13, 1894
4. ↑ Description on www.geerkens.at ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2004 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.  
5. ↑ 1912 timetable of the kkStB - valid from May 1, 1912
6. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1937/38 - valid from October 3, 1937
7. ^ German course book annual timetable 1944/45 - valid from July 7, 1944 until further notice
8. ↑ ČD 2012 timetable ( Memento of the original dated October 8, 2006 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. (PDF; 162 kB)