Počerady – Vrskmaň railway line

Počerady – Vrskmaň
Course book range :	13a (1960)
Route length:	17.575 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Plzeň (formerly EPPK ) 0.000 Počerady formerly Pocherad to Obrnice (–Duchcov) (formerly EPPK ) 3.900 Polerady u Mostu, formerly Polerad 6.000 Koporeč formerly Kopertsch 7.900 Havraň formerly Hawran 11,422 Malé Březno formerly Kleinpriesen (b Brüx) 13.649 Strupčice formerly Trupschitz 15.820 Okořín formerly Uckern from Ústí nad Labem (formerly ATE ) 17.575 Vrskmaň formerly Wurzmes to Chomutov (formerly ATE )

The Počerady – Vrskmaň railway was a regional railway connection in the Czech Republic that was originally built and operated as a state-guaranteed local railway Potscherad – Wurzmes (Czech: Místní dráha Počeradec – Vrskmany ). It ran in northern Bohemia from Počerady ( Potscherad ) to Vrskmaň ( Wurzmes ).

history

On November 2, 1881 Messrs. Marcus Stein and Adolf Löw “were given the right to build and operate a standard-gauge local train from the Potscherad station of the Pilsen – Priesen (–Komotau) railway via Habran, Kleinpriesen and Trubschitz to Wurzmes the Aussig-Teplitz Railway " granted. Part of the concession was the obligation to start construction of the line immediately and to finish it “ within a year ”. The concession was issued for a period of 90 years. The company's share capital totaled 900,000 guilders . 4,500 ordinary shares of 200 guilders each were issued. The line was opened on March 1, 1887. The operation was carried out by the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) on behalf of the Potscherad – Wurzmes local railway . After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) took the place of the kkStB .

On May 30, 1923, the local railway Potscherad – Wurzmes was acquired by law from the Czechoslovak state. From then on, the line was part of the ČSD network.

After the Sudetenland was annexed to Germany in autumn 1938, the line came to the Deutsche Reichsbahn , Reichsbahndirektion Dresden . The connection was now included in the Reich curriculum as KBS 167p Potscherad – Wurzmes. After the end of the Second World War , the line came back to the ČSD.

In 1960, the continuous train traffic had to because of the expansion of lignite - opencast mines dul January Šverma and dul Vršany be set. In the last timetable from 1959/60, there were still six pairs of passenger trains , all of which ran as motorized trains. The Vrskmaň – Havraň section was then used as a connecting line for the brown coal mines. This remaining operation was finally given up in 1984 in connection with the re-routing of the Ústí nad Labem – Chomutov railway between Třebušice and Chomutov (" Ervěnický koridor ").

Today most of the route has been closed and dismantled. Only the four kilometer long Počerady – Polerady section still exists as a connecting railway.

literature

• Miroslav Jelen: Zrušené železniční tratě v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku , Dokořán 2009, ISBN 978-80-7363-129-1 , pp. 47-49

Web links

• Viadukt a obnovená studánka (Viaduct and renewed fountain in Polerady)

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. ^ Imperial law for the kingdoms and states represented in the Imperial Council of February 16, 1897
3. ↑ geerkens.at  ( 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.  
4. ↑ Zákon o výkupu místní dráhy Počeradec-Vrskmany (law on the purchase of the Potscherad – Wurzmes local railway) of June 14, 1921  ( 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.  
5. ↑ Timetable 1944
6. ↑ ČSD winter timetable 1959/60