Railway line Praha-Smíchov-Hostivice

Praha-Smíchov-Hostivice

Course book series (SŽDC) :

122

Route length:

19.618 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Route class :

C3

Top speed:

70 km / h

Legend

	from Praha hl.n./Praha-Vršovice
0.000	Praha-Smíchov severní zhlaví	200 m
	to Praha-Smíchov
0.641	Praha- Smíchov společné nádraží	200 m
	Connecting track to Praha-Smíchov
	First viaduct ( Most – Praha )
4,120	Praha- Hlubočepy zastávka 1928–1989
	Second viaduct ( Praha – Most )
5,600	Praha- Žvahov from 1989	255 m
6.572	Praha-Konvářka 1928–1989
8.278	Praha- Jinonice	290 m
	vlečka Walter
10.350	Praha- Cibulka from 1929	310 m
	Cibulka until 1929
11,920	Praha- Stodůlky from 1938	325 m
	vlečka Siemens
15,324	Praha- Zličín formerly Řepy	360 m
	Rychlostní silnice 1 (Prague Ring)
18.160	Hostivice -Sadová from 2014	350 m
18.700	former European route 48 (Schweinfurt – Prague)
	from Praha-Bubny
19.618	Hostivice	355 m
	to Podlešín and Rudná u Prahy
	after Chomutov

The Prague-Smíchov-Hostivice railway is a main line in the Czech Republic , which was originally built and operated by the Buschtěhrad Railway Company . It runs from Praha-Smíchov to Hostivice and connects there with the main line coming directly from Praha Masarykovo nádraží to Chomutov ( Komotau ).

The section to Praha- Jinonice is also known as Prager Semmering (Czech: Pražský Semmering ) because of the winding route that runs over several large viaducts . The line was named after the Semmering Railway in Austria .

history

The route was built between 1868 and 1872 by the Buschtěhrad Railway. On July 3, 1872, the line was opened for freight traffic. The main cargo was initially mainly coal from the Kladno area and wood. From September 16, 1872 passenger trains also ran, but passenger traffic was of little importance for a long time. At the beginning of the 20th century, only a single pair of passenger trains ran on the route. While Jinonice and Řepy (today: Praha- Zličín ) were the only stations between Smíchov and Hostivice, a few new stops along the route were built in the 1920s and 1930s.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the route was used by about eight daily pairs of trains in the direction of Slaný via Hostivice and Podlešín . After 1990 the traffic was thinned out significantly. Every day only between two and four trains per day and direction (powered by railcars) drove over the route that served the stops on the way. Other trains ran on the short section between Praha-Zličín and Hostivice, and by December 2007 there were also some R and Sp trains to Kladno and Chomutov .

In 2010 the tram route to Řepy was closed for a long time. Since the end of the line is directly at the Praha-Zličín train station, it was decided to partially use the railway line as a replacement. Trains to Zličín run every half hour on weekdays and every hour on weekends. The starting point of the trains was a provisional stop at Praha-Smíchov Na Knížecí at a former freight station north of the Smíchov station near the Anděl metro station . Due to the surprisingly high demand, even after the construction work on the tram had been completed, a large number of trains were offered on the route. Every hour on weekdays and every two hours on weekends, most trains from Hostivice continue in the direction of Rudná u Prahy . In addition, there are historical Pražský motoráček trains every two hours at the weekend , which can be used at the normal tariff.

In December 2016, the Praha-Smíchov Na Knížecí stop was closed, and since then all trains have been running from Prague Central Station.

Route description

First viaduct south of Hlubočepy

Railcar on the second viaduct west of Hlubočepy

The beginning of the route was originally in the independent Buschtěhrad train station in Smíchov, which was still independent at the time. Today the route begins at the Praha-Smíchov severní zhlaví junction west of the Vyšehrad railway bridge over the Vltava, where it separates from the tracks leading to the actual Praha-Smíchov station. The line's facilities are located west of the main tracks of Smíchov station, the station section is called Praha-Smíchov společné nádraží. The passenger stop is named Praha-Smíchov severní nástupiště (northern platform). Until 2007, this platform could only be officially reached via its own remote entrance from the north. Unofficially, a crossing over the tracks of the Smíchov station and through a goods shed was used. Since 2007 there has been an exit from the pedestrian bridge called "Radlicka Lavka" leading over the track system to the platform.

The nine-kilometer-long Prague Semmering begins south of the train station. It overcomes a height difference of 90 meters in numerous curves. From the Praha-Smíchov train station, the route runs in a long 180-degree curve, and then passes close to the same train station at a higher altitude. At Zlíchov , the route crosses the Prokopské údolí valley on two large, 20 and 22 meter high viaducts.

The route then turns west and leads via Praha-Jinonice and Praha-Zličín to Hostivice.

Web links

Commons : Prager Semmering - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Timetables 1905, 1914 and 1918.

50.041388888889 14.390833333333Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 29 ″ N , 14 ° 23 ′ 27 ″ E

[1] Timetables 1905, 1914 and 1918.