Narrow-gauge railway Ružomberok – Korytnica
| Ružomberok – Korytnica kúpele | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course book range : | ČSD: 482 (1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 23.564 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 760 mm ( Bosnian gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The narrow-gauge railway Ružomberok – Korytnica was a narrow-gauge railway in the Bosnian gauge of 760 mm in Slovakia , which was originally built by the Rózsahegy – Korytniczai helyi érdekü vasút (RKV). The route ran from Ružomberok through the Revúca Valley to Korytnica in the Low Tatras and was discontinued in 1974.
history
The 23.564 km long narrow-gauge railway was put into operation on June 5, 1908 by the Rózsahegy – Korytniczai helyi érdekü vasút (local railway Rosenberg – Korytnica). Originally, the railway was intended as a connection from Ružomberok to Banská Bystrica , but ultimately only the section to the Korytnica spa was built . The Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn Ks.Od. on account of the RKV. On February 1, 1921, the Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD took over the management of Ks.Od.
In addition to the tourist traffic to the Korytnica Spa, the route primarily served the needs of local industry and timber removal from the forests of the Low Tatras. Some companies also had connecting railways, such as the sawmill in Liptovská Osada .
With the expansion of the parallel road in the 1960s, it was possible to initially shift freight traffic to the road. In 1966, goods traffic on the route was stopped.
The route initially retained its importance in passenger train traffic, especially since, thanks to the state-controlled transport policy, initially only a few buses ran parallel to the railroad. Even in the last year of operation, 1974, the summer timetable still showed nine pairs of daily passenger trains that were handled with two train sets.
The last passenger trains ran on September 28, 1974. Then the line was shut down and dismantled.
Locomotives and wagons
The Budapest locomotive factory MÁVAG supplied three type 51 narrow-gauge locomotives as initial equipment , which were given the road numbers 1-3 . During the First World War the locomotives were bought by the ku k. Heeresfeldbahn pulled in and used on the Fiemme Valley Railway and the Val Gardena Railway in military traffic on the Dolomite front. After 1918 the locomotives remained in what is now Italian South Tyrol . The Italian State Railways FS later used the locomotives on the Mori – Arco – Riva local line in Trentino .
The operation was temporarily maintained with locomotives that came from the Borzsatalbahn located in today's Ukraine . Later some locomotives of the former kkStB - series U came to Ružomberok, which were used on the route until 1959.
From the 1950s onwards, the ČSD began using class T 47.0 diesel locomotives on the route. In 1958, the new T 47.018–021 locomotives from ČKD came to Ružomberok for this purpose . In 1966, the ČSD acquired ten new Balm / u type passenger wagons for passenger train traffic.
The U 37.006 (formerly kkStB U 41) was set up in front of the Ružomberok station as a monument locomotive .
Web links
- Description (Czech)
- Description (Slovak)