Čiernohronská železnica

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Vydrovo dolina – Chvatimech
Route of the Čiernohronská železnica
Course book range : ZSSK: 900
Route length: 16 km
Gauge : 760 mm ( Bosnian gauge )
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0 Vydrovo dolina
Stop, stop
 1 Kyslá
Stop, stop
 2 Vydrovo skanzen
   
 Vydrovo most
   
 Čierny Hron
   
Station, station
 4th Čierny Balog
Stop, stop
 6th Junk
Stop, stop
 7th Nový Krám
   
Stop, stop
 8th Šánske (dodge)
Stop, stop
 11 Svätý Ján
   
 Čierny Hron
   
 Selecká junction
   
 13 Hronec obec
Stop, stop
 14th Hronec zlieváreň
   
 Hronec
Stop, stop
 15th Valaská obec
Station, station
 16 Chvatimech connection 172 Banská Bystrica – Červená Skala
   
 Hron
   
 16 Chvatimech sever
   
 Podbrezová-Štiavnička

The Čiernohronská železnica (short ČHŽ , German Schwarzgranbahn ) is a forest railway with a gauge of 760 mm in Slovakia . It opened up the valley of the Čierny Hron in the Slovak Ore Mountains for logging. The line, now operated as a museum railway , has been a national cultural monument of Slovakia since 1982 .

history

Railway station in Čierny Balog

The planning of the railway began in 1898 following instructions from the then Minister of Agriculture. Construction of the first section - up to now in operation - began in 1908; a year later (1909) regular traffic between sawmills in Čierny Balog and Hronec began . The network was expanded to move wood from the forests. Russian prisoners were also used for the expansion during the First World War .

The first official name of the railway was in Hungarian Fekete Garam Vasút . This name can still be seen today in the form of the abbreviation FGV. On July 19, 1927, passenger traffic was also permitted on the Čierny Balog - Hronec route.

Traffic was restricted in the 1960s, and operations officially ceased in 1982. At the same time, the railway has been declared a national cultural monument . A year later, volunteers began to rebuild the railway. In 1992 museum traffic was started between Chvatimech and Čierny Balog. The reconstruction of the branch to Dobroč was completed with the official opening ceremony on April 30, 2012.

In Čierny Balog the train goes through the football stadium of TJ Tatran Čierny Balog, which also happens during games. If there is no game, the driver opens the gates by radio so that no stop is necessary. The stadium was probably built during the non-operating period from 1982 to 1992.

In April 2020, the Schwarzgranbahn acquired all of the old rolling stock (seven railcars and ten control cars) of the Swiss Waldenburgerbahn, which was being converted to meter gauge . After the Schwarzgranbahn has been electrified, it will be used from May 2025.

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Locomotives

  • Steam locomotives
  • several diesel locomotives

Web links

Commons : Schwarzgranbahn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ juk: Steam locomotive: Here a train drives through the middle of the football stadium. In: welt.de . October 12, 2015, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Andreas Hirsbrunner: The Waldenburgerli is going to be Slovak - all of the rolling stock goes for 80,000 francs. Basler Zeitung , April 22, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  3. ↑ Entire fleet of the Waldenburgerbahn sold to Slovakia. Urban Transport Magazine, May 7, 2020, accessed May 7, 2020 .