Turnau-Kralup-Prague Railway
The kk privileged Turnau-Kralup-Prager Eisenbahn (TKPE) was a private railway company in Austria , whose routes were in what is now the Czech Republic .
history
On October 23, 1863, Ernst Graf Waldstein , Hugo Fürst zu Thurn und Taxis , Friedrich Leitenberger, Adalbert Lanna , Franz Cerrini de Monte Marchi, Clemens Bachofen von Echt, Ludwig Weydelin, Friedrich Zdekauer Edler von Treukon, Alexander Schoeller , Johann Liebieg became for J. Liebieg & Comp. and JW Beyer for Jg. F. Kolb " the right to build and operate a locomotive railway from Turnau in the direction via Jungbunzlau to Kralup to connect the south-north German connecting line with the northern state railway and the Buschtěhrad railway ". In addition, the concessionaires were given the privilege to operate a branch line in the direction of Prague. Part of the concession was the condition that construction should begin no later than one year from the granting of the concession and that the route should be completed " and handed over to public transport " no later than three years .
The route was opened on October 15, 1865. The Turnau-Kralup-Prague Railway Company ran the business.
On August 20, 1868, the Turnau-Kralup-Prague Railway Company also received the concession to build the branch line from Neratovice to Prague. Part of this concession was the condition that the new line “had to be completed within one year after the opening of the Gemünden – Prague line of the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Bahn ”. The new line was opened on October 28, 1871, before the Gmünd – Prague route of the Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn . This was only completed on December 14, 1871.
On December 31, 1882, the TKPE became the property of the Bohemian Northern Railway .
stretch
The total of 120 km long routes of the TKPE were located northeast of Prague :
→ See main articles: Railway line Praha – Turnov , Railway line Kralupy nad Vltavou – Neratovice
literature
- Bernhard Neuner: Bibliography of the Austrian Railways from the Beginnings to 1918 . tape 2 . Walter Drews Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-901949-00-3 .
- Johann Stockklausner: Steam company in old Austria . Slezak Verlag, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-900134-41-3 .
- Pavel Schreier: Příbehy z dějin našich drah . Mladá fronta, Prague 2009, ISBN 978-80-204-1505-9 .