SUMMARY REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION IN EAST GERMANY, USSR, POLAND, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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Summary Report on Transportation
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the summary report for
August 1964 on Soviet Bloc transportation in East Germany,
the USSR, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
37 pages English translation).
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I. International Transport Relations
Conference on development of COMECON road transpor-
tation, in Budapest, July 196k.
Participation ofState Airlines TAROM, Rumania. and
TABS?, Bulgaria, in Sofia - Moscow flight service.
Development in construction of COMECON pipeline (Line
of Friendship) from USSR to 1estern satellites and.
in establishment of refineries in USSR, Soviet Zone
of Occupation of Germany and Czechoslovakia._
Between 11 and 13 August 1964, daily hour-long
closing of shipping on Hungarian stretch of Danube
River due to military training activities.
Determination of most suitable river.bottom for
planned -2o,:!er plants on CL;ech/Hungarian Danube
stretch. ?
Vireckgiqg tg improve shipping near Danube rail-
roadbridge at DAja, Hungary.
Delivery of steam locomotives converted to ikisut
firing from USSR to Cechoslovakia.
Delivery of Czech prototype of
silicon rectifiers to USSR.
Rumanian commitment to deliver
per year to Poland.
a.c. locomotive with
30 diesel locomotives
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Yugoslav tank car exports to USSR
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II. USSR
In 19631 conveyance of 93 per cent of all commercial
shipments by four and six-axle freight cars.
Sixty-five-per cent share of all metal cars in
passenger train cat pool.
In June 1964i-78-per cent share of electric and
diesel locomotives in railroad freight transport per-
formance.
Completion of 705-kilometer idakat - Bejneu - Aktau
railroad line.
Forthcoming completion of Bataysk Starominskaya
railroad line.
Construction of 2,300-kilometer Bukhara - Ural
highway.
Construction of Shclepikhinsk road bridge in Moscow.
Forthcoming completion of Volga road bridge at
Saratov.
Establishment of Ministry of Civilian Aviation, 14
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III. Soviet hone of Occuption of Germany
Preparation for double-track S-Bahn operation 15
between LehnitL cAad Oranienburg, and between
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Single-hand operation of S-Bahn trains on Der1in7 15
FriedriChstrasse - Erkner line.
Pool of VEB Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft (Soviet
Zone) motor vehicles.
During first half of 1964, only 163 Soviet Zone
residents on private visits to West Germany.
Evasion of Allied Travel Boardregulations by Soviet
Zone functionaries traveling to NATO countries.
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Temporary closing of inland shipping of Unter-Elbe.
(lower Elbe River)..
Temporary takingover of daily 14 interzonal freight
trains for West Berlin by Reichsbahn in Helmstedt/
idarienborn.
Strain on operational situation.
Reichsbahn plan arrears 7.19 days in early August
1964.
Daily shortage of 6,500 freight cars.
Conveyance of approximately 500,000 children on
holiday with special .Reichsbahn trains, in July/
August 1964.
Continuation of heavy military requirements.
Numerous persons dead or injured in derailing
accident of Soviet transport train rim Soviet Zone
territory.
Reichsbahn plans for discontinuation of passenger
traffic .on 21 secondary lines, .in 1964.
Putting into operation of 100th Reichsbahn signaling
post with trackage projection screen; Southern Berlin
Outer Ring equipped with 17 such devices; two thirds
of Berlin -?Dresden line also outfitted with trackage
projection screens.,
Probable electrification of.(Dresden-) -.Radebeul
'Jest - Elsterwerda - Berlin - Neustrelit - Rostock
line
Completion of new railroad, viaduct at MUcheln.
Renovation of Berlin,Lichtenberg - -Jerneuchen -
'Jriezen line:
Dismantling of Ferdinandshof - Uhlenhorst stretch
of narrow-gauge line 122-s.
Delivery of 33rd main, diesel locomotive. V-180 by
Vi]B Lokbau Potsdaa-Babelsberg to Reichsbahn.
New Trabant-601 minicar in series production; time
of delivery 2 - 3 years despite increased pro-
duction of passenger cars.
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New Multicar-:22 compact delivery van to be put into 21.
series production October 196k.
Planned repair of Berlin - Marienborn autobahn 22
construction of highways and bridges in Halle,
Frankfurt/Oder, Potsdam and Dresden districts..
Improvement and closing of roads in SAM in-
stallations areas of Pinnow and Abtshageh.
Completion of road improvement on highways ?F-104
and F97 completion of Dresden 'Tossener BrUcken
thoroughfare project..
According to 1964 program decrease in number of
motor cargo vessels in favor of push beats and
push barges.,
Replacement of tugboat shipping by push craft
shipping.
Expected 110 per cent increase of Rostock sea port
import andexport shipments in 1964..
Resumption of inland shipping from mid-August 26
1964..
Soviet Zone study of barrage project on Elbe River.
Closing of stretches- of Elbe and Havel rivers
because of military training activities.
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IV. Czechoslovakia
Freight and passenger transports by public means
of transportation in first half of 1964.
Putting into service of new single-track Ostrau
(Ostrava)/Kuncice - Polanka n.O. lino.
Beginning of test traffic on Kaschau (Kosice) -
East Slovak Iron 'larks rapid transit line.
Installation of teleprinters on railroad stations
within Koeniggraetz ('-radoc Kralove) section (PO).
Coal transport by 7,900 large capacity trains dis-
patched from railroad junction BrUx (Most).
Completion of electrification of Chocen - Tyniste
n.O. section Of Velky Osek Chocen railroad line..
Conversion of Czech steam locomotives to oil firing
in the Soviet Union.
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New customs. building and Widoning of State Road 31
No 8 at the Zinnwald (Cinovec) border crossing
point.. ?
Beginning of improvement of Prague (Praha) 32
Kolin section of State Road No 12.
Opening to traffic' of 342-meter long steel con- 32
crete road bridge near Hlohovec (1-P-060 674).
Road bridge across Orlik reservoir still under con- 33
struction.
Establishment of bus lines from Pressburg (Bratis- 33
lava), Nitra, Lucenec, and Kaschau (Kosice), to
Hungary.
On 14 August 1964, resumption of shipping on Elbe 33
River.
V. Poland
Polish State Railroad (PNP) transport performance 34
in first half of 1964
Lengths of the PKP line not in July 1964. 34
Electrification work on the Waldenburg (l7albrzych) - 34 -
Breslau (11roc1aw) line.
Electric service on Rzeszow - nedyka, Czechowice - 35
r,',ebrzydowice,..and-Kolin - Poznan lines..
Laying of seamless tracks on Czestochowa - Dabrowa 35
Gernicza, and Katowice (Kattowitz) - Pszcyna
(Pless) lines..
In 1965,? electrification of 400 track kilometers 35
and installation of automatic blocking on the
entire ':;arsaw (:arschau) - Katowice (Kattowitz)
Gliwice (Glciwitz) line..
Nine PRKs (enterprises for railroad works) and 35 -
I PKRE (special enterprise for 'electrification)
within PKP region.,
Installation ? of automatic ? train braking system 35
on Kutno - Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) line.
Delivery of rolling stock in the first six months 35-36
Of 1964..
Motor vehicle production in the first six months 36
of 1964.
New road bridge across Narow River at Pultusk, 36
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I. International Transport Relations
1. Soviet Bloc Link-Up of Transportation .System
a. Planning
(1) A conference held by the Department Motor Vehicle
Transport and Roads of the Standing Committee for
Transport of the Council for Mutual Economic Aid
(COMECON) in Budapest from 13 to 18 July 1964
was attended by representatives of the USSR,
Czechoslovakia, Soviet Zone of Occupation of Germany,
Bulgaria, Poland, Rumania, and Hungary. The main
topics discussed were interstate motor vehicle trans-
ports and the improvement of the international
road network between 1966 and 1970. The speedy
development of Soviet Bloc road transportation is
mainly hampered by financial difficulties.
(2) Meeting in Bucharest in early August 1964, re-
presentatives of state airlines AEROFLOT,UBSR,
TAPOM, Rumania, and TABSO,Bulgaria, reached
agreement on the joint operation of the Sofia -
Bucharest - Moscow air route. TAROM and TABS?
had proViously asked for a greater share in joint
airline operations.
b. Points of Hain Effort
(1) COMECON Pipeline (Line of Friendship) from the
USSR to the European Satellites
(a) USSR
According to a statement by A. Zorokin,
Deputy Chairman of the State Commission for
Gas Industry in the USSR, large 1,020-millimetbr_
pipes have been laid on the remaining Penza -
Unecha section of the Friendship Lino. After
completion of final technical work, this
section is expected to be put into operation
in September or early October 1964. So far,
crude oil from the tank depots of the Penza
and/or Syzran pipelines had to be carried
by railroad tankcars to the distributing
pumping station at Mozyr.- As previously re-
ported,, the northern branch pipeline from
Hozyr to Plock,Poland, and Schwedt, Soviet
Zone, and the Southern pipeline to Bratis-
lavafezeehoslovakia, with a branch to
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Szazhalombatta-Szony,Hungary, are already in
'operation.
The northern branch of the pipeline from Unecha
to the Plock refinery was completed in April
1964 and has probably been put into operation
by now. Laying of pipes is under way between
Plock and Ventspils, Latvia. Completion of this
section is scheduled for early 1965.
The northern crude oil pipeline from Yaroslavl
is being extended to the refinery under con-
struction at Kirishi near Leningrad.
(b) Soviet Zone of Occupation of Germany
Plans provide for the laying of an about 250-
kilometer pipeline between Schwedt and the Leuna I
Sorks near Herseburg, and the simultaneous con-
struction of another refinery at the Leuna II
forks. The beginning of pipe-laying is planned for
1965,its completion for 1967. According to a Soviet
Sone - Polish agreement, Polish skilled personnel
will take part in the construction.
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The. planned northwesterly branch of the COMECON
pipeline?dn Czechoslovakia,- the northern section
of which is in operation between the Dohomian7
Horavian hills near Havlichuv -Brad and Most, will
not branch off from the main line at Sahy .as
previously assumed, but at Nitra, about 70,:kiiometers
northwest of Sahy. The total line. Is to be com-
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(2) Danube Shipping
(a) From 11 to 13August 1964, all shipping was closed
about five times daily on the Hungarian Danube
stretches between river kilometers 1,536 and
1,617 (Szlatina - Adony - Ercsi - Dolinapuszta)
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and between river kilometers 1,672-and 1,.683
(Fols'egbd ITc.c). The closing of the stretches was
connected with .military training activities. It
is worth noting that the Danube River siphon of
the COMECON pipeline from the USSR to the European
satellites is located ih the training area at
kilometer marker 1,617.7 near Dolinapuszta.
(b) Geological surveying and exploratory riverbed
drilling, expected to last until late 1964, has
begun between Danube 'kilometers 1,695 (Nagymaros -
Visegrad) and 1,697, with a view to determined the
most suitable river bottom for the planned two
Danube power plants at Nagymaros,Hungary, and
Gabcikovo,cechoslovakia, to be built in Czech-
Hungarian cooperation (See Tpt. Summary for May
1964 para I, 1, aJ'. Foundation work for the
power plant is to begin in 1965. A reservoir to
be built near the power plants is also to serve for
irrigation.
(c) Wreck salvaging to clear the waterway is under
way at the railroad bridge at Baja (Danube
kilometer 1,480.220); Hungary.
(3) Division of Labor in the Construction of Means of
Transportation
(a) The USSR has handed over to Czechoslovakia four
steam locomotives converted to Masut firing.
The four locomotives are the first contingent of
50 reconstructed locomotives to be delivered by
the USSR. Masut, a residual product of crude oil
distillation, is being used in the USSR for steam
locomotive firing in regions where locomotive coal
would have to be hauled over large distances. It
is expected that, with the increased processing
of crude oil carried by the COM=ON pipeline to
the satellite countries, Masut firing will be
generally introduced for steam locomotives of the
Soviet Bloc railroads.
(b) Czechoslovakia has delivered to the USSR the
second model of a new a.c. locomotive With
silicon rectifiers.
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(c) Rumania has comitted herself to deliver annually
about '30 diesel locomotivas to the Polish State Rail-
roads (PKP) up to 1970.
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(2) Imports
In accordance with an export contract-, the machinery
plant at Nis, Yugoslavia, is to deliver to the
USSR tank cars for crude oil and sulphuric acid
shipments.
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Silesia, (German territory under Polish adminis4
tration) is building a British-licensed electric
locomotive type E-4 for passenger and freight
train service.
II. USSR
1. Railroad Transportation
a. Operational and Performance Data
(1) In 1963, 93 per cent of all commercial-shipments
were carried by four and six-axle freight cars.
All this type freight cars are now equipped with
automatic buffer couplings and automatic brakes.
(2) The share of all-metal cars in the total pool of
passenger train cars is 65 per cent.
(3) In June 1964, the share of electric and .diesel
locomotives in the total freight movement of. the
railroads amounted to. 70per-cent.. (1964 plan
enviSaging.77.2 per cent)..
b. Railread'Line Construction
(1) Ih late June 1964, a new 703-kilometer railroad
line wascomp-:-Ieted, branching off at Makat from
the GuryeviCaspian Sea,.-Kandagach line and leading
to Aktau,on the. eastern shore of the Caspian Sea,
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via Kulzary on the River Emba Opornaya Bejneu -
Zay=Utes Shotpe. Test traffic is under way.. The
line has been constructed after the discovery of rich
crude oil deposits on the Mangyshlack Peninsulalbetween
the Caspian Sea and Lake Aral.
(2) The construction of the 91-kilometer Bataysk - Staro-
minskaya (southern branch line southeast of Rostov) is
nearing completion. A 12-kilometer stretch was still
to be completed in mid-July. The total line is equipped
with seamless tracks.
Road Transportation
Road and Dridfre Construction
a.
Since recently, the construction of an about 2,300-kilometer
highway has been under way along the Bukhara - Urals gas
pipeline (pipes 1,020 millimeters in diameter). The high-
way runs through the Karahum and Kyzylkum deserts. At
present, the line's Gazli-Amudarya stretch is under con-
struction. A road bridge (400-meter long supension bridge
without intermediate supports),carrying b.lso the pipeline,
h7.s been completed across the Amudarya River.
b. (1) In Moscow, the construction, of a road bridge,named
Shelepikhinsk Bridge, is under way across the River
Moskva. A reinforced concrete structure, this bridge
is to connect the city districts of Krasnopresnenski
and Kiev. Its measurements are:
in meters
Total length 696
Length across river 260.5
Total width 29.6
lidth of roadway 2 x 10.5
Center strip 2.
'lidth of footway 2 x 265
Length of spans of
total bridge . 7.75 + 585 + 65.0 +
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The road bridge over the Volga River at Saratov,.
under construction for several years, is nearing
completion. The 2,800-meter long bridge connects
the cities of Saratov and Engels. Tho bridge allows
for the passage of the largest vessels navigating
on the Volga River. Its design is a deck-type plate
web girder bridge of prefabricated reinforced
concrete..
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3. Air Transportation
On 17 August 1964, the Soviet. Aviation Holiday, the
Department for Civilian Aviation, founded in 1932, was
converted into a Ministry for Civilian Aviation. The
establishment of this ministry had proved necessary
duo to the growing importance 'of air traffic. Its head
is Colonel General Yevgeny F. Loginov, who is simultane-
ously General Manager of AEROFLOT and who had thus far
controlled the. Main Administration of the Civilian Air
Flaet at the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
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Traffic Situation)
I,-. Berlin Traffic Situation and Interzonal Transport
a) Berlin Traffic Situation
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Rbd (Railroad Division) Berlin is making
preparations for double-track operation of
the Lehnitz - Oranienburg (No 104), and
the Blankenburg Buch (No 106), S-Bahn
stretches in order to introduce a 10-minute
headway.
(b) S-Bahn trains on the Berlin-Friedrichstrasse
Erkner (No 102) line, are operated single-
handedly. There is VHF radio communication
between the railroad stations and the rail-
car engineer. A control button is
operated every 30 seconds to check on
the vigilance of the railcar engineer.
(2) Soviet sector ITEB Berlin Motor Transport Company
(BVG) has a pool of 1,180 streetcars and buses,
including 34 large-capacity railcars for 113
passengers and 200 one-direction railcars for
99 passengers. The modest .1964? procurement
program for 30 large-capacity railcars from
VEB Wagenbau (car construction) Gotha and for
11 type Ikarus buses from Hungary has already
been met. In addition, old-type streetcars are
to be reconstructed at Berlin-Schoneweide Reichs.,
bahn Repair Shop, and 64 old-type- S-Bahn cars
are to be converted into subway cars in the
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b) Interzonal Transport
(1) Traffie Between West Germany and Soviet Zone
(a), In the first half of 1,964,, silly, 163
(monthly average 27)Seyiet Zone residents
were permitted by the Soviet Zone
authorities to travel te West Germany
on a private
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(b) During the same period, twaSciviet Zone.
party delegations traveled without
the consent of the AIliedsTravel Board
to Western countries to attend the funerals
of Communist chiefs. The Soviet Zone is currently
striving to evade the competence of this office of
the Allied Western Forces in West Berlin, for
instance, by making state and party functionaries
travel to NATO countries via satellite countries
instead of via. West Germany.
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The Soviet Zone authorities are issuing- a
large number of visitors permits to 1,;, Germans.
It is, therefore, expected that about 2 Million
West Germans will visit the Soviet Zone in
1964, as against 1.5 millions in 1963.
According to Soviet Zone statistics., the number
of West German visitors amounted to 5.86 Million
during the period from, 13 August 1961 to 12
August 1964.
(2) Interzonal Traffic Between West Berlin and West
Germany
(a) - Due to rainfalls, the Elbe water level has
risen since mid-August so that inland shipping
could be resumed to Berlin via Riihen/Buchhorst
Mittelland Canal - Magdeburg-Rothensea?
Elbe/Havel Canal.
- The West.Berlin shipping department?has again
stressed the necessity of constructing an overpass
of the Mittelland Canal across the Elbe River
.near Magdeburg in order to-make shipping
independent of traffic disruptions caused by the
annual repairs of the Magdelurg.Rothensee ship-
lift and by low water on the Elbe River stratch
? between Rothenbee and the mouth of .the Elbe-
Havel Canal. The department is optimistic
that negotiations withthe Soviet Zone may be
successful in yiew-cf the fact that, after
?year-long discussions., agreement has been reached
on the reconstruction of the autobahn bridge
across the .Saale River near Hirschberg (PA.
978 888), on the Demarcation Line.
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- In Inland shipping between West Berlin and
Hamburg, downstream shipping between Wittenberg?
and Kumlosen has been closed since 24 Augustl
daily from 1800 hrs until dawn. This measure is
probably due to the temporary, recurrent
low water level of the Elbe River,
(b) After the Reichsbahn had agreed with the Deutsche
Bundesbahn (Gorman Federal Railroads) to take over
temporarily, from mid-August 19641 14 freight
trains a day in Helmstedt instead of the scheduled
13, it has. been possible to clear, in the last
two weeks of August, the freight foi West Berlin
accumulated in Helmstedt,
2, Railroad Transportation
a) Operations and Traffic
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Through the strain on the operational
situation, already noticed in July 1964.,
plan arrears amounted to 7.19 days (4,7
million tons) by early August 1964. The
daily shortage of cars to be Made available.
by the Reichsbahn for loading amounted to
6,500, although the operative freight car
pool exceeded the transport plan by 5,000 -
7,000. The turnaround time of. cars increased
from 3.4 days in June to 3.51 days
in July.
The operational difficulties in Railroad
? Division Dresden were caused by inadequate
operative work and heavy train delays, by
not using freight trains to capacity and
frequent putting in of special freight
trains; furthermore, there were too many
trains handed over to neighboring districts
behind schedule, and trains the locomotive
of which could not be made available on
time. Moreover the district suffers from
a shortage of flat cars and gondola cars.
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The Reichsbahn intends to improve the
situation by better utilization of freight
card and scheduled trains i by reducing the
number of special freight trains, increasing
the freight car repair quotal.temporary
utililation of operational damaged cars, and
by accelerating repairs on railroad lines
through multi-shift operation of large
machinery.
.The planned shifting of suitable shipments to
other inland modes of transport was limited to
truck transport& only,.. since due to low
water, inland shipping capacity, was reduced to
an average 41 per cent on the Elbe River
and?45.per cent on the Oder Rivert.up..to,
mid-August 1964.
In July and August 19649 the Reichsbahn
reckoned with approximately. 500,000 children to
be transported in special trains of an
average 1,000 seats to and from h,lliday camps.
(2) In August 1964, military demands on the Reichsbahn
did not surpass the intense demands of the
preceding month. Continuing GSFG exercises and
special training on troop training grounda
caused additional strain on the operational
Reichsbahn situation.
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The passenger train involved, in the accident at
Wassmannsdorf railroad station (southern stretch
of the Berlin Outer Ring (BAR) during the night
of 18/19 July, is believed to have been a Soviet
transport train en route on- special schedule.
from Magdeburg to Frankfurt/Oderi Passengers killed
killed in the accident --the alleged number of
10-13 exceeded considerably the officially
announced, number of 3 - were Soviet soldiers and'
dependents,. The Soviets disclosed that the
derailing of two care of the Magdeburg -?
Frankfurt/Oder "passenger train" had been caused
by switches damaged by dangling brake-rod
linkage of a locomotive having passed Wassmanns-
dorf railroad station..
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NOSAEIMESEIvi
In 1964, the Reichsbahn plans to close 21
secondary lines. Passenger transportation
is to- be taken over by bus service.
The Soviet Zone Council of Ministers is
still to give his approval.
Tti) Improvement, Maintenance and Dismantling of
Railroad Lines
(1) On the putting into operation of the 100th
Reichsbahn signaling device with trackage
projection screen on Satzkorn railroad.
station (western stretch of the- BAR),
cn 4 August 1964, it was disclosed that the
entire Southern Outer Ring has- bean
equipped with 17 such devices, and also
two thirds of the Berlin-Dresden (via WUns-
dorf) line. By 1970, the safety installat-
ions of all BAR-stretches are to be improved
to such an extent that all operations
can be remote-controlled frm three
consolidated signaling points. Apart from
the consolidated control, the automation
of operations will include automatic block
systems, and automatic train operation
with cab ,signals.
:(2) The priority given to the improvement of the
Berlin-Dresden (No 165) line cs)n be re-
garded as a confirmation of the reported
extension of Reichsbahn electrification
plans for the Radebeul West - Elsterwerda -
Rangsdorf - Berlin Outer Ring - Oranien-
burg - Neustrelitz - Rostock line.
On 1 May 1964,. Dr. Ing. Meier, President
of Railroad Division Dresden, had intimated
this project in a press interview. In early
July 1964, on the occasion of the 5th
Transportation. Meeting, Transport Minister
Kramer mentioned the project again when the
establishment of an electrified transit
line from the Czech border south of Bad
Schandau to Rostock Seaport was. discussed.
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Since August: 19641 traak-laying and fitting
of. electric- installations have been under
way on the new railroad, viaduct at MUcheln
(on electrified single-track Line- 180-0,
The 264 meter- long and 13 meter high,. deck-type
Viaduct has six piers and seven reinforced
concrete spans. The viaduct was constructe&
within the framework. of the rerouting of Line
tRo-a between Frankleben and. MUcheln. The
rerouted line, leading via Braunsbedra (QB
0286) Krumpa and ending between MUcheln and
Langeneichstadt is to open up the lignite mine
araa. It is to be put into operation on
1 December 1964. On the new route, seven
other bridges and four railroad station buildings
(in Frankleben, Braunsbedra, Krumpa and MUcheln)
had to be constructed..
Due to line repair, the Ahrensfelde - Blumberg
stretch of the Berlin-Lichtenberg - Werneuchen
Wriezon line (Lino 109-b) was closed for
passenger traffic between 2 and 17 August
1964. The passengers were taken over by buses,
The Berlin=Lichtenberg - Ahronsfelde stretch
was closed up to 1 August 1964 because of
similar renovation.
After the diScontinuation of its freight
trafficl the Ferdinandshof Uhlenhorst
stretch of narrow gauge Line 122-s has been
dismantled. Passenger traffic was closed
down on 11 July 1960 on this stretch.
c) Rolling Stock.
On 11 August 1964, the 33rd .main line diesel.
locemotive of the V-180 seriesi i.e., the 4000th
diesel locomotive built in the Soviet Zonel was
delivered by VEB Lokbau -"Kar1=MarX", Potsdam.-
Babelsberg. The 1964. production program envisages
the building of 35 V-180 diesel locomotives,
The Reichsbahn Tool of this type of locomotives,
is expected to total at least 50 by the end of the
.year..
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3. Road Transportation
a) Motor TraElaILL
(1) After discontinuation of the production of the
Trabant-600 minicar) the Trabant-601, de-
veloped from Type 600 with a new body and
'improved technical characteristics, is being
series-producted since 1 July 1964. Type
Trabant-600 continues to be produced as
station wagon.
(2) In 1963, VER Sachsenring, Zwickau, produced
53,300 5tabant cars instead of the planned
53,000 (see Transportation Summary for
September 1963). In 1964, the production
is to be increased to 60,000 items.
(4)
(5)
Automobile Factory Eisenach is to produce.
32,000.Wartburg passenger cars in 1964.
Despite the growing production of passenger
camb? demands for new cars v.annat be met, the
more so as. plans provide for 'increased
exports to western countries. Customers
in the Soviet Zone have to put up with
delivery times of 2-3 years for passenger
cars.
In October 1964, the series production
of the Muiticar-22 compact delivery van is
to begin at VEB Car Factory Waltershausen.
The vehicle is to be used for internal
deliveries of the factory and for local
transports. It has been developed. from
Multicar-21? of which 10,000 units were
produced by early 1963.
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Construction and Maintenance.
(-T) According to Soviet Zone plans, road
construction and maintenance is to be carried
out on the following autobahns, highways,. and
primary (LEO) and secondary (LII0) roads:
(a) Berlin MariDnborn Autobahn
Apart from other repairs, the road surface
of this 126-kilometer stretch, built in
1935/36, is to be renewed., It is also
planned to introduce bridge books, and to
re-analyze bridge structures., Due to
warping and corrosion of the road base,
roadways have become uneven and bumpy..
It is expected that the stretches to be
repaired will be temporarily closed,
and/or, speed restrictions imposed.,
Major repairs were planned already in
1962 but were never carried out.
(b) Hallo on the Saab o River
Halle/Saale is to receive a north-south
and an eat-west axis of elevated high-
ways.: Surveying has. already. been completed.
The construction of the highways, scheduled
to be completed. by. 1970, is connected
with the building of the "Chemiearbeiter,,
stadt" (chemical workers.' township)
at Halle-West.. The highways are also to
provide for better connections in the
northGrn area of Halle
(c). Kreis Bernau in Frankfurt/Oder?District
In 1965, a- bridge, with a capacity of-45
tons is to be built of prefabricated
reinforced concrete members across the
Sydow Fliess (stream) at VU 077 4,71
on LH& Bdesenthal No F-2,.
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In 1964, on LII0 Kliestoy (VU 6602) - Rosen-
garten (VT 6499), a new bridge is to be
built at VU 655 014, south-west of Kliestew.
It is to replace the old three-span bridge
spanning Frankfurt/Oder switchyard. The north-
eastern part of the old bridge, destroyed during
World War 112 had been replaced by a temporary
wooden structure, which later on burnt down.
The new structure will be erected'on reinforced
concrete piers. Its total length is to be
3x10 meters, its width 6 meters and its
clearance above the trackage 5-6 meters.
(e) Kreis Konigswusterhausen, Potsdam District
In 1964, a four-Span concrete bridge is to be
built at UT 996 978 to carry LII0 Kiekebusch
(VU 0100) Brusendorf (UT 9896) across the
Berlin autobahn ring at UT 996 978. The
LII0 has so far grade-crossed the autobahn.
(f) City of Dresden
In line with the establishment of a new transport
route between Dresden=Altstadt and DresdenNeui.
stadt a new bridge over the Elbe River, named
Rudolf-Friedrichs=BrUoke, is to replace the
destroyed Carola bridge at VS 122 568. The
remainders of the old arch bridge were blasted
in 1964. The new bridge is to be 350 - 400
meters long and 51 meters wide. The con-
struction of the first stage of the whole
projectmhas begun with the building of a
830-meter long elevated road carried by 22
seamless, reinforded concrete piers over the
main station territory (VS 1258) and Highway F-6.
The completion of this structure is scheduled
fbt 1967,
(2) The following road construction, and/or, closing
of traffic took place in connection with military
installations:
(a)
SAM Installation Area Near PinnoW (VU 407.9)
,Kreis AngerMUnde,_Frankfurt/Oder,District
Part of the LII0 and roads of Koster Forest
(VU 4079) in the above SAM installation area
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wore widened to six meters and concreted.
Road stretches not yet improved received a
temporary hard top surface.
SAM Installatien:(UA .6806 Near Abtsha en_111)
Kreia GrimMen Rostock District
The Abtshagen - Franzburg:(NA 6106) LIO has bean
closed to traffic. . There is one turnpike
(barrier?) each watched by an EGA sentry at the
western exit (UA 693 064) of Abtshagen-and
about _500 meters east (UA 639 064) of the Franz-
burg entry. Traffic is being rerouted_ via
Steinhagen (UA 6810) - Richtenberg (UA 6208). ,
(3) The following road. and bridge construction has been
completedt
(a) Highway F-104
The -Schwerin - Gadebusch.(PE 4052) - Rehna (PE
3561) stretch. is _being widened to seven meters.
Soviet soldiers with special vehicles are
taking part in the work which is to be completed
still in 1964. . Highway .F-104 represents a
vital east-west-connectionin the northern, part
of the Soviet-Zene, leading from the border
of the Soviet Zone and the German Territory
under Polish Administration, west of Stettin
(Szczecin) via Mecklenburg to the Soviet Zone/
West German Demarcation Line east of Babecki:
this highway is kept in a good state of _repair,
especially because EGA and GSFG garrisons
are located near it.
(b) Highway F.,97
After completing rerouting of the Spremberg
Hoyerswerda stretch via Spreewitz (VT 5807)
and Burghammer (VT 5603) in 1963, the widening
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Highway 97-, leading from Guben to Dresden
via the Niederlausitz (Lower Lusatia)i coal
mining area and the areas of Lieberose and Konigs-
brUcktroop training grounds1 is used heavily by
military and civilian transports, Its state
of repair, is good.
(c) Dresden District
South4rest of Dresden,' the construction of the
"Nossener Br?cke" (VS 0955) thoroughfare project,
begun in September 1960, was completed in late
June 1964. The 1.1-kilometer long bridge, now
named_ "Bridge, of the Youth", has a total width
of 27 meters. It consists of four individual
bridges with four classified lanes of a total width
of 14 meters, two bicycle pathst each 2.20 meter
wide, and of two footways, each 4 meters wide.
Thus, a direct connection has been established
between the south-western and east-western arterial
roads.
4. inL10J-111Laina_
(a) Plans provide for the following vessels to be
built by VVB Schiffsbau (ship construction) in
1964:
- motor cargo vessels.; capacity 700 tons each.
- _10 .push .boats
- .42 push barges, capacity 460 tons each
- 1 passenger shipaccommodating 1,100 passengers
The, 1962 construction program totaled 50 motor
cargo vessels, of 648-ton capacity each, and the
1963 program .la motor cargo vessels, of 760-ton
capacity each.
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(b) Due to the favorqble results obtained in
test runs with push units on canals, tugboat
shipping will gradually be abandoned, the more
so as the stock of tugboats', numbering '
about 250, is completely obsolete. During the
period of transition, tugboats., motor cargo
vessels and other types of vessels are to
be converted to push craft shipping. It is
.planned iato put the first push bats on
trial runs on the Elbe and Oder rivers in
1966.
(c)
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In 1963-1 the inland fleet carried 130,000 tons
of export and import goods on 267 trips from and
to Rostock Sea Port. In 1964, the performances
are to be increased by 110 per cent to
275,000 tons. The waterway to Rostock leads,
along the Odor to Stettin (Szczecin) and
continues via the Kleine Haff, Greifswalder
Bodden, to Stralsund and from there along the
Baltic coast to the entry of WarnemUnde harbor.
The Soviet Zone is entitled to use the Oder River
between Hohensaaten and Stettin. However,
since several years, inland vessels have mainly
used the waterway via Hohensaaten - Friedrichs-
thaler Waterway, West-Oder to Stettin.
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a temporary rise of the Soviet Zone water levels,
which, however, fell considerably again during
the rest of the month. Howeverl after the
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(e) In order. to ensure a smooth flow of Elbe River
shipping during low water periods, Soviet Zone
authorities explore the possibilities for ?the
construction of damming stages similar to those
in West Germany and CzechosloVakia. It has been
stressed for years to attain an invariable draft
of the navigable channel during the summer
months to guarantee a uniform tonnage to be
carried by vessels on long stretches. 'Through.
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the regulation of the Elbe River the hold
of vessels, could be used to capacity, and
shipping Performances could thus be increased
in.inlandi, transit and interzonal traffic,
while simultaneously relieving the Reichs-
bahn,and motor vehicle transport._
Te following inland waterways were. closed.
because. of military training activities:
From 1300-2000
Elbe River (u/i. stretch) )
hra on 27 August
Havel River: near Havelbergj 1964.
Elbe- River-upstream
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IV. Czechoslovakia
Total Transportation
Freight and Passenger Transport by Public Means
:of Trans ort Within the First Si )t Months cDf
LELLs1ILIEEnusil
Modes. ofMill Planned Compared Bill Plan-
Transpor-Tons with Ton/ ned
tation 1963/64 _Kms %
in %
Com-
pared
with
1963/64
Czech State
Railroads 102.7 96,6
108.7
26.8
100,0
109,3
State Bus
Lines 84.8 104.0
115.2
1.7.
102.8
1043;
(CSAD)
Inland
Shipping
(CSPLO and
CSPD) 1,9 101.3
119.4
1.0
91.9
110.8
Civilian .
Air Traffic
(CSA) insignificant, not covered.
Total: 189.4 99.9
111 6
29.5
99:.'9:
109?2
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Passenger Conveyance
Modes. of
Transpor-
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MiI,1 Planned compared
Passen--.% - with
gets 1963/64
in 0
Bill
Passong.
Kms -
Plan- Com-
nod pared
P with"'
1963/64,.
Czech State
Railroads
(CSD)
313.4
98.0
102.2
10.0
101.1
105.9
State
Bus
Lines
(CSAM)
810.2
101.4
106.0
8,0
103.5
106.0
Inland
Shipping,
(CSPLO and
CSPD)
1.1
133.2
151.0
132,0
101.9
Civilian
Air
Traffic
(CSA)
0.5
120.7
112.1
0.3
109.5
114,9
Total: 1,125.1
100.5
1049
18.3
102.2
108.1
Despite a 11.6 per cent increase in the transport
performance in 1964, as compared with 1963,- the
planned turnaround time of cars was still exceeded by
7.4 Per dent in the first six months of 1964.
Nevertheless, this 3..8 pot cent below that
for the first_ha1f year of 1963.,
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-a) Line Construction
(I) The Ostrau -.(Ostrawa)/Kuncice - Polanka
n.O. line, which has been under con-
struction, was completed as single-
track in late August .1964, ?and put into
service aheaeL of-schodula. *)
-Test traffic on the electric rapid
transit line fran Kaschau (Kosice) to
the East Slovak 'Iron Works (VSZ) has
been taken up on 1 August 1364. Regular
traffic is to start on 1 October 1964,.
As, however, the overhead contact line
from the outskirts of the town into the
city and on the plant grounds will not
be completed by that time., feeder service
has to be carried out, for the time
being:, by public transportation.. The
15-kilometer long line is to be run with
4-0 electric- fast railcars, manufactured
at the Tatra works in Prague-Smichov.
.Safety System and Telecommunications
Within the area of the Koeniggraetz (Hradec
Kralove), service section (PO), the hitherto
existing Morse printers on railroad stations
are being replaced by teleprinters.
c) Train Traction
Between 1 January 1964 and early August
1964, 7,900 large capacity coal trains were
dispatched from the railroad junction. Briix
(Most). This means a daily dispatch of 37 to
38 trains, with a weight of about 1,500 to
4,000 tons.
*) According to the plan, the line was to be
put into service on 1 September 1964.
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d) Electrification
The Velky Osek Koeniggtaetz Chosen
line (timetable No 2 which is to
be electrified by 19659 has already bean
completed in the Chocen Tynista Nad Orlici
section. Work is under way on the remaining
sections. It is, however', questionable
whether the planned date Of completion
can be achieved.
0) Roiling Stock
As the capacity of the Czech railroad
workshops is not sufficient,- Czech steam
.locomotives ate being converted to oil
firing ("Masutheating") in workshops
in the Soviet Union.- In midAugust 1964,
the first of these nrecenstrUction
locomotives have been delivered to the
CSI/. The conVersion of locomotives in
CSD. workshops is carried out according to'
Soviet plans.
3? Road Transportation
n) Road Construction
(1) On State Road No 8 (Europe Road
E 15) in Zinnwald (Cinovec), a new
custom building with exchange-office
and waiting TOOM will be set up and
a 100 meter long road section will
be widened to 12 meters. Passenger
border crossing traffic which has .
risen to 2,500 to 3,000 persons has
been given as reason.
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(2) In the second quarter of 19641 improvement
of State Road No 12 (Europe Road E 15)
started in the 'Prague (Praha) - Kolin
section, The roadbed will be renewed
completely for a length of 50 kilometers
and the road will be improved, to a highway
with two lanes. Local bypass roads. have
already been established in Cosky Brod
and Uvaly, in the past years. A
construction period of three years is
planned for this "new super-highway".
b) Bridges
(1) A new.road bridge has been completed
across the Waag (Vah) River atIllohoveo.
The piers have been erected with pre-
fabricated prestressed reinforced concrete
.Tiecos, the seven bridge spans in free
construction from pier to pier with cast
concrete. On 25 August 1964, the 342-
meter long bridge was opened to traffic.
It establishs a connection between Nitre:
and Leopollov via load. No 513 to State
Road No: 61, By using prefabricated
parta the weight of the bridge, which
has been under construction since 1962,
could be reduced by one third of that
of a conventional type bridge.
Data: Reinforced concrete road bridge,
deck type
Location: YP - 060 674
Length: ' 342 meters
-Width: about 9 meters
Roadway width: 7 meters (two lanes)
Sidewalks: about 1 meter.
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(2) The road bridge across-Orlik reservoir near
Kostelec and Stare Sedlo is. still, under
construction. The information about its
completion was incorrect. The road bridge
is a steel trusS bridge with a width of span
of 330 meters.
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c) Motor Vehicle Traffic
Between Pressburg (Bratislava) and Gyoer,:
Tatabanya and the Rlattense& (Balaton) in Hungary,
a bus line, running four times a day-, was. established,
The already existing lines from Kaschau (Kosice) to.
Miskolc and .Budapest and from Nitra to Budapest
have boon expanded by a second, daily connection;
a new line- between Lucenec and Salgota.rjall has
been opened..
3. Inland Shipping
Elbe (Labe) River shippingl-uhich had been discontinued
since 21 June 1964 because of low water, was resumed
on 14 August 1964..
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V. .Poland
le. Railroad .Transportation
-) General
(1) . Traffic Performances
In the first six months of 1964, the Polish
State Railroads transported 153.7 million
tons of freight (9.2 per cent more than
during the same period in 1963) on standard
:gauge. lines. With this, the NPG (National
Economic Plan) has been fulfilled by 102.5
per cent. The PKP hauled more than 38
thousand million ton kilometers (9 per cent
more than in the first six months of 1963)..
(2) Line Lengths
(a)
In July 1964, about 23,370 kilometers
of standard gauge lines belonge& to
the PXP line net, among them were
7,365 kilometers of double-track
lines. The narrow-gauge lines had,
at the same time, a length of about
3,450 kilometers.
(b) On 30 Juno 1964, the length of
electrified lines amounted to 1,813
kilometers, 8 per cent of the PXP
net length.
Line Construction.
?.(1) Electrification on the Waldenburg
(Walbrzych).- Breslau .(Wroclaw) ? line is
under way.
The. laying of foundations and the erection
?of masts as well as the spanning of the
overhead contact line not -is carried out
by RK-8 (enterprise for railroad works)
Breslau (Wroclaw). and: by PKRE (enterprise
for railroad electrification works). By
late 19659- electrification of the entire
line is to be completed...
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(2) The putting into service of the elettrified
Rzeszow Medyka, Czechowica ZebrzydoWice
and Konin. --Poznan lines, ahead of schedule
permitted, for the first time,. steam locomotives
to be made free and available for the reserve....
( 3)
(4)
(3)
In the fall of. 1963, Seamless tracks have
been laid on the Czestochowa - Dabrowa
Gornitza and Katowice (KattOwitz) -
PsZdzyna-(Pless) lines.
By 1965, 400 track kilometers are to be
electrified and the entire Warsaw (Warschau)
Katowice_(Kattowitz) --Gliwice (Gleiwitz)
line is to be equipped with an automatic
block- system.
In 1964/65, more than 600 kilometers of
seamless tracks and about 2 million concrete
ties are to be laid.
There are nine PRK (enterprises for railroad
works) and one PE enterprises (special .
enterprise for electrification) within the
PKP region...
c) Railroad Safety System
On the Kutno - Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) line,
automatic train braking has been installed..
a) Rolling Stock.
In the first six months of 1964, the PKP
received the following rolling stock deliveries:
25 electric locomotives
16 electric units with three section units each
(electric railcars)
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43 diesel locomotives
4,185 freight cars
47 passenger cars.
2. Read,Tralispottation
a) Motor Veh.iele Production
In the first six months of .1964, the Polish
industry produced:
9,600 passenger cars
13,300 , trucks
1,797 -buses
b) Road -Bridge Across the Narew River
On 31 July 1964, a modern road bridge across
the Narew River has been 'opened to traffic in
Pultusk (ED 0640). The bridge, which rests
on high piers, has been erected from prefabricated
cable concrete elements. The bridge is located
on the Wyskow (ED 3128) - Pultusk - Ciechanow
(DD.4759) Toad.
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