SURVEY OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK RAILROAD NETWORK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R006500030002-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The transportation syntem in Czechoslovakia is organized under the control of
_Tinister of Transport Alois Petr as follows.
au Cen 4 Management q~fjRa' ilroad Transport in Prague, directed since 191.15
h y(Ing.)Iladvanovsky, who does not have the confidence of the Communist
Partya_]Tho eight area managements of the Czech State flailroads (CSD)
are located in the folloviing cities:
Prague (Praha)
Pilsen (Plzen)
Usti nad Labem
Hradec 'Kralove
3rno
Olomouc
Bratislava
Kosice
bn Central Management of Motor Transport (CSAD) in Prague
c m Central Management of Navigation in Prague with the following subordinate
national shipping companies:
Czechoslovak Labe (Dibe) Navigation Company in Prague
Czechoslovak Odra (Oder) Navigation Company in Ostrava
Czechoslovak Danube Navigation Coripany in Dratislava
d, Central Management of Air Transport, in Prague.
2a The following is a list of double-track railroad lines in Czechoslovakia with
the maximum pormissable axle load on each as published in the 1949 service
directory:
Lire Maximum axle load in tons
Prague-Pilsen
Prague-Usti nad Labera - Decin (m ;.in station)-
Dresden (Germarq/Russian. Zone )
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Line maximum axle load in tons
Prag a -Lysa nad Labem (051/GOO) 18
Prague-Kolin-Ceska Trebova (P50/1128) 20
Prague-13enesov (050/L95)-8ystrice.050/L9 .) 20
Trenice (N51/P37) - Frantiskovy Lazne (1151/P27)-
Plauen (Germany/hussian Zone)
Chab-Chomutov TTsti nad Labem 18
Decin (east station) Vsethty (O l/FC0) - Lysa
nad Labem-ISolinTlavlickuv Brod 18
Tlepomuk (1150/L21) - Ilorazdovice (T15 o/039) sector of the
Pilsen-Cooke Budejovice line 18
Duchov-Dilina and Obrnice (1151/17,22) - Poetoloprty
(TJ51/~ 21) sector of the Duehov-!Pilsen line 10
Tr iovany (N511i70) - Cade k (N l/L19) sector of the
Chomutov-Prague line 18
Coska Treb(wa-Olomouc-Prerov 20
Cosl,a Trebova-Brno-,Treclav- v-Dratis lava 20
Iln)elav :Prerov-Bohumin-Zebrzydovrice (Poland - OS01079) 20
IIrani.ce na iiorave (P50/025) - Ilorni Lidec (P50/0Li1) -
Puchov nad Vaham (P5o/061) 20
Slapanice (P50/N50) Bucovice and Nemotice (P50/N.0) -
Vikos/icelcany (P49/380) sector of the Brno-
Trencianska Tepla line 18
Bohumin-Zilina 20
IInhumin-Breslau (Poland)
Bratislava-Zilina-Spisska Nova Ves 20
Bratislava-Galanta (Pb9/T40) - Sturovo (Parkan-Q C/Z17) -
Budapest (Hungary) 20
Galanta-Leopoldov (P459/T43) 20
1 artin/Vrutky (o50/X60) - Divial. y ((')49/c57) 20
On the Cheb-Chornutov and Breclav-13ol=.umin lines, traffic moves on the left-
hand track contrary to the system ir:. operation in all other parts of Czecho-
slovakia. The Litoiner-i co city sector of the Decin-IIavlickuv I3rod line is single-
track because : of the space restrict .ons in the city and because of a narrow
and obsolete railroad tunnel in Litemerice (r151/ib'S3 ), Although the embankment
on the Trebovico (P50/1127) -- Rudolt`.co (P50/r133) sector of the Cocl.a Trebova-
Prerov line was origin .l1y designed for two tracks, the second track was built
along a separate rrray in order to e1_'mina.te the curves. The new Strecno (0,50/x61)
tunnel sector of the Bratislava-;pi.ska Nova ",,'es line is single track at present.
The old tunnel is no longer used, bit it also contains a single track and could
be used in an emergency. The entixE line has been relaid along a straighter
course than. it previously followed. In 1949 the rails, tics and roadbeds were
repaired on the follozing lines:
Sebuzin (T151/I'44) - Libochovany (1152/4 3) sector of the Docin-Vicetaty line,
repaired T.iareh - August 1949.
Terazirl (N,l/r53) -- Firobce (1151/;,62 I sector of the Prague-Decin line, repaired.
September - October 1949.
Zadni Treban (14'50/L66) - 1.1ovnice OM 50/L66) sector of the Prague-Pilsen line,
repair. d September - November 1949.
Plans were completed in 1938 for a rain east-west railroad line to connect
Bohemia and Slovakia. Construction of the Havlickuv ?3rod-Brno sector of the
proposed line was given top priority since Ceska Trebova, an important junction
on the existing line, was located near the German border, and under the Litulich
agreement the. existing east-hest li.r : was actually out by cessions of territory
to Germany. After the war the plan aras apparently abandoned with the exception
of work on the IIavlickav Brod--Brno -,actor rrh:ich has been continued. IIorrever,
recent construction of large engine ,hods in Uhrinevos (051/L93) indicate that
the plan may be under consideration again as Uhrinoves was to be a major junction
on the new line bet-vm- ea Pr-ague and tidlec. As originally planned, the cast-
wst road was to run as follows:
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