Czech rail records
This is the list of Czech rail records. Dates in brackets indicate when the record was reached or when the railway infrastructure was put into operation.
First horse-drawn railway
Railway České Budějovice–Linz, first public railway in continental Europe, with length 120 km and rail gauge 1,106 mm (3 ft 7+1⁄2 in), section České Budějovice–Kerschbaum put into operation on 30 September 1828,[1] the rest opened on 1 August 1832.
First railway (steam powered)
First section of the North railway from Vienna to Břeclav and its branch from Břeclav to Brno (7 July 1839)
Maximum gradient of a rail line
Gradient 58 ‰ on cog railway Tanvald–Kořenov[1] (30 June 1902)
The lowest railway station
Station Dolní Žleb, 127 m above sea level, on cross-border line Děčín–Bad Schandau in valley of the Elbe River[1] (8 April 1851)
The highest railway station
Station Kubova Huť, 995 m (3,264 ft) above sea level, on line Strakonice–Volary[1] (15 October 1893)
The longest tunnel
Ejpovice Tunnel, 4,150 m (13,620 ft) long, on line Prague–Plzeň (15 November 2018)
The longest bridge/viaduct
Negrelli Viaduct (also called Karlín Viaduct), 1,111 m (3,645 ft) long, on rail section Prague Masaryk station-Prague Bubny (1 June 1850)
Bridge with the highest span
Míru Bridge (Dolní Loučky), span 110 m, line Břeclav–Havlíčkův Brod (20 December 1953)
The highest bridge/viaduct
Viaduct Červená nad Vltavou, 68 m high, line Tábor–Ražice (21 November 1889)
The highest operating line speed
Speed 160 km/h in sections of transit corridors
The fastest electric rail vehicle
Unit ČD 680.001 Pendolino reached top speed 237 km/h between Brno and Břeclav (18 November 2004)
The fastest electric locomotive
Locomotive 469.4 ČSD, reached top speed 219 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (5 September 1972).[2] Czech built locomotive Škoda Chs200 reach top speed 262 km/h on Oktyabrskaya Railway in Russia (2 December 2006).[3]
The fastest diesel rail vehicle
Locomotive T 499.0002 (759.002), nicknamed Cyclop, reached top speed 178 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (21 July 1975)
The fastest steam locomotive
Locomotive 498.106 ČSD, nicknamed Albatross, reached top speed 162 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (27 August 1964)[4]
References
- ^ a b c d SŽDC, History of our Railway in a Nutshell Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Řada 124 ( E469.4 ) VUZ (in Czech)
- ^ Журнал «Локомотив» № 1 Январь 2007 (in Russian) Archived 29 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malec, Miroslav; Martínek, Michal (1984). Naše lokomotivy [Our locomotives] (in Czech). Prague: Albatros. p. 94.
