Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway

Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway

ČD class 705 916-5 running round in Osoblaha
Overview
Locale

Czech Republic

50°11′59.92″N 17°34′25.14″E / 50.1999778°N 17.5736500°E / 50.1999778; 17.5736500Coordinates: 50°11′59.92″N 17°34′25.14″E / 50.1999778°N 17.5736500°E / 50.1999778; 17.5736500
Termini Třemešná ve Slezsku
Osoblaha
Operation
Opened 14 December 1898 (1898-12-14)
Technical
Track gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) Bosnian gauge
Route map

 0.00 Třemešná ve Slezsku formerly Röwersdorf 395 m
 Mušlov
 highest point
 4.46 Liptaň formerly Großliebental 440 m
 7.63 Dívčí Hrad formerly Maidelberg 295 m
 8.74 Horní Povelice formerly Paulowitz 295 m
 10.30 Amalín formerly Amalienfeld 295 m
 11.83 Slezské Rudoltice formerly Roßwald 285 m
 14.46 Koberno formerly Kawarn 245 m
 Lužná
 16.77 Bohušov formerly Füllstein 235 m
 Hrozová
 20.22 Osoblaha formerly Hotzenplotz 225 m

The Třemešná ve Slezsku - Osoblaha railway is a narrow gauge line connecting Třemešná ve Slezsku on the Krnov - Głuchołazy line with the border town Osoblaha. It is one of the three remaining narrow gauge railway lines with regular passenger traffic in the Czech Republic and the last one operated by the state-owned railway company České dráhy.

In the 1870s the owners of a sugar refinery in Osoblaha were looking for a railway connection of their town.[1] From a financial point of view, the best alternative was a connection to the railway network in neighbouring Prussia. However, the government in Vienna refused it on political and military grounds. On 14 December 1898 a line from Třemešná was opened. Since 1958 the trains are operated by diesel-electric locomotives T 47.0.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schreier, Pavel (2004). Zrození železnic v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha: Baset. p. 242. ISBN 80-7340-034-0.
  2. ↑ "Základní údaje o trati" [Basic data about the track] (in Czech). Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.

Further reading

  • Grimes, Michael (October–November 2016). "A Czech narrow gauge steam survivor". Locomotives International (104): 56–59. ISSN 1353-7091. 
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