Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway

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.

Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway
ČD class 705 916-5 running round in Osoblaha
Overview
LocaleCzech Republic
50°11′59.92″N 17°34′25.14″E
TerminiTřemešná ve Slezsku
Osoblaha
History
Opened14 December 1898 (1898-12-14)
Technical
Track gauge760 mm (2 ft 5 1516 in) Bosnian gauge
Route map

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

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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