Press releases

One of the objectives of running tests under way between Břeclav and Vranovice is to test the European Train Control System (ETCS) also for speeds of 200 kph. This system started serving commercial railway operation in the section Břeclav – Kolín last year. Its installation is i.a. one of the necessary conditions for a gradual speed increase on the Czech railway above the current 160 kph.

Since last December, running tests of railway vehicles at a speed of 200 kph are going on in parts of the line between Břeclav and Vranovice. The tests’ objective is preparing selected line sections of the Czech rail network for a planned speed increase and verifying the behaviour of bearing constructions and other parts of railway constructions during a considerably higher dynamic load. Measuring of the line’s vicinity acoustic burden during passage of a vehicle at speeds higher than 160 kph of today is also being carried out.

Passengers started using a modern passenger building at the important border crossing Břeclav station. its complete reconstruction included adaptations of internal dispositional arrangement of public premises and adding a connecting corridor between the station dispatching hall and the bus terminal. Moreover, the building acquired a partially historical shape. A festive opening of the reconstructed passenger building was organized today by Správa železnic. Total costs amounted to CZK 69 million.

Last year, Správa železnic continued with reconstructions and repairs of passenger buildings throughout the Czech Republic. Works on sixty station buildings at minimum under way will bring higher comfort and travelling culture including modern handling premises and barrier-free access. The infrastructure manager thus fulfils the Government Programme declaration from June 2018, namely in the field of repairs and reconstructions of station buildings.

Správa železnic launches complete reconstruction of another part of the double-track arterial railway through Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. Reconstruction of the line section Křižanov - Sklené nad Oslavou started in fact this week by handing over the building site. Works will last till April next year during which parameters both of the section between stations and the two stations mentioned above will improve considerably.

The Central Committee of the Ministry of Transport approved the next stage of the HSL Prague – Brno feasibility study submitted by Správa železnic. It considers the outputs from the study’s partial fulfilment as sufficient for a decision on further continuation of the high-speed line preparation and on basic leading of its corridor.

Today, SŽDC published the tender for elaborating documentation for issuing a decision on positioning a construction of the first high-speed line in the Czech Republic in the section Praha-Běchovice – Poříčany (HSL Polabí).

The feasibility study suggesting a better railway connection between Prague, Mladá Boleslav and Liberec in a variant with modernization of the sections Praha-Vysočany – Všetaty and Lysá nad Labem/Nymburk – Mladá Boleslav – Bakov nad Jizerou including new constructions of the so-called Všejany, Bezděčín and Dalovice connections has been approved in mid-December by the Central Committee of the Ministry of Transport. After many years of verifications, a technical solution was found which could be justified economically and Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC) can continue with investment preparations.

Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC) opens a tender for a supplier to reconstruct the passenger building at České Budějovice station. The public order includes a total renovation of this listed building which will keep its historical shape even after the reconstruction and thus will become a dignified entrance gate to the South Bohemian capital. At the same time, adjoining outside premises will be revitalized as well. Construction works should be launched in the first half of next year.

Building administrations issued a territorial decision for Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC) concerning another line section being a part of the project Modernization of the line Prague-Kladno with a connection to Václav Havel Airport, more specifically between the new railway stop Praha-Výstaviště and the railway station Praha-Bubny.