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Kubova Huť, the highest railway station
Viaduct Červená nad Vltavou under construction (1889)
Locomotive T 499.0002 (759.002)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, section České Budějovice - Kerschbaum put into operation on September 30, 1828,[1] the rest opened on August 1 1832.First railway (steam powered)
First section of the North railway from Vienna to Břeclav and its branch from Břeclav to Brno (July 7 1839)Maximum gradient of a rail line
Gradient 57 ‰ on cog railway Tanvald-Kořenov[1] (June 30 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] (April 8 1851)The highest railway station
Station Kubova Huť, 990 m above sea level, on line Strakonice-Volary[1] (October 15 1893)The longest tunnel
Březno tunnel, 1 758 m long, on line Prague-Chomutov (April 1 2007) which surpassed Špičák tunnel, 1 747.25 m long, on line Plzeň-Železná Ruda (October 20 1877).The longest bridge/viaduct
Negrelli viaduct (also called Karlín viaduct), 1 111 m long, on rail section Prague Masaryk station-Prague Bubny (June 1 1850)Bridge with the highest span
Most míru (Dolní Loučky), span 110 m, line Břeclav-Havlíčkův Brod (December 20 1953)The highest bridge/viaduct
Viaduct Červená nad Vltavou, 68 m high, line Tábor-Ražice (November 21 1889)The highest operating line speed
Speed 160 km/h in sections of transit corridors I. and II.The fastest electric rail vehicle
Unit ČD 680.001 Pendolino reached top speed 237 km/h between Brno and Břeclav (November 18 2004)The fastest electric locomotive
Locomotive 469.4 ČSD, reached top speed 219 km/h on railway test circuit Velim (September 5 1972).[2] Czech built locomotive Skoda Chs200 reach top speed 262 km/h on Oktyabrskaya Railway in Russia (December 2 2006).[3]The fastest diesel rail vehicle
Locomotive T 499.0002 (759.002), nicknamed Cyclop, reached top speed 178 km/h on railway test circuit Velim (July 21 1975)The fastest steam locomotive
Locomotive 498.106 ČSD, nicknamed Albatross, reached top speed 162 km/h on railway test circuit Velim (August 27 1964)[4]References
- ^ a b c d SŽDC, History of our Railway in a Nutshell
- ^ Řada 124 ( E469.4 ) VUZ (in Czech)
- ^ Журнал «Локомотив» № 1 Январь 2007 (in Russian)
- ^ Malec, Miroslav; Martínek, Michal (1984) (in Czech). Naše lokomotivy [Our locomotives]. Prague: Albatros. p. 94.
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