[Czech Republic] Railways

[Bikes]

Very nice project, i just feel that Czech Rep. is always one step infront of Hungary. This month our prime minister announced that they are going to build highspeed railways in Hun besides the 100km/year motorways they are currently constructing.

[Timoth12]

Originally Posted by kokpit

The dialnice.info is suberb web, I visit it regulary for half a year (only as a reader).
Once finished, Slovakian motorways and railroads will be spectacular, new Switzerland in Europe is coming.

Well, I guess. if Switzerland, you might be the first . Or maybe it´ll be a friendly rivalry for us to catch up

[kokpit]

Originally Posted by Timoth12

Well, I guess. if Switzerland, you might be the first . Or maybe it´ll be a friendly rivalry for us to catch up

We'll never be second Switzerland Timoth, we don't have High Tatras and such mountainous landscape as you, that's only slovakian domain.

[kokpit]

Originally Posted by Bikes

Very nice project, i just feel that Czech Rep. is always one step infront of Hungary. This month our prime minister announced that they are going to build highspeed railways in Hun besides the 100km/year motorways they are currently constructing.

Hungary has very good landscape for highspeed railroads, I believe they will be built in next few years. Since we are all in EU it'll be much easier.

[Timoth12]

We'll never be second Switzerland Timoth, we don't have High Tatras and such mountainous landscape as you, that's only slovakian domain.

Well, but you have mountainious landscape almost on the whole territorry. And High Tatras cliffs area covers just smaller part of the country, than Alps cliffs in Switzerland. Other parts of Slovakia and Czech republic as well are mostly forrested landscape /except for valleys and smaller flat parts/.

And come on, kokpit, Vysoké Tatry /High Tatras/ are also yours, you guys are always most frequentant visitors of it, as you are in the whole Slovakia.

[kokpit]

we are visitors because we love Tatras and entire Slovakia (and we are brothers of course ) but they are yours and you should be proud of them. And visitors from other countries will come in larger numbers in near future, Tatras will be only discovered.

And yes, Czech Rep is not flat and we have nice mountains, but frankly speaking it's not comparable to mountains in Slovakia or Alpine countries.

Slovakia has everything, high mountains, hilly landscape, great nature and national parks with wild animals etc. it'll be ideal and famous touristic destination.
Sometime I've read that average altitude in SVK is about 600 meters, that speaks for oneself.

[Timoth12]

Kokpit, I am really impressed, sorry to be sentimental, but also your attitude shows, why you, guys are by far the most popular nation in Slovakia. And I promise to make a nice thread about High Tatras mountains.

[kokpit]

Good idea, High Tatras are real gem in EE.
And of course, Slovakia is by far most popular nation Czechia, we are brotherhood nations after all.

[cianotico]

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[Carletto]

I took the train from Bratislava to Praha (and back) last March and it was really a looooooong journey (4 hours), something really far from high-speed. Expecially the Slovakian side was incredibly long, even if it's just flat land there, but there were working construtions there, only 1 rail could be used for several Km and so the train had to be very slow.

On the Czech side, passing Brno it's mountain railway, lots of bends, low speed, no other choice with that landscape (unless looooooong tunnels). What are the projects for Praha-Brno high-speed tracks? From Praha to Pardubice the line seems not bad, quite new, but the rest is really old... are they planning to "upgrade" that line or build a new one, maybe passime more on the west side, across Jihlava maybe?

[kokpit]

update fo "New connection" project in Prague, photos taken in June and July 2006

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[kokpit]

Updates of New connection project in Prague, photos from 08/2006

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[kokpit]

And some of current projects around entire Czechia:

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[Irish Blood English Heart]

Will international trains ever serve Hlavi Nadrazi rather than Holesovice in Prague. Holesovice is always a bit of a dump when I pass through it.

[kokpit]

Hlavní Nádraží is already served by international trains, but not on Berlin-Dresden-Prague-Brno-Vienna/Bratislava/Budapest directon. For these routes trains will always stopped in Holešovice.
Holešovice are going to be reconstructed so it could help. BTW Hlavní Nádraží in some parts is even worse than Holešovice and is going to be reconstructed as well. Our railway infrastructure simply still suffer from "postcommunist disease"...

[kokpit]

Reconstruction of Main Railway station in Prague (Wilsonovo nádraží) should start this year and ends 2009


visualisation
mms://stream.idnes.cz/video/0506/eko...EN_NADRAZI.WMV

[Timoth12]

Nice project, kokpit.

Also, the possibillity of inreasing the maximum speed up to 180 km/h on reconstructed corridors is becoming serious:http://www.cd.cz/index.php?action=article&id=37188

České dráhy hodlají v nejbližší době iniciovat diskusi na téma dalšího možného zvýšení rychlosti vlaků na české železnici – a to v první fázi na 180 km/hod. Spolu se svými partnery – ministerstvem dopravy, Správou železniční dopravní cesty a Drážním úřadem hodlají České dráhy hledat možnosti a kroky vedoucí k tomu, aby bylo možné na těch úsecích koridorových tratích, kde to umožňuje infrastruktura a bezpečnostní pravidla (na trati nejsou například úrovňová křížení s další komunikací) zvýšit pro vybraná vozidla rychlost na 180 km/hod. Takové traťové úseky v ČR existují na řadě míst – nezbytná je ovšem úprava legislativy, která v tuto chvíli povoluje v ČR maximální rychlost na železnici 160 km/hod.

Do you think it is real in a foreseeable future?

[kokpit]

I think it's possible but it's rather "cosmetic change" because there are many sections with speed limit under 120kmph even after modernisation and this will remain for a long time. Increasing from 160 to 180 will compress travel time from Prague to Ostrava (about 400km) only by few minutes.

[Spencer]

Originally Posted by Bikes

Very nice project, i just feel that Czech Rep. is always one step infront of Hungary.

That's funny, similarly I feel about Poland being one step behind (well, maybe one and a half ) It's nice to see though that one of the Vysehrad countries isn't trapped between constant swing of plannig and delaying...
Frankly, I do find Prague's progress in it's infrastructure upgrade really astonishing.
pozdr

[Spencer]

double post