Home > Railways > Countries > Tech Info > Europe > Czechoslovakia

Railway Technical Info - former Czechoslovakia

Information on this page is subject to the disclaimer. For details of information presented, see the Tech Info index.

Czech Republic

National

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
ČD: main system	heavy rail	standard	RH (see below for exceptions)	25kV 50Hz AC / 3000V DC overhead (see below)

ČD Rule of the Road:
The Břeclav - Bohumín and Karlovy Vary - Kadaň routes are LH; all other routes are RH.

ČD Electrification:
Routes in the north and east are electrified at 3000V DC, routes in the south and west at 25kV 50Hz AC. Meeting points are as follows:

KBS140: near Kadaň
KBS170: km 41.1 (between Beroun and Králův Dvůr)
KBS220: km 130.9 (between Benešov u Prahy and Bystřice u Benešova)
KBS230: km 287.5 (at Kutná Hora hl. n.)
KBS260: km 228.1 (between Svitavy and Svitavy-Lány)
KBS300: km 60.6 (between Nezamyslice and Chvalkovice na Hané)
KBS330: km 132.0 (at Nedakonice)

Praha {Prague} area

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Praha metro	metro	standard	RH	750V DC third rail, bottom contact
Praha trams	tram	standard	RH, circles	? overhead

Other systems

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification
ČD: Bechyně branch	heavy rail	standard	n/a	1500V DC overhead
Brno trams	tram	standard	RH	? overhead
JHMD	heavy rail	760mm	n/a	none
Liberec trams	tram	standard / metre	RH, circles	? overhead
Most trams	tram	standard	RH	? overhead
Olomouc trams	tram	standard	RH	? overhead
Ostrava trams	tram	standard	RH	? overhead
Plzeň trams	tram	standard	RH	? overhead

Slovakia

National

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
ŽSR: main system	heavy rail	standard	RH	25kV 50Hz AC / 3000V DC overhead (see below)

ŽSR Electrification:
Routes in the north and east (essentially the Púchov - Košice main line and branches) are electrified at 3000V DC, routes in the south and west (main lines radiating from Bratislava) at 25kV 50Hz AC. There is a single meeting point, just south of Púchov.

Local

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification
Bratislava trams	tram	metre	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
ŽSR: Trenčianské Teplice branch	light rail	760mm	?	600V DC overhead
ŽSR: Tatra system	light rail	metre	n/a	1500V DC overhead
ŽSR: Štrba rack (Tatra)	light rail	metre, Strub rack	n/a	1500V DC overhead
Košice trams	tram	standard	RH	600V DC overhead