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
Locale	Czech Republic 50°11′59.92″N 17°34′25.14″E
Termini	Třemešná ve Slezsku Osoblaha
History
Opened	14 December 1898
Technical
Track gauge	760 mm (2 ft 5 ^15⁄16 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

• Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy

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.

External links

• Railway line 298 zelpage.cz