Rail transport in the Czech Republic
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Rail transport in the Czech Republic carried 193.5 million passengers in 2019,[2] and 68.37 million tonnes of cargo in the year 2009.[3] The majority of passenger services run nowadays are operated by the state company České dráhy (Czech Railways), which until 2007 also managed cargo services now run by ČD Cargo. In 2009 the country had 9,420 km of standard gauge track, 3,153 km of which is electrified.[3] There are two main electrification systems in the Czech Republic, 3 kV DC in the northern part, and 25 kV 50 Hz AC in the south (in addition, one historical 24 km long line uses 1.5 kV DC; and since 2009 one short local line to Austria uses 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC). Locomotives had to be changed on boundaries in the past, two-system locomotives have been introduced in 1974. The network has same gauge links to all four countries bordering the Czech Republic (Slovakia, Austria, Germany and Poland) with passenger services to all four countries in operation. Major hubs for international passenger services on the network are in Prague, Ostrava, Brno and Břeclav,[4] and the busiest station (by number of passengers) is Praha hlavní nádraží. The maximum speed for passenger traffic is 160 km/h (100 mph).
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Operation | |||||
National railway | České dráhy | ||||
Infrastructure company | Správa železnic | ||||
Major operators |
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System length | |||||
Total | 9,619 kilometres (5,977 mi) | ||||
Double track | 1,830 kilometres (1,140 mi) | ||||
Electrified | 2,997 kilometres (1,862 mi) | ||||
High-speed | 0 kilometres (0 mi) | ||||
Track gauge | |||||
Main | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
Features | |||||
No. tunnels | 155 | ||||
Tunnel length | 46.52 kilometres (28.91 mi) | ||||
Longest tunnel | Ejpovice Tunnel 4,150 metres (13,620 ft) | ||||
Longest bridge | Negrelliho viadukt 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) | ||||
No. stations | 2808 | ||||
Highest elevation | Kubova Huť[1] 995 metres (3,264 ft) | ||||
Operating speed | 160 km/h (100 mph) | ||||
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