Most–Moldava railway

4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeMinimum radius250 m (820 ft)ElectrificationCatenary
Most–Louka u Litvínova: 3 kV DCMaximum incline3.6  %
Route map

Legend
from Prague (former Prague-Dux Railway)
from Ústí nad Labem
0,000
Most
formerly Brüx/Most
225 m
to Chomutov
Most-Kopisty
245 m
Most seřazovací nádraží
(Most marshalling yard)
Unipetrol RPA industrial siding
Most-Minerva
245 m
6,14
Most-Minerva nákladní nádraží (goods station)
důl Hlubina branch
Lipětín
formerly Lindau
approx.10,6
Litvínov město
důl Kohinoor II branch
from (Chomutov–) Litvínov (former DBE)
11,890
132,297
Louka u Litvínova
305 m
formerly Wiesa-Oberleutensdorf/Louka-Horní Litvínov
to Děčín (former DBE)
133,81
Lom u Mostu zastávka
formerly Bruch
320 m
138,01
Osek město
formerly Ossegg-Riesenburg
345 m
approx.140,1
Horní Háj
355 m
Little Hrob Viaduct
142,80
Hrob
formerly Klostergrab
395 m
Great Viaduct Hrob
approx.144,6
Střelná v Krušných horách
440 m
148,639
Dubí v Krušných horách
formerly Eichwald/Dubí
570 m
approx.153,3
Mikulov v Krušných horách
formerly Niklasberg
720 m
Mikulovský Tunnel (Hirschberg Tunnel; 334 m)
Mikulov Viaduct
Novoměstský Tunnel (Wasserscheiden Tunnel; 210 m)
approx.155,3
Mikulov-Nové Město
formerly Neustadt
775 m
157,776
Moldava v Krušných horách
formerly Moldau
780 m
approx.158,1
German/Czech border crossing
to Freiberg

The Most–Moldava railway is a branch line in Czech Republic, which was originally built and operated by the Prague-Dux Railway. The line, formerly known as theTeplitz Semmering Railway (Teplitzer Semmeringbahn) runs from Most (Brüx) over the Ore Mountains to Moldava (Moldau) and used to have a junction with the Nossen-Moldau railway there in Saxony until 1945. In the Czech Republic the line is known today as the Moldavská horská dráha (Moldava Mountain Railway) or Krušnohorská železnice (Ore Mountain Railway).

Sources

  • Zdeněk Hudec (u.a.) (2006). Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007 (in Czech) (2nd ed.). Prague: Pavel Malkus. ISBN 80-87047-00-1.[page needed]
  • Most–Moldava at www.zelpage.cz
  • Description (in Czech)
  • Beschreibung (in Czech)
  • Most–Moldava photo page at www.bahnmotive.de
  • Homepage of the Krušnohorske železnice Club (in Czech)
  • Locomotivbahn mit Zahnradbetrieb. In: Wiener Zeitung, 19 October 1877, p. 07 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/wrz
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