Jindrich Eckert - Cervena nad Vltavou, stavba mostu 2 (1889)

This is the list of Czech rail records. Dates in brackets indicate when the record was reached or when the railway infrastructure was put into operation. First horse-drawn railway
Railway České Budějovice–

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...

, first public railway in

continental Europe Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by ...

, with length 120 km and

rail gauge In rail transport, track gauge (in American English, alternatively track gage) is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many d ...

, section České Budějovice–Kerschbaum put into operation on 30 September 1828, SŽDC,
History of our Railway in a Nutshell
'' the rest opened on 1 August 1832. First railway (steam powered)
First section of the North railway from

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Břeclav Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav. Etymol ...

and its branch from Břeclav to

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

(7 July 1839) Maximum gradient of a rail line
Gradient 58 ‰ on cog railway Tanvald–Kořenov (30 June 1902) The lowest

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Station Dolní Žleb, 127 m above sea level, on cross-border line

Děčín Děčín (; german: Tetschen, 1942–1945: ''Tetschen–Bodenbach'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area. Administrative parts D ...

– Bad Schandau in valley of the Elbe River (8 April 1851) The highest railway station
Station

Kubova Huť Kubova Huť (german: Kubohütten) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. It is known for the highest railway station in the country. Etymology The name ...

, above sea level, on line

Strakonice Strakonice (; german: Strakonitz) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Strakonice is made up of town parts of Strakonice I and Strakonice II, and villages of Dražejov, ...

– Volary (15 October 1893) The longest tunnel

Tunnel Ejpovice , image = Ejpovický tunel, východní portál.jpg , image_size = 250 , caption = Ejpovice railway tunnel , line = Prague– Plzeň , location = Ejpovice, Czech Republic , coordinates = , system = , status ...

, long, on line

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

–

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

(15 November 2018) The longest bridge/

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

Negrelli Viaduct The Negrelli Viaduct (''Czech'': ''Negrelliho viadukt'' by Alois Negrelli, also known as the Karlín Viaduct,), Czech republic, is a railway bridge over the Štvanice island that connects the Masaryk Railway Station in Prague with Bubny. I ...

(also called Karlín Viaduct), long, on rail section Prague Masaryk station-Prague Bubny (1 June 1850) Bridge with the highest span
Míru Bridge (

Dolní Loučky Dolní Loučky is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Dolní Loučky lies approximately north-west of Brno and south-east of Prague. Administra ...

), span 110 m, line Břeclav–

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; german: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law a ...

(20 December 1953) The highest bridge/viaduct
Viaduct Červená nad Vltavou, 68 m high, line

Tábor Tábor (; german: Tabor) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts The followi ...

–

Ražice Ražice is a municipality and village in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Ražice lies approximately south of Písek, north-west of České Budějovice, and south of Prague ...

(21 November 1889) The highest operating line speed
Speed 160 km/h in sections of transit corridors The fastest electric rail vehicle
Unit ČD 680.001 '' Pendolino'' reached top speed 237 km/h between Brno and Břeclav (18 November 2004) The fastest

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or gas ...

Locomotive 469.4 ČSD, reached top speed 219 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (5 September 1972). Czech built locomotive Škoda Chs200 reach top speed 262 km/h on Oktyabrskaya Railway in Russia (2 December 2006). The fastest

diesel Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...

rail vehicle
Locomotive T 499.0002 (759.002), nicknamed Cyclop, reached top speed 178 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (21 July 1975) The fastest

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

Locomotive 498.106 ČSD, nicknamed

Albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacifi ...

, reached top speed 162 km/h on the Velim railway test circuit (27 August 1964)

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