Czech rail records

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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, first public railway in continental Europe, with length 120 km and rail gauge 1 106 mm, section České Budějovice - Kerchsbaum put into operation on September 30, 1828, the rest opened on August 1 1832.

First railway (steam powered)
First section of Northern Railway of Emperor Ferdinand from Vienna to Břeclav and its branch from Břeclav to Brno (July 7 1839)

Maximum gradient of a rail line
Gradient 57 ‰ on cog railway Tanvald-Kořenov (June 30 1902)

The lowest railway station
Station Dolní Žleb, 127 m above sea level, on cross-border line Děčín-Bad Schandau (April 8 1851)

The highest railway station
Station Kubova Huť, 995 m above sea level, on line Strakonice-Volary (October 15 1893)

The longest tunnel
Špičák tunnel, 1 747.25 m long, on line Plzeň-Železná Ruda (October 20 1877). To be replaced by 1 758 m long Březno tunnel on line Prague-Chomutov.

The longest bridge/viaduct
Negrelli viaduct (also called Karlín viaduct), 1 111 m long, on rail section Prague Masaryk station-Prague Bubny (June 1 1850)

Bridge with the highest span
Most míru (Dolní Loučky), span 110 m, line Břeclav-Havlíčkův Brod (December 20 1953)

The highest bridge/viaduct
Viaduct Červená nad Vltavou, 68 m high, line Tábor-Ražice (November 21 1889)

The highest operating line speed
Speed 160 km/h in sections of transit corridors I. and II.

The fastest electric rail vehicle
Unit 680.001 ČD Pendolino reached top speed 237 km/h between Brno and Břeclav (November 18 2004)

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

The fastest steam locomotive
Locomotive 498.106 ČSD, nicknamed Albatross, reached top speed 162 km/h on railway test circuit Velim (August 27 1964)