Trip to Czech Republic and Slovakia - September 1999
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- ČD - České Drahy (Czech Railways)
- DPHP - Dopravní podnik hlavna města Prahy (public transport operator in Praha)
- DPMK - Dopravné podniky mesta Košice (public transport operator in Košice)
- DPMP - Dopravní podnik města Pardubic (public transport operator in Pardubice)
- DPMÚ - Dopravní podnik města Ústí nad Labem (public transport operator in Ústí nad Labem)
- ŽSR - Železníc Slovenskej republiky (Slovak Republic Railways)
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Friday 3rd September 1999
| Timperley | 05:45 | Taxi | ||
| Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 1 | 05:58 | 07:30 | OK667 | Czech Airlines (Boeing 737-500) OK-DGL departed 115 late due to fog and air-traffic control problems |
| Prague Airport (PRG) | 10:30 | arrived 118 late | ||
| 12:54 | Taxi - to catch up on planned route - cost Čk700 | |||
| Kralupy nad Vtlavou | 13:25 | 13:58 | 9708 | ČD DL 749 227-5 |
| Slaný | 14:35 | 14:39 | 9724 | ČD DR 810 597-5 + 1T |
| Zlonice | 14:52 | 15:17 | 21673/ 19634 |
ČD DR 809 282-7 |
| Via reversal at Straškov. On departure from Straškov, the train took the line towards Zlonice because the signaller had not set the junction correctly! We had to reverse back to the junction and wait for the route to be re-set. | ||||
| Libochovice | 17:05 | 17:08 | 16911 | ČD DR 810 148-7 + 1T |
| Lovosice | 17:36 | Found and checked into hotel | ||
| Lovosice | 19:04 | 16112 | ČD DR 810 317-8 | |
| Teplice v Čechach | 20:23 | 20:32 | 792 | ČD EL 163 095-3 |
| Ústí nad Labem hl n | 20:49 | |||
| Mírové Náměstí | 21:25 | '57' | DPMÚ trolleybus 522 | |
| Staré Předlice | 21:36 | 21:49 | '57' | DPMÚ trolleybus 522 |
| Západní Nádraží | 21:55 | |||
| Ústí nad Labem západ | 22:24 | 6439 | ČD DR 830 157-4 | |
| Via double reversal at Velké Žernoseky (to gain correct track - normal manoeuvre?) and reversal at Žalhostice | ||||
| Lovosice | 23:09 | |||
| Overnight at Hotel Lev, Kostelní 5 (10 mins walk from station, in centre of town) | ||||
| New track today: Zlonice - Straškov - Libochovice, Lovosice - Řetenice, Velké Žernoseky - Žalhostice | ||||
Saturday 4th September 1999
| Lovosice | 08:56 | 1610 | ČD EL 163 064-9 | |
| Wrong line through Prackovice nad Labem station due to engineering works | ||||
| Ústí nad Labem hl n | 09:22 | 10:08 | 16504 | ČD DR 830 191-3 |
| Wrong line through Světec station due to passing freight train; via diveunder line into west side of station | ||||
| Bílina | 10:58 | 11:03 | 670 | ČD EL 163 017-7 ran 48 late, reason not known |
| Most | 11:13 | 11:52 | 9707 | ČD DR 810 218-8 + 1T ran 12 late |
| Louny | 12:28 | 12:30 | 6708 | ČD DR 810 083-6 + 1T ran 10 late |
| Rakovník | 13:53 | 14:10 | 892 | ČD DR 842 016-8 + 1T |
| Lochovice | 15:30 | 15:45 | 27709 | ČD DR 810406-9 + 1T + 810 029-9 |
| Zadní Třebaň | 16:34 | 16:48 | 9923 | ČD EMU 451 091-3 + 3T + 451 ???-? |
| Praha hl n | 17:29 | |||
| Hlavní Nádraží | 17:43 | 'C' | Praha Metro | |
| Nádraží Holešovice | 17:48 | |||
| Praha Holešovice | 18:02 | 875 | ČD EL 163 017-7 | |
| Praha hl n | 18:16 | 19:05 | 223 | ČD EL 162 037-6 |
| Via "low level"route direct to outside Masarykovo station; via Goods Yard at Praha-Běchovice, and outside the diveunder line, due to engineering works on the main lines | ||||
| Pardubice | 20:17 | |||
| overnight at Hotel Labe, Masarykovo náměstí 2633 (10 mins walk from station, next to "Tesco") (1st night of 2) | ||||
| New track today: Ústí nad Labem západ - Bílina, Lochovice - Zadní Třebaň, Praha Holešovice - Praha hl n (in that direction), goods lines at Praha‑Běchovice | ||||
Sunday 5th September 1999
| Pardubice | 08:20 | 680 | ČD DL 750 098-6 | |
| Hradec Králové hl n | 08:40 | 09:15 | 251 | ČD EL 162 036-8 |
| * Týniště nad Orlicí | ČD DL 754 077-6 | |||
| Doudleby nad Orlicí | 10:06 | 10:38 | 25204 | ČD DR 810 512-4 + 1T |
| Rokytnice v Orlických horách | 11:20 | 11:43 | 25207 | ČD DR 810 512-4 |
| Doudleby nad Orlicí | 12:40 | 12:49 | 5102 | ČD DL 754 081-8 |
| Častolovice | 12:59 | 13:39 | 25256 | ČD DR 810 512-4 + 2T + 810 052-1 |
| Solnice | 14:07 | 14:26 | 25259 | ČD DR 810 052-1 |
| Častolovice | 14:53 | 15:02 | 5104 | ČD DL 750 292-5 |
| Opočno pod Orlickými horami | 15:43 | 15:49 | 90243 | ČD DR 810 343-4 |
| Dobruška | 16:01 | |||
| Dobruška bus station | 16:15 | bus RK 54-17 | ||
| Tried to gain time by getting a bus back to the main line to get the 16:51 train from Třebechovice - but couldn't quite find the station in time! Nothing was lost, as we got the same train we would have caught anyway - a deliberate back-up. Note that if the 16:51 had been as late as the 17:49 was, we would have caught it! | ||||
| Třebechovice town centre | 16:44 | |||
| Třebechovice pod Orebem | 17:49 | 5252 | ČD DL 750 346-9 departed 14 late | |
| * Hradec Králové hl n | ČD EL 163 065-6 departed 6 late | |||
| Chlumec nad Cidlinou | 18:54 | 18:56 | 961 | ČD DR 854 030-4 departed 6 late |
| Ostroměř | 19:20 | 19:26 | 1605 | ČD DL 742 143-1 |
| Hradec Králové hl n | 20:03 | 20:33 | 15425 | ČD DR 852 005-8 + 2T ran 13 late |
| Pardubice | 21:04 | |||
| overnight at Hotel Labe (2nd night of 2) | ||||
| New track today: Doudleby nad Orlicí - Rokytnice v Orlických horách, Častolovice - Solnice, Opočno pod Orlickými horami - Dobruška, Chlumec nad Cidlinou - Ostroměř | ||||
Monday 6th September 1999
| Pardubice | 08:49 | 5400 | ČD EL 130 024-3 | |
| Jaroměř | 09:46 | 09:52 | 15406 | ČD DR 853 019-8 + 2T |
| Trutnov hl n | 11:13 | 11:38 | 5730 | ČD DR 852 023-1 + 1T + 810 263-4 |
| Stará Paka | 12:52 | 13:20 | 16452 | ČD DR 810 652-8 |
| Libuň | 14:10 | 14:20 | (1603) | bus JC 61-15 due to engineering works; known about in advance and caused no difficulties |
| Jičín | 14:34 | 14:58 | 5816 | ČD DR 810 127-1 + 2T + 810 146-1 |
| Nymburk hl n | 16:03 | 16:19 | 6020 | ČD DL 714 213-6 + 4T |
| Mladá Boleslav hl n | 17:01 | 17:11 | 16406 | ČD DR 810 243-6 |
| Reverses just north of station at Mladá Boleslav hl n | ||||
| Mělník | 19:02 | 19:16 | 6449 | ČD DR 853 006-5 |
| Všetaty | 19:27 | 19:30 | 1849 | ČD DL 749 140-0 + ?C + DR 842 006-9 |
| Praha hl n | 20:21 | 22:10 | 225 | ČD EL 150 015-6 |
| * Vrútky | ŽSR EL 163 104-5 | |||
| Spišská Nová Ves | 07:05 | |||
| overnight in sleeper - very poor quality service - no water in our coach, no food or drink offered | ||||
| New track today: Starkoč - Trutnov-Poříčí, Stará Paka - Libuň, Mladá Boleslav hl n - Mělník, Poprad-Tatry - Spišská Nová Ves | ||||
Tuesday 7th September 1999
| Spišská Nová Ves | 07:15 | 8505 | ŽSR DR 810 376-4 + T + 810 422-6 | |
| Levoča | 07:36 | |||
| Levoča bus station | 08:00 | bus SN 85-61 to gain time | ||
| Spišské Podhradie town centre | 08:27 | |||
| Spišské Podhradie | 09:19 | 8606 | ŽSR DR 810 475-4 | |
| Spišské Vlachy | 09:35 | 09:38 | 7814 | ŽSR EL 162 022-8 |
| Spišská Nová Ves | 10:06 | 11:07 | 421 | ŽSR EL 162 030-1 |
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Via wrong line Malá Lodina - Kysak north, and via west side loop at Družstevná pri Hornáde, due to engineering works |
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| Košice | 12:00 | arrived 13 late. Checked into hotel | ||
| Košice | 14:37 | 8911 | ŽSR EL 163 103-5 ran 20 late | |
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Via wrong line from Ruskov to junction at Červený Dvor (east of Slanec) to overtake a passenger train going towards Čierna nad Tisou; via direct line to Trebišov |
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| Bánovce nad Ondavou | 15:31 | 16:22 | 9311 | ŽSR EL 163 053-2 |
| Veľké Kapušany | 16:57 | 17:27 | 9310 | ŽSR EL 163 053-2 |
| Michaľany | 18:47 | 19:06 | 8812 | ŽSR EMU sets 460 036/035 & 067/068 ran 9 late |
| Košice | 19:55 | |||
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overnight at Hotel Slovan, Hlavná 1 (in town centre, 10 mins walk from station) (1st night of 3) |
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| New track today: Spišská Nová Ves - Levoča, Spišské Podhradie - Spišské Vlachy, Spišská Nová Ves - Spišské Vlachy - Kysak - Košice, Košice - Slanec - Trebišov - Bánovce nad Ondavou - Veľké Kapušany, Trebišov - Michaľany - Slanec | ||||
Wednesday 8th September 1999
| Košice | 08:18 | 6422 | ŽSR DR 850 027-4 + 2T | |
| Moldava nad Bodvou | 09:01 | 09:05 | 7102 | ŽSR DR 810 355-8 |
| Medzev | 09:33 | 10:07 | 7105 | ŽSR DR 810 355-8 |
| Moldava nad Bodvou | 10:34 | 10:40 | 802 | ŽSR DL 754 033-9 |
| Rožňava | 11:09 | 11:24 | 6463 | ŽSR DR 810 453-1 + 1T |
| Dobšiná | 12:15 | 13:04 | 7000 | ŽSR DR 810 453-1 + 1T |
| Rožňava | 13:51 | 13:55 | 6404 | ŽSR DR 850 044-9 + 2T |
| Plešivec | 14:11 | 14:20 | 6908 | ŽSR DR 810 463-0 |
| Slavošovce | 15:06 | 16:05 | 6911 | ŽSR DR 810 463-0 |
| Plešivec | 16:48 | 17:15 | 803 | ŽSR DL 754 004-0 ran 19 late |
| Košice | 18:21 | |||
| Železničká Stanica | 19:11 | '2' | DPMK tram 617 | |
| Štadion Lokomotívy | 19:26 | 19:32 | '2' | DPMK tram 626 |
| Námestí Osloboditeľov | 19:45 | |||
| overnight at Hotel Slovan (2nd night of 3) | ||||
| New track today: Košice - Moldava nad Bodvou - Rožňava - Plešivec, Moldava nad Bodvou - Medzev, Rožňava - Dobšiná, Plešivec - Slavošovce | ||||
Thursday 9th September 1999
| Košice | 08:12 | 8907 | ŽSR EL 163 111-8 | |
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Via wrong line from Krásna nad Hornádom to Nižná Myšľa due to engineering works, and via direct line |
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| Trebišov | 08:59 | 09:02 | 9007 | ŽSR DR 810 005-9 |
| Vranov nad Topľou | 09:50 | 09:58 | 9107 | ŽSR DL 754 005-7 |
| Humenné | 10:29 | 11:12 | 9409 | ŽSR DR 810 567-8 + 2T + 810 159-4 |
| Stakčín | 12:03 | 12:17 | 9412 | ŽSR DR 810 159-4 + 2T + 810 567-8 |
| Humenné | 13:03 | 14:27 | 9110 | ŽSR DL 752 039-8 |
| Via Vranov nad Topľou and Kapušany pri Prešove | ||||
| Prešov | 16:17 | 16:50 | 9211 | ŽSR DR 830 123-6 + 2T + 830 172-3 |
| Bardejov | 18:01 | 18:44 | 9212 | ŽSR DR 830 172-3 + 2T + 830 123-6 |
| Prešov | 19:59 | 20:45 | 8731 | ŽSR EMU 460 056-5 + 3T + 460 040-9 |
| Košice | 21:27 | |||
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overnight at Hotel Slovan (3rd night of 3) |
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| New track today: Trebišov - Vranov nad Topľou - Humenné - Stakčín, Vranov nad Topľou - Kapušany pri Prešove - Prešov, Kapušany pri Prešove - Bardejov, Prešov - Kysak (dark, but covered again tomorrow) | ||||
Friday 10th September 1999
| Námestí Osloboditeľov | 07:55 | 'R1' | DPMK tram 501 | |
| Železničká Stanica | 07:58 | |||
| Košice | 08:15 | 604 | ŽSR EL 363 144-7 | |
| Poprad-Tatry | 09:31 | 09:44 | 8309 | ŽSR DR 810 497-8 + T + 810 447-3 |
| Plaveč | 11:10 | 11:28 | 8754 | ŽSR DR 810 497-8 through working; something to do to pass the time! |
| Čirč | 11:35 | 11:38 | 8755 | ŽSR DR 810 497-8 |
| Plaveč | 11:45 | 12:19 | 8785 | ŽSR EL 140 076-1 |
| Lipany | 12:48 | 12:56 | 8769 | ŽSR EMU 460 046-6 + 3T + 460 045-8 |
| Družstevná pri Hornáde | 14:16 | looped to allow faster trains 811 and 1913 to pass, despite being on time, due to track fault ahead (?) | ||
| We wanted to get train 810, 14:40 Košice - Zvolen via Margecany, so were going to stay on train 8769 rather than change at Kysak and risk not getting good seats. This was a mistake, although things turned out OK... | ||||
| Družstevná pri Hornáde | 14:32 | 1913 | ŽSR EL 163 111-8 stopped for instructions | |
| Košice | 14:35 | arrived 7 late, watching train 810 leave as we arrived! It was very full though. | ||
| This was one of the back-up moves: | ||||
| Košice | 15:00 | 7804 | ŽSR EL 162 022-8 | |
| Margecany | 15:42 | 15:46 | 7458 | ŽSR DR 851 024-0 + T + 811 019-9 very full at start |
| * Nálepkovo | ŽSR DR 851 024-0 only, getting emptier all the time | |||
| Červená Skala | 17:58 | 18:03 | 7432 | ŽSR DL 750 182-8 + 4C |
| * Brezno | ŽSR T + DR 850 023-3 attached on rear | |||
| Banská Bystrica | 20:25 | 20:33 | 141 | ŽSR DL 750 094-5 |
| Banská Bystrica mesto | 20:36 | |||
| overnight at Hotel Arcade, Namestie SNP 5 (in main town square 5 minutes walk from mesto station, 20 mins from main station) | ||||
| New track today: Studeny Potok - Plaveč - Čirč, Plaveč - Prešov, Margecany - Brezno-Halny | ||||
Saturday 11th September 1999
| Banská Bystrica | 08:51 | 140 | ŽSR DL 754 053-7 | |
| * Vrútky | ČD EL 150 023-0 | |||
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Via "wrong" tunnel at Mosty u Jablunkova due to engineering works; via Bohumin; via wrong line Drahotuše - Lipník nad Bečvou due to engineering works; via Přerov avoiding line on wrong line (not flyover) due to engineering works |
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| Olomouc hl n | 14:19 | arrived 8 late | ||
| Olomouc hl n | 15:50 | 14014 | ČD EL 163 244-7 | |
| Prostějov | 16:17 | 16:21 | 24712 | ČD DR 810 286-5 + T + 851 038-8 + 2T |
| * Kostelec na Hané | ČD DR 810 286-5 + T only | |||
| Chornice | 17:43 | 17:46 | 24766 | ČD DL 730 006-4 + T |
| Česká Třebová | 18:54 | 19:29 | 708 | ČD EL 150 026-3 |
| Pardubice | 20:19 | |||
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overnight at Hotel Labe |
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| New track today: Čadca - Český Těšín, Chotěbuz - Bohumin - Ostrava-Svinov, Prostějov - Kostelec na Hané - Chornice | ||||
Sunday 12th September 1999
| Masarykovo náměstí | 08:20 | '3' | DPMP trolleybus 325 | |
| Nádraží ČD | 08:25 | |||
| Pardubice | 08:47 | IC504 | ČD EL 151 008-0 | |
| Kolín | 09:15 | 09:35 | 9414 | ČD EL 163 016-9 |
| Velký Osek | 09:45 | |||
| Investigated which trains might do the curve direct from the station to the Chlumec line, rather than the southern loop line | ||||
| Velký Osek | 11:08 | 9407 | ČD EMU 452 008-6 + 3T + 452 007-8 | |
| Kolín | 11:18 | 11:53 | 5937 | ČD EL 363 049-8 |
| Via wrong line from Kolín station to just north of Kutná Hora - no obvious reason | ||||
| Čáslav | 12:14 | 12:43 | 15911 | ČD DR 810 236-0 reverses at Žleby |
| Třemošnice | 13:18 | 13:45 | 15920 | ČD DR 810 236-0 reverses at Žleby |
| Čáslav | 14:20 | 14:27 | 1612 | ČD EL 363 110-8 |
| Kolín | 14:45 | 14:55 | 9312 | ČD EMU sets 451 028/027 & 035/036 |
| Praha Masarykovo n | 16:08 | |||
| Walked to Hlavní Nádraží to investigate which trains might use which of the two routes out of the station towards Praha-Libeň | ||||
| Hlavní Nádraží | 16:35 | 'C' | Praha Metro | |
| Muzeum | 16:36 | 16:40 | 'A' | Praha Metro |
| Dejvická | 16:48 | 17:00 | '119' | DPHP bus 6198 (AV 62-84) |
| Letiště Ruzyně | 17:20 | |||
| Prague Airport (PRG) | 19:25 | OK666 | Czech Airlines (Boeing 737-500) OK-EGO | |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 1 | 20:16 | 20:31 | Taxi | |
| Timperley | 20:42 | |||
| New track today: Čáslav - Třemošnice | ||||
Tickets used: Euro Domino tickets for Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.