Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration (SZDC) has completed the modernisation of a railway line 12 km between Tábor and Sudoměřice u Tábora which was under way since 2013. This helped to increase comfort for passengers on the line from Praha to Tábor to shorten further journey times.
”The section between Tábor and Sudoměřice is an important part of the whole Czech Rail Transit Corridor IV modernisation where modern trains will be able to achieve speed up to 160 kph. Journey times will decrease on the line between Praha and České Budějovice approximately to one hour and a half which is a time reduction by more than one hour,“ said Pavel Surý, Director General of SŽDC.
The construction implemented by the company OHL ŽS included a double-tracked railway tunnel 444 metres long, the first of its kind in South Bohemia. Another point of interest is also a double-track scaffold bridge consisting of eight fields with a span of 54 metres and a total length of 455 metres with a connecting steel railway bridge 125 metres long consisting of one bridge opening over the D3 motorway.
Total estimated investment costs of the construction designated as modernisation of the line Tábor – Sudoměřice u Tábora amounted up to CZK 1.9 billion (EUR 71.4 million). The project was co-financed by the EU from its Cohesion Fund under the Operational Programme Transport up to a maximum amount of CZK 1.2 billion (EUR 44.5 million). Financing from national resources was provided by the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure.
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