Emperor Franz Joseph Railway

The k.k. privileged Emperor Franz Joseph Railway ( KFJB ) was a private railway company in Austria, which had received its name in honor of Emperor Franz Joseph. The KFJB operated the rail lines from Vienna via Gmund to Prague and Pilsen and Budweis on to Eger.

History

Initiator of the railway line was the landowner and diplomat Johann Adolf II, Prince of Schwarzenberg, who wanted to move away from Pilsen Basin coal to Vienna. The groundbreaking ceremony of the 455 km long railway line between Vienna and Eger took place near the Grange Wondrow at Castle Mountain Woman on 18 November 1866. The estimated construction cost of 81.5766 million guilders were applied over a corporation. On the construction of 143,000 workers were employed.

The first section between Pilsen and Budweis was opened on September 1, 1868 November 1, 1869, the leg Budweis -Eggen castle was completed and on 23 June 1870, the route could be taken from there to Vienna in operation. ( Previously, there had been 15 March 1870 already on the Vienna North railway and via Stockerau guided trains. ) On December 14, 1871, the combination of Čerčan was opened to Prague, so the traffic between Vienna and Prague via Gmünd was possible. 1872, the continuous rail to Eger and thus the connection of the Bohemian spa triangle to the capital Vienna was reached. The route network of the two main lines thus comprised 715 km.

On 1 May 1884, the company was nationalized. The cars and tracks were from the k.k. Austrian State Railways adopted.

Stretch

  • Ceske Budejovice - Pilsen (1 September 1868)
  • Eggenberg castle - Gmünd - Budweis (1 November 1869)
  • Vienna -Eggen castle (23 June 1870)
  • Gmünd - Wesseli at the Lainsitz - Tabor - Benešov - Prague (* 1871)
  • Pilsen- Eger (28 January 1872)
  • Prague Verbindungsbahn: branch Hrabovka - Prague Franz- Josephs-Bahnhof - Prague - Smichow (August 15, 1872)
  • Absdorf - Krems ( 10 January 1872)
  • Budweis - Wesseli at the Lainsitz (8 June 1874)

The locomotives

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