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Czech rail infrastructure manager, Správa železnic, (SŽ) has signed a design contract for the modernisation and construction works of a 20 km section on Brno – Prerov railway.
The contract was awarded to a joint venture comprising Sudop Brno, AFRY CZ and Sudop Praha which will be responsible for the design of the section from Blažovice to Vyškov, both towns located in South Moravian region.
The project covers the construction of a second track and the reconstruction of the entire section to allow trains to run at a speed of 200 km/h. The line will be equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS).
The section starts from Blažovice station where it is connected to the existing double-track line in the direction of Šlapanice and ends at the Vyškov station. The project also involves the reconstruction of the existing three tunnels with Holubický tunnel being the longest one (1 km), and three extensive bridge overpasses from 200 to 600 meters long.All level crossings on this section will be replaced by underpasses or overpasses and the Vyškov train station will enter complete reconstruction.
In addition, new stops will be constructed in Blažovice, Holubice, Rousínov and Lulcwhich will be significantly closer to the centres of the municipalities.
An application for construction permit is expected to be submitted in February 2025 and the construction is planned to start in 2026 and to be completed in 2031. With the completion of the project, the regional train line from Brno to Vyškov will be restored.
CZK 545 million (EUR 22.7 million) is the total value of the project and documents will be submitted to obtain co-financed by the European Union through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), while the remaining financing will be covered by the state budget through the State Transport Infrastructure Fund.
This year, the rail infrastructure manager also awarded a design contract for the modernisation of Kojetín – Prerov section on the Brno – Prerov railway.
The CZK 249.9 million (EUR 10.4 million) contract was awarded to an association of Moravia Consult, Exprojekt (Sudop Group) a Sagasta. The price of the contract was higher by CZK 18.9 million (EUR 786, 173) than the estimated cost of CZK 231 million (EUR 9.6 million).
The project covers the modernisation of the existing 17 km section and the construction of its second track to allow trains to run at 200 km/h. Kojetín and Chropyne stations and the Vežky stop will be completely reconstructed.
The railway line that provides connection to the Czech important cities of Brno and Ostrava is currently single track between Brno and Prerov (88 km) and trains are limited to operate at a maximum speed of 100 km/h.
The Brno – Prerov railway project is divided into five sections including Brno – Blažovice, Blažovice – Vyškov (20 km), Vyškov – Nezamyslice, Nezamyslice – Kojetín (10 km), Kojetín – Prerov (17 km) with works being planned to be completed by 2031 when the travel time between Brno and Prerov will be cut to only 30 minutes.
Under the 2015 CEF Transport calls, the “Modernisation of selected sections of the Brno–Prerov railway line” project obtained a EUR 16.3 million European co-financing for the elaboration of the necessary studies that had a value of EUR 19.1 million.
The entire line is part of the high-speed rail strategy of the Czech Republic and is modernised and expanded to double tracks and equipped with ETCS.
A feasibility study examined the need for conservation of the line with a perspective of implementation of the VRT (high-speed line) for future capacity enhancement, a report published by Správa železnic in 2021 says. In this case, the Brno – Prerov railway will allow trains to run at up to 350 km/h and will be dedicated to passenger train operation. In this context, the journey between the two cities will be cut to 15 minutes.
The feasibility study for the VRT (Brno) – Prerov – Ostrava was carried out from 2019 until 2020 by a joint venture of Sudop Praha and Egis. |
