Památky středních Čech 2022, 36(1):26-38 | DOI: 10.56112/psc.2022.1.03

The Buštěhrad Railway Heritage in Kralupy nad Vltavou

Ivan Minář
Národní památkový ústav, územní odborné pracoviště středních Čech v Praze, Sabinova 373/5, Praha 3

Running between Kladno and Kralupy, the Buštěhrad Railway from 1855-1856 was the first railway to transport coal in Bohemia. The 20.5 km section connected the Kladno mines with the Northern State Railway and the Vltava. It was constructed by the Lanna and the Klein Brothers companies. Three buildings have survived from the first stage of construction, the oldest being the workshops with waterworks from 1885 designed by Engineer Josef Chvála that were constructed and expanded over one hundred years, eventually reaching 187 metres. It was a locomotive depot until the 1990s. Today, a large part of the building is desolate, and the plan is to convert it into a museum. In 1856, a dispatch office building no. 34 was built opposite the workshops. This multi-storeyed structure was modernised several times without regard for its historical value. A 100 m long siding, originally running towards the Vltava bank that was a combination of an earthwork and a stone viaduct remains half a kilometre from the station. Situated at its end, the building from the 1860s included the waterworks pumping station, and for some time also a rotating coal tippler. Family houses nos. 71 and 73 were built on the site of the former siding. The preserved buildings provide unique evidence of black coal distribution from the Kladno-Buštěhrad district and are the oldest monuments of their kind in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: Buštěhrad Railway; Kladno; Kralupy nad Vltavou; Klein Brothers; Lanna Company; Josef Chvála; waterworks; locomotive depot; viaduct; Kladno-Buštěhrad district; mining; trains; technical monuments

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Minář, I. (2022). The Buštěhrad Railway Heritage in Kralupy nad Vltavou. Památky středních Čech, 36(1), 26-38. doi: 10.56112/psc.2022.1.03
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