📋 Tender Overview
At Wednesdays meeting with representatives of the village of Prevysov the Railway Administration presented the current state of preparation of the plan for the modernization of the local line and the possibility of preserving the station building in the village for which part of the public has commented in the past. It emerged from the meeting that these options would be further explored by a working group of stakeholder representatives. The final result of the negotiations should be known by the end of July this year.Prevysov is located on the Velk Osek - Hradec Krlov - Choce line which will undergo modernization and double-tracking in the coming years. The modernization will relieve the congested 1st transit corridor in the Koln - Pardubice section and at the same time enable the introduction of express trains from Prague to Hradec Krlov. Thanks to the maximum line speed of 160 km h the driving time between the two centers will be reduced to less than one hour.As part of the modernization of the section Kann - Chlumec nad Cidlinou inclusive the Railway Administration in the vicinity of Prevysov assessed a total of seven possible route lines. The landscape around the village is rich in protected natural units which significantly limits our ability to run the route. Our priority was to avoid protected areas while maintaining the maximum possible line speed. An important aspect was also the reduction of the longitudinal slope of the line which will allow freight trains to pass the lines around Prevysov without the need for a push locomotive explains Michal Fronek head of the construction preparation department at the Railway Administration who is in charge. The route which is the most suitable from a comprehensive point of view leads through a local station building for which the Railway Administration will not be used in the future and which it plans to leave.The Railway Administration will examine the proposals of the municipality and the publicThe municipality of Prevsov and its inhabitants have asked the Railway Administration to review the selected variant and examine the possibilities of preserving the existing building. The Railway Administration presented them at a meeting with representatives of the municipality which took place on Wednesday May 19. Dozens of negotiations with municipalities have already taken place as part of the modernization of the Kann - Chlumec nad Cidlinou branch. We have planned a long-term meeting in Pevov where we would explain the whole process of choosing a new route but the epidemic situation allowed it to take place only now. On the other hand this allowed us to check before the meeting the possibilities of preserving the station building says Jan Bene chief construction engineer. At the same time he appreciates the constructive atmosphere that prevailed at Wednesdays meeting which is a promise for finding a future compromise.Representatives of the Railway Administration presented the possibility of modifying the existing preferred variant so that it bypassed the station building. At the same time they reminded that the modification of the line would mean a drop in the maximum speed of passenger trains around Pevov from 140 km h to approximately 105 km h which would delay them by about half a minute and increase the energy intensity of rail transport in this section by 75 MWh per year. . They also pointed out that even if the station building was preserved it would not be used for it. The station building is not suitable for the placement of new technologies related to the modernization of the line and its operation is loss-making in the long run.As the municipality has expressed interest in taking over the building a working group will be formed by mutual agreement consisting of representatives of the municipality the public the Railway Administration and the designer whose task will be to develop further track management options for passengers. The aim of setting up the working group is to find a mutually acceptable compromise that will allow preparations for modernization to continue. It should be clear by the end of July this year.One of the important goals of the working group is also to help the four families that currently live in the station building. We are naturally interested in the fate of the tenants and we want to be sure that we have done significantly more for them than follows from our contractual obligation. Therefore within the possibilities of the Railway Administration we are looking for a way to help families with the solution of their housing. Although the lease agreements are concluded for a period of one year we want the tenants to be sure that we are interested in their situation added Jan Benes.
