NEWS OF SHIPBUILDING, RR EQUIPMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700090505-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 505
• Publication Date: December 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C NFIDENTI T?
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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 'AWN REPORT
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY Tf ON
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
PUBLISHED Daily, weekly, semiweekly newspapers DATE DIST. 5. DRG 1952
WHERE
PUBLISHED Zurich; Duesseldorf; Prague; Berlin NO. OF PAGES 2
DATE
PUBLISHED 20 Feb - 16 Aug 1952
LANGUAGE German, Czech SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Transportation - Water, rail, road
HOW Economic - Industry, shipbuilding
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NEWS OF SHIPBUILDING RR EQUIPMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA-BUILT SHIP FCR USSR -- Zurich, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 8 Jul 52
On 28 June '952, the passenger steam-r Rossiya, recently built for the
USSR by the Skoda Shipyards in Komarno, was given a trial run on the Danube
River. The Rossiya is the first ship to have been built in Czechoslovakia for
the USSR.
NAVIGABILITY OF LABE RIVER EXTENDED -- Due^eeldorfVerkehre-Wirtschaft,
16 Aug 52
In the future the Labe (Elbe) River on Czechoslovak territory will be
navigable for freight traffic up to Kolin afttr competition of river regulation
work near Osek. Passenger traffic up tN Kolin was introduced some time ago.
Berlin, Aussenhane-Is Nachrichten, 9 Jul 52
Near the Czechoslovak city of Osek, large-scale hydraulic construction is
nearing completion by which the Labe will be made navigable for freight traffic
as far as Kolir,. As a result of this construction, the through freight water
traffic between Hamburg and Kolin will be assured. This will mean considerable
savings for the Czechoslovak transportation system. Passenger traffic on the
Labe between Podebrady and Kolin was initiated several days ago.
SOKOLOVO ENTERPRISE PRODUCES NEW EXPRESS LOCCKOTIVE -- Prague, Prace, 13 Jul 52
The Czeskomoravska Kolben DRnek Rational Enterprise at Sokolovo has pro-
duced a new type of expresF locomotive, model No 476.1. This locomotive
achieved speeds up to 140 xilometers per hour during test runs and is equipped
with an automatic soot blower to clear the flues. Nonferrous metals were
used sparingly, but in spite of this, very little wear waa recorded on parts
which normally require frequent replacement, such as the elide valve rings.
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CZECHOSLOVAK PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION GAINS -- Berlin, Aussenhandels Nacluich-
ten, 20 Feb 52
A great increase in the number of passengers transported by all means of
transportation can be observed. The Czech railroads transported 264,800,000
persons in 1935, but this number had been increased to 540 million in 1951. In
1937, there were only 280 bus lines in operation. This number grew to 2,322
in 1951. The number of bus passengers increased from 18,800,000 in 1937 to
526 million in 1951.
Prague streetcars carried 282 million passengers in 1938, compared with
467 million in 1951. The combined municipal transportation facilities car-
ried a total of 530 million passengers. The rapid development of the economy
and the rise of the living standards are expressed in these figures.
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