RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: June 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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RAILROAD CGNSTnUCTION AIr'D IhPROVEF,^nNT ffi CZECHOSLOVAK:,p
[rfhe following is a report on construction of and other improve-
. ments on Czechoslovak railroada,'_ss reported in the Czechoslovak
press ?~~~-,~~yr~+to 18 Octpb r
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources.]
Trot Druzby~x?iendshiD LinPl
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The tenth meeting of the Communist party of Slovakia gave special attention
to the prompt completion of the Trat Druzby, a railroad line. connecting Czechoslo-
vakia with the USSR. The responsibility for its prompt complation in shared by
the Zavody Pozemnych Stavieb Celeho Slovenska (p11-Slovakia Surface Jonstruction
Enterprises); the Zavody Sovietskej Armady (Soviet Ax?u~y Enterprises) of Kosice;
the Priemstav, national Enterprise, of Kosice; the Kx?ajska Vodohospodax?ska SLuzba
(Kraj Waterpower Service) oi' Kosice and Presov; the Kx?ajska Cestna Slu~ba (Krsj
Road Service); and many enterprise brigades in Kosice Kraj?
The iollowing resolution was adopted by the builders of the Trat Druzby on
the occasion of the tenth meeting of the Commurist Party of Slovakia:
1? Overcome shor;c~mings in the construction of the Bujanov Tunnel.
2? Finish by 30 October 1953 the construction of 50.1 kilometers of track,
which is 10.9 kilometers more than called for by the government order. Of this
total amount the Trat Druzby enterprise in Barca will complete 25 kilometers by
30 October, 1953, the Trat Druzby enterprise in Tahanovice will complete 18.3 kilo-
meters by 30 October 1953, and the Trat Druzby enterprise in Krompachy will com-
plete 6.8 kilometers by 30 October 1953.(1)
An additional sector of Trat Druzby between Michalany and Kuzmice [Trebisov
Okres, Kosice Kraj) was changed to a double track through the efforts of the
ycuth brigades. In 1952 such brigades built, the sector i'rom Michalany eastward
to Kralovsky Chlmec. Operation. of both tracks on the latest sector to be com-
pleted was begun on 1? May; the sector consists of alfio's~ 10'ki'lometers of track.(2)
Recen?ly the Hornad River; which was on the proposed Trat Druzby route, has
been diverted to a new bed, and that mox?e than 250,000 cubic meters oi' earth had
to be removed to dig out the new bed~(3)
In the summer of 1953 there was an especially acute shox?tage of tunnel
workers on the construction site of the Trat Dx?uzby at harvest time, when many
returned to work in their fields. Ore of the measures taken to alleviate the
situation was the organization of new xox?k groups, under the supervision of an
experienced tunnel worker, and consisting of two experienced and two less ex-
perienced tunnel workers. In two such groups men who had never done any under-
ground work before were used as auxiliary workex?s. These men were brigade xorkers
irom Dunajplavba who had pledged to work on the Bujanov Tunnel to the end of the
,year,
Three groups, with n total of 24 men for three shifts, were organized and
oegan work on an overhead gallery, In a few days the groups had established a
new record for this kind of work, averaging 212 centimeters per shift. Work on
the new tunnel sections xas equally successful. A type 10 section was tunneled
in P1 days (a recor3 output, since the norm for a type 10 section is 47 days).
Other wox?k groups succeeded in tunneling tt,ree type 7 sections in 60 and 5? days
respectively.(4)
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barracks, 10 dormitories, and P-housingyblocksain Kosice8 a dt150ohous0esoinethe
Eornad River valley.
Ten doctors and lOG health workers furnish medical facilities to the
workers. Every center has a hospital or dispensary cquipped.:f(it`. X-ray equip-
ment, mobile dental centers, aqd ambulances.
In regard to the cultural life of the workers, the libraries contain
20,000 volumes of reading material. Ruzina and Rolova have beautiful cultural
centers and two motion-picture.thca;.ers, n mobile moiion-picture theater visits
the smaller work areas twice weekly, and during the summer months theatrical
and other cultural and recreational performances are held in natural amphi-
theatera_ -
Further measures will be.?taken to secure proper winter clothing for the
worknra_ nAe~?e+e ~.,...+,__ _e ~._..
Similar provisions have been made on other construction pro,Jects in
Czechoslovakis.(5)
Turns-Roznava Line (Kosice Kra,j)
The Turns-Roznava track, which is to provide direct transportation between
Roznava and Kosice, is expected to be completed in several months. One fourth
of thA more than 30 kilometers of track has been prepared for rail installation.
The builders of the [Jablonov) tunnel, which is the principal part of the con-
struction cork, are working to fulfill their pledge to complete the tunnel.(6)
Pardubice-Hradec Kralove Line
Since the beginnln~ of September 1y53, workers on the Pardubice-Hradec-
Kralove railroad' line between the Ceperka and Opatovice stations have been
experimenting wicn cne use oi'a new type of railroad tie made of reinforced
concrete. If the experiments prove successful, it may be possible to save large
amounts of wood used annually for railroad ties.(7)
Banska Bystrica
The first modern traffic control center '_n Slovakia was recently put in
operation at the Banska Bystrica railroad station. It was installed by the
Jozef Rattek collective of Oznamovace and safety workers of the Bratislava CSD
(Ceskoslovenske Statni Dratp., Czechoslovak State Railroads), under the supervision
of Soviet railroad engineers.(fi)
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1. Pravda, Bratislava, 13 Jun 53
2. M1ada.Fronta, Prague, 19 MaY 53
3. Ibid., .23 SeP 53
4. Pravda~?~ Eratislara, 19 Sep 53
5. Svobodne Slevo, Prague, i0 vvc6
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6. L'ud, Bratislava, 4 Sep 53
7. Ibid,, '19 Sep 5~
8. Ibid., 14 oct 53
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