SUMMARY REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION IN EAST GERMANY/USSR/POLAND/CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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Transportation Summary for March 1964
I. International Transport Relations
Resumption of railroad ferry traffic on Danube River near
Calafat/Vidin, in late March 1964.
Technical difficulties in the establishment of a common fright
car pool (OPV).
Clearing system for OPV freight cars employed outside Soviet
Bloc.
Extension of USSR broad gauge into Poland.
Testing of new VP IV/1 type of automatic gauge-changing wheel
set.
Stage of development and presumable costs of future European
automatic central buffer coupling.
No Soviet SA-3 automatic coupling in future new diesel railcar
trains.
Soviet Bloc aid in planning and constructing transport routes.
Planning and operation of new air lines.
Planning and operation of new road transport routes.
Planning and operation of new sea routes and ferry connections.
New Moscow-Copenhagen thru passenger car connection effective
31 May 1964 (beginning of 1964/65 timetable).
New agreement on border crossing traffic from and to satellite
countries.
Putting into service of Ceska Kubice interchange station opposite
Furth in
New transit agreement of Soviet Bloc countries.
Import and export of means of transport.
Construction under license and copying of means of transport
and replacement parts.
Measures for development of tourism in Soviet Bloc countries.
Travel advertising agencies in Soviet Bloc countries 'jest Berlin,
'Jest Germany, Austria and Holland.
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Cooperation of Soviet Bloc countries in international transport
bodies.
II. Soviet Lone of Occupation of Germany
Development in revenues and number of passengers of Berlin
S-Dahn.
Deterioration of state of maintenance of West Berlin Reichsbahn
lines because of insufficient DM-West revenues.
Traffic census on East Berlin S-Bahn and subway net.
Improvement Of West Berlin Tegel and Tempelhof airports.
Agreements between German Federal Railroads and Reichsbahn on
Easter and Whitsun holiday relief trains between West Berlin
and West Germany.
Presumably heavy special traffic from East Germany to East
Berlin on occasion of so-called 'Teutschlandtreffen der Jugend.'
(German Youth Meeting) on 15 and 16'Hay 1964.
Since February 1964: Helmut Scholz, Undersecretary and First
Deputy Transport Minister; Heino Weiprecht, Deputy Transport
Minister for Economic Sector; Otto Arndt, Deputy Transport
Minister for Operational Main Administrations.
Conversion of MITROPA Repair Shops Gotha into Reichsbahn Repair
Downgrading of Dad Schandau Railroad Maintenance Shop to
"Lohomotiv-Binsatzstelle (operating pool of locomotives).
Continuous poor Reichsbahn operational situation.
No above-average military demands on Reichsbahn.
In February 1964, continuation of grain and oil imports via
Rostock Port into Soviet bone and of grain transit shipments
from Rostock to Czechoslovakia.
Planned construction of electric thru train and of thru train
highway between planned "Chemiearbeiter-Stadt Halle.West:' and
chemical plants DUNA and LEUNA (south of Halle).
Construction of Saale bridge for Halle - Merseburg local railway
line.
Putting into operation of new =NA II crude oil unloading
station
Partial rerouting of Line 180-d (Merseburg Querfurt).
Roadbed re-building betweerPdissenfels and Naumburg as prepa-
ratory measure for electrification of 7eissenfels - Erfurt
(Neudietendorf stretch of Line 180).
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Llectric train traction on Leipzig - Grosskorbetha stretch of
Line 180, since 5 January 1964.
Further electrification of 'Sdchsische Dreieck" (Saxonian Triangle)
(Leipzig - Zwickau - Dresden - Leipzig) and partial double-
tracking.
Further electrification of Reichsbahn network with 16 2/3 k.c.
15 kV single-phase a.c.
General repair of Klebitz - Billzig stretch of Line 180 (JUterbog -
Lutherstadt Wittenberg).
No significant impairment of military traffic by poor state of
repair of Reichsbahn lines.
1963 diesel locomotive production of VEB Lokbau Karl Marx,
Potsdam,Babelsberg.
Transfer of production of V-60 diesel locomotive to VEB LEW
Hans Beimler , Hennigsdorf.
Display of a new hydraulic fast railcar (SVT) of VEB Waggonbau
Gorlitz.
New four-axle light railcar of VEB Waggonbau Bautzen for Reichs-
bahn.
New long-distance sleeperette car of VEB Waggonbau GOrlitz and
Ammendorf?for USSR.
By February 1964, reconstruction of 1,000 HOmmbu" gondola cars
by Reichsbahn Repair Shop Dresden.
New-diesel-electric revolving crane of VEB Schwermaschinenbau
Kirow, Leipzig.
Road construction completed and/or under way on Highways 6,80,
87, 88, and 173, and on roads in part related to military in-
stallations
New passenger ferry boat for Saale-Schiffahrt (Halle Saale-Shipping)
under construction.
For the first time, weekend trips of White Fleet, Wolgast,
planned to Stettin (Szczecin) and SwinemUnde (Swinoujscie)
in summer 1964.
In February 1964, temporary closing of locks at FUrstenberg/
Havel River and Hohensaaten/Oder River because of ro.p airs.
Regulation work under way on lower Tollense River.
Transfer of Main Administration of Civilian Aviation of Trans-
port Ministry from Berlin W 8 to Central Airport Berlin=SchOne-
fold, in late March 1964,
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III. -...Czechoslovakia
Fulfillment of railroad transport plan in February 1964.
Beginning of preparations for construction of broad-gauge
line from Sovict/CLech border to East Slovak Iron works (VS2,)
ahead of, schedule.
Completion of electric Kosice - VS2, rapid transit line in
August 1964.
Iegular traffic on double-track Ostrava - Kuncice Cesky Tesin
line.
Completion of electrification of Zilina - Novy Bohumin line.
Improvement of Cheb Pomezi n.O. highway.
Two hydrofoil vessels of type Raketa in passenger service
between Bratislava and Vienna and/or Budapest.
IV. Poland
Freight and passenger transport by public means of trans-
portation from 1960 to 1963.
Scheduled date for opening of Rzeszow - Kolbuszow line 13
May 1964; correction of statement on discontinuation of this
line reported in Transportation Summary for February 1964-
Resumption of Warsaw - Krakow (Ballice Airport) air connection
on 29 February 1964.
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I. International Transport Relations
A. Interyeaving of Soviet Bloc Transportation
1. Danube River
Between Calafat (Rumania) and Vidin (Bulgaria) railroad
ferry traffic across the Danube River, discontinued since
mid-December 1963 because of adverse weather conditions,
was re-opened in late March 1964. The technical qualities
of the ferry allow for the conveyance of railroad cars of
up to three axles and up to 17 tons axle pressure only.
2. Common FreiEllt Car Pool (Obshchij Park Vaponov) (OPV)
The selection of railroad cars to be incorporated in
the common freight car pool has proved very difficult.
The railroad administrations of Bulgaria, Rumania,Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Zone of Occupation of Ger-
many are not in the position to meet the stipulations of
the agreement with respect to the technical requirements
of the freight cars. Old cars not meeting the requirements
are, therefore, to be made available to the common freight
car pool until 1970..
OPV freight cars may also be employed outside the territory
of the member railroads, in which case they are subject
to the RIV (Regolamento Internazionale Veicoli)(International
Freight Car Agreement) regulations. Bulgaria, Poland,
Rumania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Zone are
members of the RIV, the USSR is not. Membership dues to
the RIV are to be paid in Swiss francs.
Clearing currency within the OPV is the ruble. The clear-
ing system for OPV cars, employed on Western RIV territory
is as follows:
Example: Bulgaria assigns a Polish-owned OPV car to France,
where it is employed and subject to rent to be paid by
France to Poland in Swiss francs. Poland reimburses the
equivalent in rubles to the OPV Central Office in Prague
for later settlement within the OPV.
3. Extension of USSR Broad-Gauge Net
In addition to the Voyani-Haniska broad-gauge line planned
to be extended into Czech territory by 1966, plans
allegedly provide for the extension of Soviet broad-gauge
from near the Brest-Litovsk border station to about
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Lukow/Siedlce. As in the Kosice case, ? these plans may be
connected with the establishment of industries which are to
be completely dependent on Soviet raw materials deliveries.
Transloading in the transIoading area would thus be eliminat-
ed and delivering accelerated: However, there is also the
possibility that the extension is to relieve the bottleneck
at Brest-Litovsk, since the hoped-for simplification of the
changing-over in the transloading area bymeans of gauge-
changing wheel sets still seems to be a good way off. Broad-
gauge extension into Polish territory is expected to have
considerable effects on military transportation.
4. Automatic Gauge-Changing Hheel Set
Gauge-changing wheel sets of Type DR III with fixed couplings,
tested in large-scale runs with seven crude oil and ore trains
between the USSR and the Soviet Zone since 1963, have proved
too heavy (about one ton additional dead weight per axle) and
too expensive. The operational set has therefore not been put
into series production as yet. A joint Soviet/East German
designer- team for the development of gauge-char.4g wheel sets
and central buffer coupling is trying to eliminate these de-
fects and is at present testing a further developed VP IV/1
model with revolving couplings.
5. Soviet SA-3 Automatic Coupling
This coupling will no longer be installed in Soviet diesel
railcar trains. This measure is possibly connected with the
future UTC (Union Internationale de Chemins de For) central
buffer coupling whose design (automatic coupling of the cars,
including brake pipes and signaling circuits) will considerably
excel those of the Soviet SA-3 coupling.
6: Automatic Central Buffer Coupling for UIC Range
a? The development of a uniform European central buffer
coupling is making steady progress. Apart from one or
two not y6t available OSShD (Organisazija Sotrudnichestva
Zhelesnykh Dorog) (Organization for the Cooperation of
Soviet Bloc Railroads) prototypes, the following designs
have been offered:
- "Unicupler" (team of firms headed by Knorr-Bremse GmbH.,
Munich,: -jest Germany;
- .P:Jillison-Associated'' (USA);
- i'Boirault-Sambre et Meuse" (France)
Each of the three types can be directly coupled with the
Soviet SA-3 type.
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b., Operational models are being tested at:
- Porta near Minden, Westfalia, German Federal Railroads;
- Villeneuve-Saint-Georges near Paris,French State Railroads
c. The conversion from hand-operated screw coupling to
autmatic tension-compression coupling is expected to
begin in 1966 at .the earliest. ?
d. The conversion will take at least eight years.
e. During the conversion period, side couplings will remain
with the cars; also, a special adapter is to be provided
in order to enable the central buffer couplings to be
connected with the conventional screw couplings.
f. According to a UIC resolution, as from 1 January 1965,
new freight cars are to be equipped with underframes
suitable for later equipment with automatic couplings.
g.. Costs for the introduction of the automatic coupling?
are estimated, at the early 1964 cost level, at approxi-
mately 8 billion Deutsche Marks (DMs) for approximately
1.2 million cars of the 'lest European and approximately
518,000 .cars of the East European railroad administrations.
Of the 8 billion DMs, approximately 5 billions will be
borne by the West European, approximately 2.2 billions
by the East European railroad administrations, and
approximately 650 million DMs by West European private
railroad car owners.
The financial requirements of the East European rail-
roads for the introduction of the central buffer coupling
within eight years are estimated as follows:
Soviet Zone for 100,000 cars appr, 436.r6 million DMs'
Poland 100,000 U U 436.6 million DMs
Czechoslovakia " 125,000 U 538.3 million DMs
Hungary 22,000 92.3 million DMs
Rumania 80,000 345.0 million DMs
Dulgaria16,000 69.0 million DMs
Yugoslavia 75,000 314.1 million DMs
(Comparison: German Federal Republic approximately
1,860.8 million DMs for 350,000 vehicles).
These high costs will result in a considerable cut of
expenditures by other branches of the railroad sector
up to about 1970.
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D. Soviet Bloc Transport Relations 7ith Abroad
1. Aid in Planning and Constructing Transport Routes
Industrial states aid to underdeveloped countries usually
begins with the establishment of new, or the improvement
of existing, transport routes. Soviet Bloc countries ex-
ploit these possibilities in particular and have engaged
in the following projects:
- Building of the Kabul - Torkham (Afghanistan) highway
stretch is being supervised by 10 Czech experts, who will
be entrusted with other Afghan road building projects
after completion of above highway stretch.
- In late February 1964, the Syrian Government approved
the plan of Soviet experts to construct the Kamyshly -
Aleppo - Oront River railroad lino.
- On 10 March 1964, the 520 kilometer Baghdad - Basra
Harbor (Iraq) railroad, line (European 1,435 millimeter
standard gauge) was put into operation. The USSR had
sent enginers to assist in the project and had made
available 18.5 million dinars equivalent to about
50 million dollars of the total construction costs of
about 40 million dinars.
On 14 March 1964, an agreement was signed by the UAR/
Egypt and the USSR on plans for the construction of a
hydro-electric power station at the Aswan High Dam.
Apart from satisfying genuine transport requirements
of the countries concerned, the assisting countries
benefit considerably by improving sales opportunities
for their manufactured goods, by developing information
and control activities, and by gaining general influence.
2. Common Transport Routes
As a result of the rising passenger and freight traffic,
the following transport routes have been planned and/or
established:
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Air Transport
- In mid-January 1964: Agreement between Czechoslo-
vakia and Cambodia on establishment of a now
air line.
- 21 February 1964: First flight on Moscow - Belgrade-
Algiez line served both ways once a week.
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- 29 February 1964: Agreement between USSR and Cyprus on
opening of Moscow - Nicosia - Damascus air line. First
intermediate landing in Nicosia in the first half of
March 1964.
- Late February 1964: Agreement between USSR and Ceylon
on new Moscow - Colombo air line; 8,000 kilometer
distance between the two capitals covered within 14
hours. (See also shipping traffic, sub-paragraph c).
- Late March 1964: Agreement between Czechoslovakia
and Algeria on opening of direct Prague - Algiers
air line.
- Early March 1964: Conference on opening of air service
between Communist China and Pakistan.
- Early March 1964:
Conferences hold by France, Japan,
Communist China and Cambodia on possible establishment
of regular Paris - Tokyo - Peiping - Shanghai -
Pnom Penh air service.
- Hid-March 1964: Soviet - Tunesian air transport agree-
ment on division of tasks in 14-day rotation service
of Moscow - Tunis air line.
- Beginning with 1964 summer timetable: Opening of new
British air line from Karachi to London via Moscow -
Frankfurt/Main.
Pakistan-
b, Road Transport
Mid-January 1964: Negotiations between Communist China
and Algeria on Chinese aidto Algeria in the con-
struction of a motorroad from Algiers to the Niger
River Bend and Gao via the Sahara desert.
- Interstate negotiations between Hungary and Austria
on road transport problems.
- Early March 1964: Negotiations between Communist China
and Pakistan on resumption of commercial traffic on
the old Hunza - Karakorum Range - Singkiang caravan
road.
- 21 March 1964: Establishment of a
Poznan (Posen),
Poland, - Oostende, Belgium, thru bus connection.
c. Shi-oping and Ferry Traffic
- March 1964: Establishment of a regular shipping line
between Soviet Black Sea ports and Ceylon. (See air
transport, subparagraph a.).
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- 2 April 1964: Opening of Ystad (Denmark) - Roenne
(Sweden) - SwinemUnde (Swinoujscie) ferry line with
new Jens Kofoed ferry boat (See Tpt.Summary for
September 1963).
d. Railroad Transport
- In additionnto the thru passenger cars running from
Moscow to Paris, Oostende andHoek van Holland, a first
and second class thru sleeping car will be put into
service between Moscow and Copenhagen effective 31
May 1964 (beginning of 1964/65 , timetable).
The car will run from Moscow to Copenhagen on Mon-
days,Wednesdays and Fridays, and from Copenhagen to
Moscow on 7Jednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. .
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Due to passport, foreign currency, customs, police and other
administrative controls at Soviet Bloc border crossing points
all means of transport are frequently delayed for hours in
passenger traffic and, occasionally for days in freight
traffic. However, measures to facilitate border crossing
have been notiaed recently. They include:
a. Effective 2 March 1964, Czech/Austrian agreement on rail
'border crossing. The agreement deals with:
(1) Border crossing of railroad and post office employees
while on duty.
(2) Interchange of,locomotives and personnel and border-
crossing trains.
(3) Liability in the case of accidents in border crossing
traffic.
(4) Financial clearing in border crossing traffic.
(5) Utilization of installations of neighbor railroads.
b. 4 March 1964: Bulgarian/Yugoslav agreement on putting
into operation a common border station at Dimitrovgrad
on 31 May 1964 (change of timetable).
c. Early March 1964: Agreement by Czech and Bavarian
authorities to construct a new border bridge across the
ljarme Pastritz River in the Furth im 'iald/Schafberg -
Vollmau border area. This bridge is a prerequisite for
the establishment of a planned new road border crossing
point between Czechoslovakia and -Jest Germany.
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d. Early March 1964: Czech officials expressed the desire
of the: Czech Government to open a new road border crossing
point near Eger - 'Waldsassen (See also Paragraph III, 2).
o. 31 May 1964: Putting into operation of Ceska Kubice,
Czech interchange station opposite Furth to Wald, West
Germany. German locomotives of transit trains running
between NUrnberg and Plzen via Sch'wandorf have so far been
exchanged for Czech locomotives at Furth im 'Wald. In the
future, locomotives and train personnel (locomotive engineer,
stoker, train conductor) will remain with the train as far
as, and/or from, Ceska Kubice. 'iso, car technicians of the
German Federal Railroads will be stationed at Ceska
Kubice.
As from 1 June 1964, interchanging of personnel of about
five pairs of freight trains per day will take place at
Ceska Kubice. (See Tpt. Summary for April 1963).
Transit Agreement
The principal purpose of such agreements,-in peacetime, is to
induce other countries to ship freight destined for third
countries through one's own country. The objective pursued by
such agreements is to collect coveted foreign exchange in
return for the services rendered in this connection. Offers
to;. reduce tariffs and other duties are used as an incentive
for ?prospective partners to such an agreement.
In the event of war, transit agreements provide the legal basis
for the use of transport routes outside one's own territory.
We might cite the example of the trans-Iranian railroad,
connecting the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, which became
one of the Soviet Union's most essential supply links during
World War II, based upon the Irano-Soviet transit agreement
of 1940.
Considerable activity is currently displayed by Soviet Bloc
countries also in this field of transport.
- Late 1963: Agreement on provisions to implement the Irano-
Soviet Transit Agreement of 1962. These provisions regulate
the shipment of Soviet goods to African and Asian countries
through Iran and the shipment of Iranian goods to 'Western
Europe through the Soviet Union.
- Belgrade, mid-February 1964: Negotiations between the USSR,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia concerning Czech
and Hungarian railroad transit traffic via Yugoslav ports.
It was resolved to make available 800-1,000 freight cars
from COi':ECON countries to the Yugoslav railroads for handling
this traffic;
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Belgrade, 22 February 1964: Signing of a protocol con-
cerning Yugoslav - Soviet railroad transit traffic via
Hungary.
'- Rome, mid-March 1964: Signing of a protocol concerning
Czech - Italian transit traffic via the port of Trieste,
5. Export and Import of Means of Transport; Construction Under
License and Copying of Means of Transport and Replacement
Parts
These activities largely condition the ? international transport
relations. Exports and imports can keep recipient countries
in a state of dependency over a prolonged period and, on the
other hand, put the suppliers in a position to gain influence
on the totaltransport sector.
Soviet Bloc countries are still forced to content themselves
with modest exports of means of transport due to the fact
that their domestic requirements are mostly?un::atisfied and
that the quality of their products is below the average
quality of lestern production.
However, within a predictable time, the eagerly planned
standardization, specialization, and division of tasks in
the construction of 'means of transport will enable the
Soviet Bloc to become a keen competitor in underdeveloped
countries.
The following has been 1,-,arned of exports and imports,
licensed construction copying of replacement parts:
a. Ez221Is
January 1964: Soviet Zone of Occupation of Germany
negotiates i with Greece the sale of 200 refrigerator
cars (2.11 million dollars) to the Greek State Rail-
xaods.
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- February 1964: Hugary delivers 150 buses to Cuba.
- February 1964: Hungary agrees to deliver 50 x 450
ton river barges, valued at 1.5 million Egyptian
pounds, to the UAR/Egypt.
the
- Nairobi, March 1964: Czechoslovakia
of means of transport to KenYa,
agrees to/delivery
b. Imports
1963: Bulgaria received about 15 main line diesel,
locomotives from Austria,
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c. Construction undcr License
1964: Diesel-electric locomotives for heavy freight train
service are being built in .umania under license contract
by the firm of Sulzer (Switzerland).'
d. 22aTiEL. of Replacement Parts
March 1964: The Soviet bone of Occupation of Germany to start
production of replacement parts for US vehicles in Cuba.
6. Tourism
In view of the considerable economic benefits the traditional
tourist countries are deriving from modern tourism, the Soviet
Bloc countries have in recent years been exertig great efforts
to attract tourists by:
- -"asing the issue of visa,
- Establishing new border crossing points,
- Constructing and repairing transport routes,
- Constructing and renovating hotels, camping sites, and all
sorts of installations in resort places and other locations
visited by tourists,
- Advertising campaigns in foreign countries, on fairs and ex-
hibitions.
Most advertising is done for Czech resort places, Danube River
boat trips. , resort places on the Black Sea coast, and the large
Soviet cities.
Advertising and travel agencies for Soviet Bloc tours include:
a. In West Berlin: Travel Agency Helios, 73 Uhlandstrasso,
Berlin,Wilmersdorf.
b. In West Germany:Deutsches ReisebUro (DER), Eschersheimor
Landstrasse 25-27, Frankfort/Main;
Haas Travel Service, 60 Adalbertstrasse,
Frankfort/Main;
Hapag-Lloyd Travel Agency, 25 Ballindamm,
Hamburg 1;
Osttourist Travel Agency, 111 Schildergasse,
Cologne/Rhine;
Frdhlich Travel Agency, Ernst August Platz,
Hannover;
Lindex Travel Agency,:5Rauchstrasse,
Munich;
Touropa,. 18 Prinzregentenstrasse,.
Munich);
Scheffler Travel Service, Garmisch, Hotel
Madl,
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c. In Austria: Capri Travel Agency, 10 Graben, Vienna I;
Austrian State Travel Office, 7 Friedrichstrasse,
Vienna I;
Cosmos Travel Agency, 15 Kdrtner Ring,
Vienna I;
Renner Travel Agency, 5-7 Wahringerstrasse,
Vienna
Ruefa Travel Agency, 18 Teinfaltstrasse-Ldwel-
strasse, Vienna I;
d. In Holland: De Vries and Company, 6 Dam, Amsterdam C;
Vernu-Vakantiereizen, 16 Honthorststraat,
Amsterdam Z,
Lissone-Lindemann N.V., 50 Pletterrijkade,
Van Hagge;
Wm, H. Miller and Company, 33 Pleats, The
Hague.
Travelling to and in the Soviet Bloc countries differs widely
from tourism in the -est, in that
- Individual tours of estern citizen are not permitted in the
Soviet Bloc countries. Just as an organized tour, the trip
of an individual '7e stern citizen is to be planned and laid
down in all details with a private or a state-run travel
agency of the Soviet Bloc country to be visited.
- Visa applications are to contain the following items:
surname; residence; place of birth; date of birth; marital
status; nationality; former nationality; profession;
address of working place; passport number-;' six photographs.
- Tourists are not permitted to photograph military objects,
including all transport installations.
Tourists from -lest Germany do not enjoy consular protection.
- Arbitrary arrests are still frequent.
foremost benefits gained by the Soviet Bloc-Acountries through
the development of tourism are the collection of coveted foreign
exchange for services rendered in this connection, and the
establishment of contacts.
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7. idembe,L21112._in International Transport_O_Lganizations
Soviet Bloc countries are particularly interested in having their
say in international bodies dealing with transport problems.
4ithin the European railroad ortanizations, the Soviet Union
cannot directly play the leading role that it naturally
occupies within the Soviet Bloc. Owing to the isolation resulting
from its broad-gauge ?railraod system, it isnot a member of
the loading European railroad organization, the UIC. As regards
that organization, the Soviets must rely on their European
satellites, which are represented on the UIC (1922), as well
as the OSShD (1952), for the protection of their interests.
The problems under consideration in joint export committee of
the UIC/OSShD involve among other things:
a. 'The common European central buffer coupling;
b. ? The electropneumatic brake;
c. The:Iuniform designation of freight cars as a condition
precedent to electronic data processing.
As. regards the central buffer coupling system, the Soviet
Union has succeeded in carrying through its demand for the
most important technical requirement of the now European
central 'buffer coupling, i.e., its being suited for coupling
with the Soviet SA-3 model. As a result, the future UIC
coupling will .have to be produced at a higher cost and its
introduction will be delayed.
This is another example of the priciples guiding Soviet
cooperation in international bodies, namely,
a. Protection of Soviet interests;
b. Bringing Soviet interests to bear on other countries.
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II. Soviet one of Occupation of Germany
1.
Berlin Traffic Situation and Interzonal Traffic
a. Berlin Traffic Situation
(1)
The revenues of the Berlin S-Bahn amounted to:
1962 1963
Greater Berlin
st Berlin
47.7 million 48.7 million DM (East+
West)
7.6 million 7.5 million DM (est)
The number of passengers transported by the S-Bahn
in greater Berlin amounted to:
1960 1961
1962
417 million
passengers
334 million
passengers
215 million
passengers.
The decline of the transport figure reflects the
boycott of the :lest Berliners of the S--Bohn.
Even though the number of passengers transported
in West Berlin is now gradually increasing,partly
duo to the fact that the other means of public
transportation in West Berlin operated by the Berlin
Transport ?tion Company (BVB(West)) increased their
fares, the revenues in DM West do not by far cover
the costs of maintenance of S-Bahn installations in
'lest Berlin. Since 13 August 1961, the maintenance
of S-Bahn installations has no longer been carried
out by East German permanent way districts but by
West Berlin firms. Due to the insufficient DM West
revenues the state of maintenance of S-Bahn lines
is continuously deteriorating.
(2) On 21 April 1964, a traffic census will take place
on the East Berlin S-Bahn and subway net.
(3) For relief of West Berlin Tempelhof central Airport,
Tegel Airport is to be improved in three phases
as follows:
Extension of the present two runways from
1,680 meters to about 2,380 meters, as well as
improvement of air traffic handling facilities
at the northern edge of the airfield.
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These projects are already under way. By May 1964,
a transitional phase is to be reached allowing the
increase of flights by AIR FRANCE beginning 1
April 1964 and the opening of a jet direct connection
New York - Berlin by PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS, three
times a week.
- By 1968 at the latest, the southern runway is to
be extended from the present about 2,380 meters to
about 2,500 meters and air traffic handling
facilities are to be set up at the southern edge of
the airfield.
- By 1973 at the latest, construction of an additional
northern runway.
The main runway of Berlin,Tempelhof Airport has been
extended by additional 400 meters.
The further extension of the West Berlin airports is
mainly attributed to the permanently increasing air
traffic. This extension also counters the statements
which are repeated from time to time by the Soviet
hone on the technical and transport deficiencies of
the two airports, designed to underline the claim of
handling all Berlin air traffic at Berlin,Sch6nefeld
Central Airport, located at the periphery of East
Berlin.
b. Interzonal Traffic Between. West Berlin and the Federal
Republic of Germany
The German Federal Railroads and the East German Reichs-
bahn reached an agreement according to which 24 relief
trains wore to run from 26 to 31 March 1964 (easter traffic).
via BUchen/Schwanheide 6
via Helmstedt/Marienborn 14
via Bebra/Gerstungen 2
via Ludwigstadt/Probstzella 2
The Reichsbahn operated these trains in addition to its
own 300 relief trains for the Easter traffic.
Operation of such relief trains, also from West Berlin to
the Federal Republic of Germany, is scheduled for traffic
at Whitsun. The operation of these relief trains will
cause the Roichsbahn considerable difficulties, since on
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15 and 16 May 1964, the Reichsbahn will have to handle
heavy special traffic from East Germany to East Berlin,
in order to convey the approximately 3oo,000 participants
of the German Youth Meeting (Deutschlandtreffen der
Jugend) to East Berlin.
(2) The automobile transport trains planned by the Reichsbahn
for traffic between Berlin and the Federal Republic of
Germany are to consist only of flat cars, thus forcing
the auto owners to travel by regular interzonal trains.
jest Berlin is, however, interested in automobile trains
comparable to those of the Federal Railways consisting
of sleeping cars, couchette cars and automotive transport
cars of spoical types.
2. Railroad Transportation
a. Personnel and Or_upization
(1) (a)
Helmut Scholz, a deputy of the Transport Minister,
was made Undersecretary and First Deputy Transport
Minister in February 1964, for 'im-orovement of
performance according to the production principle.'
(b) Undersecretary Heine Weiprecht was made Deputy
Transport Minister for the Economic Sector.
(c) On 14 February 1964, the hitherto President of the
Reichsbahn Division Berlin, Otto Arndt (born 1920),
was made Deputy Transport Minister for the Operational
Main Sector (operational and traffic service ,
machine and railroad car supply, Reichsbahn repair
? shops).
(2) (a)
b
MITROPA Repair Shops Gotha were taken over by Main
Administration for Repairs and are now designated
RAW Gotha (Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk - Reichsbahn
Repair Shop).
Bad Schandau Railroad Maintenance Shop is no longer
an independent office but became Lokomotiveinsatzstelle
(operating pool of locomotives) and is now sub-
ordinate to Pirna Railroad Maintenance Shop.
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b, Operations and Traffic
(1) The operational situation of the Reichsbahn did not improve
in March 1964 partly because of recurrent winter weather
conditions. The arrears in freight transportation, especially
in the Berlin district, continued.
(2) In spite of. continuation of training activity, no above-
average military demands on the Reichsbahn were observed.
(3) Border crossing traffic trains observed in February 1964
included trains loaded with grain and crude oil imports from
Rostock Overseas Harbor to East Germany as well as transit
trains loaded with grain from Rostock to Czechoslovakia.
c. Railroad Construction
(1) (a)
For 1965, the beginning of construction work af a
''Chemical Workers town in Halle='!est with a railroad
station and an additional stop, has been planned.
Between these two stops and the chemical plants Buna
near Schkopau (QB 0798) and Leuna the construction
of an electric thru train and a thru highway has been
scheduled. The now electric thru train is to connect
Line 180-f Halle=West (former Nietleben) - Hettstedt
and Line. 201 Halle (Saab) - Sangorhausen and then is
to run directly to the Buna works via Holleben
(Saale) (9,C 0102). From there the new line is to run
via Morseburg to the Leuna works on the already
existing tracks.
The planned route of the new thru way is to run
parallel to the new railroad line to the greatest
extent possible.
(b) .Jith the construction of a Saab() bridge and a Saale
flood bridge (FlutbrUcke) north of Schkopau (QB 0799),
the third construction phase of the double-track line
Schkopau - Mersoburg of the Halle Merseburg local
railway line is to be completed in 1965 according to
schedule.
This local railway line is to transport passengers
only; its tracks run in large stretches on F-91 highway
and only partly on a special road bed beside the
highway.
(c) In early February 1964, the new LEUNA II crude oil
unloading station was put into operation. All crude
oil to be processed by the LETTA Works is to be unloaded
hero. LEUNA Works II, located south of the exicting
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LEUNA -forks - also along Line 180 (Halle ':Icisenfeld -
is to start production soon.
(d) Due to the opening of new bituminous coal mines, Line
180 d (Merscburg .,uerfurt near i_icheln) will be rerouted
for eight kilometers. In the course of this rerouting,
the briquette factory of the bituminous coal mine and the
present MUcheln railroad station will be dismantled and a
200-meter long railroad viaduct over the center of NUcheln
will be constructed by 1965. In Krumpa (cast of MUcheln) a
new railroad station is under construction; two new railroad
bridges have already been completed.
(2) (a)
For the preparation of the electrification of the Weissen-
fels - Erfurt stretch of Line 180 work on the roadbed
between Weissenfels and Naumburg (Saab) will become
necessary during the summer timetable beginning 51 May 1964.
For this reason only single track operations will be possible
for some time, and a number of passenger trains will be
replaced by bus service.
This electrification project is to be extended to the
Erfurt-Noudietendorf stretch of Line 192 and completed by
1970.
(b) On the Leipzig-Grosskorbetha stretch of Line 180,clectric
operations started on o5 January 1964, almost according to
schedule.
(c) The further electrification of the"Saxonian Triangle- is
now to be continued in the following three phases:
1964/65 Zwickau - Karl=Marx=Stadt (Chemnitz) -Freiberg
(Saxony)
1966 Freiberg (Saxony) - Dresden main station=Fried-
richstadt
1969 Presden - Leipzig and Dresden Schona (East
erman/Czech border).
The reconstruction of the roadbed on the Tharandt-Dresden
main station stretch of Line 168 has beenunder way since
06 January 1964 as a preparation for the electrification.
In addition, the roadbed. of the Dresden=Friedrichstadt -
Radebeu1=Naundorf Coswig (Dresden district) line is to
be repaired. The widening of the cross section of the tunnel
near Idle Krone (VS 0045) at the Dresden - Freiberg stretch
is causing special difficulties.
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The following stretches are scheduled to be double-tracked
within the framework of the planned electrification:
Dresden=Friedrichstadt - Radebeul.Naundorf - Coswig (Line
159 f)
Radebeul East-West Coswig (Line 159 k)
Coswig-Meissen.Triebischtal (Line 159 k)
(d) In early 1964, the Reichsbahn decided to continue the
electrification of its stretches with 16 2/3 k.c. - 15 kV
single-phase a.c. since the railroads of the bordering
Soviet Bloc countries did not follow the OSShD (Organization
for the aLoperation of Railroads) recommendations to
electrify the lines crossing the border with 50 k.c. -
25 kV a.c. According to the present plans, the Reichsbahn
wants to electrify 4,500 kilometers out of the 14,900
kilometers of standard gauge lines. Since the Reichsbahn
power plant Muldenstein (on Line 180. will soon no longer
be in a position to cover the increasing electric power
demand, the Reichsbahn must plan the construction of trans-
formers, which are to transform the 50 k.c, three-phase
current of the district not (Landesnetz) into 16 2/3 k.c.
a.c.
(3) (a) On 12 March 1964, temporary single-track operations were
started on the Riterbog Lutherstadt Wittenberg stretch
of Line 180 between Klobitz and Blilzig because of general
repair. Until 15 May 1964, seine of the Berlin - Leipzig
express trains will therefore be dropped and a number of
Passenger trains between Jueterbog and Lutherstadt,
littenberg will be replaced by buses.
(b) According to a statement of the East German Ministry for
Transport an increase of the Reichsbahn passenger train ?
speeds cannot be achieved since the roadbed of the entire
line net does not permit high speeds.
Roadbed irmorovements carried out so far, mainly served
to maintain the present state of repair. Funds have now
been allotted for the renewal of lines in order to increase
the travel speed. Tho funds include foreign currencies
for the purchase of modern track laying machines from
lostorn countries.
T110 operation of military transports with freight train
speeds and maximum gross weight's has so far not been im-
paired by the present poor state of repair of the lines.
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This is proved by the oil trains, each with a gross weight
of up to 3,000 tons as well as by the 1havy tonnage movement"
in freight train traffic with loads ranging from 1,200 to
2,000 tons.
d. Rolling Stock
(1) In 1963, VEB Lokbau Karl,Marx (="Lniii) in Potsdam=Babelsberg,
produced the following diesel locomotives for the Reichs-
bahn:
15
of
type
V
180
B'B' (four axles)
1
of
type
V
180
C'C' (six axles, prototype)
1
of
type
V
100
(prototype)
80
of
type
V
60
110
of
type
V
18
50
of
type
V
IO
B
15
of
type
V
10
C
Types V 60, V 100, and V 180 (B'B? and C'C') are equipped with
the same engines, while types V 100 and V 180 (BIB' and C'C')
have the same kind of hydraulic transmission.
During the first quarter of 1964, 28 diesel locomotives of
type V 60 were to be completed in Babelsberg. Since VEB
Lokbau Karl Marx is then to take over the production of main
line locomotives of types V 180 and V 100, VEB Lokbau
lektrotechnischu Werke (='LEW) Hans Beimler, Hennigsdorf
will produce the diesel locomotives of type V 60, beginning
1 April 1964.
(2) On 4. March 1964, a new hydraulic operated diesel express
railcar train was put on a trial run between the Leipzig
Fair grounds and Altenburg. The train consists of two
control cars, two cars seating 182 passengers, and one dining
car accomodating 23 passengers. The 12-cylinder diesel
engines of the control cars, each with a performance of 900
HP, reach a maximum speed of 160 km/h. This railcar train
is to be put into service on 31 May 1964 in the Scandinavian
traffic, to which the Reichsbahn in competition with the
Vogelfluglinie (bird air line) Puttgarden - R6dby, con-
tinually pays special attention.
(3)
VEB Waggonbau Bautzen displayed - also on the occasion of the
Leipzig Spring Fair - a four-axle light railcar developed last
year, equipped with two 200 HP diesel engines and having a
maximum speed of 120 km/h.
In addition to this type of light railcar, VEB Waggonbau
Bautzen is to continue the production of the two-axle light
railcar. This type of railcar with one control car reaches
only a speed of 75 km/h and is also designated a "railbus."
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(4) VEB Waggonbau G6r1itz and Ammendorf
have developed a new 27-meter long long-distance
sleeperette with air conditioning, which reaches
speeds of up to 160 km/h. The prototype of this new
car is to be handed over to the USSR in July 1964.
(5)
The Reichsbahn Repair Shop Dresden reconstructs daily 10
two-axle open freight cars and by February 1964, had
delivered 1,000 such reconstructed cars (Reko).
They have the designation HOmmbu", a dead weight of
10.5 tons, are not tiltable and are destined for the
transportation of bulk goods. The all-steel superstructure
has no revolving doors in the side walls and has a
loading capacity of 43 cubic meters.
Through standardization of the reconstruction program, the
Reichsbahn wants by 1972 to have at the most only two
types of open two-axle freight cars included in its
inventory.
(6) VEB Schwermaschinenbau Kirow, Leipzig, displayed a
diesel-electric revolving crane "ZDK 1,000, the proto-
type of which had been tested durin[:, the electrification
of the Halle - Muldenstein (Line 180) stretch, at the
Leipzig Spring Fair, In bridge construction, this crane
can move construction units of up to 40 tons.
Road Transportation
Road Construction
b.
In March 1964, out of the about 44,000 kilometer long net
of classified: roads (excluding autobahns) about 75 kilo-
meters of highways and about 123 kilometers of primary
roads (L I 0 ) were blocked for all traffic. By June 1964,
about 25 kilometers are to be reopened to traffic..
Compared with the other districts, Karl,Marx,Stadt (Chemnitz)
has the largest portion of roads ? presently blocked, i.e.,
about 65 kilometers. (See Tpt. Summaries for March and
August 1963),
(1) The following highways have been improved or are now
being improved:
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The about 13 kilometer long stretch between Anchors-
lehen and Hoym (PC 6040) was widened to eight meters and
received a concrete surface in 1963.
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At present, the stretch between Volkisch (US 8676) and
E6nnewitz (US 7083) is under construction; this stretch
of 17.1 kilometers is blocked for all traffic from
February 1964 to late November 1964.
F - 80
In 1963, construction work has been carried out on
various stretches of this highway.
- Probably in the spring, the 10.8 kilometer long stretch
Wimmelburg (PC 7410) - Riestedt (PC 6407), which has
been blocked for traffic since May 1962, will be
opened again whenthe highway has received a Concrete
surfJoe.
The bridge near PC 735 103 over the double-track
Bisleben - Blankenheim railroad line (Line 201)
was presumably reinforced and the cobbled pavement
replaced by concrete slabs.
- The about 11 kilometer long stretch between Elende
(PE 1399) and Sollstedt (PE 0797) was widened by in-
cluding the Sommerwege (i.e., unpaved lanes) and
was completed in the fall of 1963.
- The road between Eeinefelde (NB 9291+) and Beuren
(NB 8993) (about three kilometers) has been widened
to about eight meters.
F - 87
Construction work on Elbe Fiver bridge in Torgau
(UT 622140) was completed in early 1964. ,The two
wooden bays of the bridge were replaced by steel
constructions thus increasing the carrying capacity
to presumably 60 tons.(See Tpt. Summary for March 1963).
F - 88
The highway leading through the ThUringer ald
(Thuringia Forrest)Iis being widened and in some places
newly constructed. The eight kilometer long Georgen-
thal (PB 1732) - Friedrichroda section required a con-
struction period of about. two years and was completed
in the fall of 1963. On some stretches of the newly con-
structed road, speed and load limitations had to be
initiated since the surface of the road turned out to
be too soft. Since February 1964, four kilometers between
FriedXichsroda and Tabarz (PB 0737) have been closed for
traffic for an unidentified period.
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F 173
The newly constructed road including the bridge over
the Trieb River near US 046 001 between Thossfell
(US 0400) and Neuensalz (US 0398) was opened to traffic
in late 1963. .(See Tpt. Summaries for February and June
1963).
The 69.2 kilometer long autobahn connection between
Plauen-East and F -173 has been reopened to traffic after
two and a half years of construction i.e., grading and
widening of the road.
(2) The following road constructions, some of them in connection
with military installations, are being carried out or have
already been completed:
(a) Area of Troop Training Ground Zeitzer
district Kreis Zeitz)
The secondary road (L II 0) from Zeitz:(TS 9959) to Raba
(TS 9556) is being widened to about 10 meters and the
curves are being straightened.
Forst (Halle
(b) Area of Parchim Airfield (Schwerin district:,Krcis Parchim)
Because of the planned extension of the airfield in the
eastern direction, the primary road (L I 0) Parchim
Damm (PE 8325) is to bo closed to traffic in .1964.
A new road from Parchim to Damm .-.starting on Wiesenring
is already under construction leading. via Mbderitz
(PE 8526) and Halchow (PE 8325).
(c) area of SAM SitVNVA Gross Rdschen (VT 2819)(0ottbus
Ca/au)
In 1963, a new about 7-meter wide concrete road extending
through the forest area southwest of Alt-Ddborn? (VT 3322)
in .the direction of Barzig (VT 2617) was under construction.
The road begins at VT 319 208 (Tiergarten) and follows
the course of the present forest road.
(d) Area of Jocksdorf -Airfield (Cottbus district, Kreis Forst).
On a 2.5-kilometer long stretch of the Berlin - Breslau
autobahn, an auxiliary runway was constructed in the area
of Jocksdorf airfield in 1962/63. This stretch extends from
VT 774 269 to VT 791 253, is 25 meters wide and has a
0.24 meter thick concrete surface.
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The following construction work was carried out:
- The autobahn stretch received a now concrete surface;
- The second (northeast) lane was constructed (beginning
in LUbbenau and ending in Forst the autobahn has
only a single lane)
- The center strip was concreted;
A 9-meter wide strip on both sides of the autobahn
was cleared,.
At VT 791 253, the southern end of the auxiliary runway,
a newly constructed six meter wide concrete road branches
off, extending to VT 783 242 and turning off in western
direction to the southeastern portion of the airfield
near VT 759 242. This road has also been cleared on both
sides for about nine meters.
Inland Shipping
a. VIP Schiffswerft Berlin.nponick is presently constructing
a cruiser, which is to be handed over to the"Whitaleet"
in Hallo/Saale in the summer of 1964. This first "luxury
vessel" of the Halle-Saale shipping is 5.90 meters wide and.
35.70 meters long and accomodates about 280 passengers.
The 7hite Fleet" in ';Jolgast for the first time in its summer
timetable is scheduling cruises over the weekend to Stettin
(Szczecin) and SwinemUnde (Swinoujscie).
b. In February 1964 the locks in FUrstenberg/Havel and in
Hohensaaten/Oder wore temporarily closed for navigation
because of repair work.
At the lower course of the Tollense regulating work is under
way. From Klempenow (UV 8962) to the mouth of Peeno River
near Demmin (UV 7274) the river is navigable for vessels
with a carrying capacity of up to 180 tons.
5. Civilian Air Traffic.
On 23 March, 1964, the Main Administration of Civilian Aviation
of the Transport. "Ministry moved from Berlin W 8, 53/56
Franzosische Strasse to Central Airport Berlin-Sch6nefold, Block
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III. Czechoslovakia
1. Railroad Transportation
a. Performance Data
For the first time since Nov
Railroads (CSD) were able to
plan in February 1964 (100.1
car units. Nevertheless, the
goods (black and brown coal,
ember 1960, the Czech State
fullfill the transport
per cent)according to
planned quantity of bulk
construction material)
could not be transported because of winter weather con-
ditions. In order to fullfill the plan, goods were
shipped which are easier to transport.
b. Line Construction
(1)
Construction work for the bread gaugc., line to
the East Slovakian Iron Works (Vs) started two
weeks ahead of schedule on 16 March instead of
1 April 1964, Between Sebastowice (EU 2089) and
Haniska (EU 1986), on both sides of State Road
Nr. 68 (Kosice - Hungarian border near Hidasnemeti)
an embankment is being constructed for a 9-meter
high bridge over which the broad-gauge line will
cross the road.
(2) The date of-completion of the electric Kosice -
VSZ-rapid?transit line has been postponed for a
second time. The original date of completion was
planned for late 1963, it was then postponed to
1 April 1964. and according to recent reports
test traffic is to start in August .1964. (See
TPT-. Summary for March 1963, Paragraph 1 b).
(3)
The double-track Ostrava-Kuncice Cosky Tesin
line which has been used for test traffic since
August 1963, has now been handed over to regular
traffic.
Because of the heavy traffic on this line, it
has been constructed foria speed of 80 km/h and
with a? gradient up to eioo,. (See Tpt. Summary
for March 1963, Paragraph 1 c (2)).
c. Electrification
Electrification of
- DetmarOvice
(32) was completed
the last stretch between Decin Louky :
of the Zilina-Novy BohUmin line
in early March 1964. After the
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necessary voltage tests of the overhead lines, it can
be expected that test traffic on the entire line will
start in April 1964. (See Tpt. Summary for November
1963, Paragraph 1 d).
2. The Cheb - Pomezi n.O. road is being widened and straightened.
The Czech customs office of the border crossing point
Schirnding (CSSR/Fedoral Republic of Germany) is located
in Mtihlbach (See also Paragraph I, B, 3 d).
3. Inland Shing
bince 1964, the Czech Danube Shipping Company CSPD has been
using two Soviet hydrofoil vessels of type Raketa for
passenger service between Bratislava and Vienna and Budapest
respectively. Each vessel can accomodate 60 passengers and
reaches a maximum speed of 60 km/h..
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IV. Poland
1. General Transportation
Freight and passenger transport by public means of transportation in 1965
For illustration of the development in the transport of freight and passengers during the last
years, the following list shows the performance figures from 1960 (last year of the First
Five Year Plan) to 1963:
Socialized Transport
means, total
Polish State Railroads
total including
standard gauge
narrow gauge
ILl
Motor vehicle Trans-
port including
State (Wojew.PKS
Cooperatives)
Industry-owned trucks
Civilian Air Trans-
portation
1960 1961 1962 1963
transport of freight and passengers in million tons and million
, passengers respectively
358.1 1,1530 373.3 1,240.0 386.81 1,351.4 486.6 1,470.2
286.9 816-.5 2977 835..9 305.74 867.2
273..7
13.2
788,.-6 285.0
27..9 12.7
808.0 293.3
27.9 12.5
45.0 333.7 47.7 401.5 52.3
4110
3.5
Inland Shipping 2.95
Sea Shipping 641
322.1 43.5
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0.176 4.05
2.6 2.76
839.3 300.7
27.8 22
480.2
388.2 48.0 465.3 52.4
104.7
0.2024.91 0.246 ?2
3.0 3.05 3.7 3.4
9.015 8.28 0.015 8.83 0.018 9.0.
867.
554.8
1) - not including industry-owned trucks
2) - figures for 1963 not yet available.
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2. Railroad Transportation
Line Construction
On 15 May 1964, traffic will be opened on the 30-kilometer
long Rzeszow - Kolbuszow line. It was originally planned
to open this line in 1963. For about one year, trains
have been operating on the 13-kilometer long stretch Rzeszow
Glogow.
Contrary to information forWrded with Tpt. Summary for February
1964, Paragraph V, 1,a construction work can therefore only be
interrupted on the Kolbuszow - Deba Rozalin stretch of the
Rzeszow Tarnobrzeg line.
3. Civilian Aviation
Air traffic between Warsaw and Krakow (Balice Airport) was
resumed on 29 February 1964. For the time being, there is
one flight daily in both directions. (Sec Tpt. Summary for
February 1964, Paragraph V, 3).
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