Classic route
R11 České Budějovice–Brno
České Budějovice → Brno · Czechia
Three railways end to end: the Franz Josef line to Veselí from 1871, the Bohemian transversal on to Jihlava from 1887, and the line through Třebíč to Brno, whose middle section opened in June 1886.
- Distance
- 233 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 12 min
- Average speed
- 55 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmČeské Budějovice +5
- 37 kmVeselí nad Lužnicí +1
- 51 kmKardašova Řečice
- 64 kmJindřichův Hradec +1
- 84 kmPočátky-Žirovnice
- 99 kmHorní Cerekev
- 106 kmBatelov
- 111 kmDolní Cerekev
- 130 kmJihlava
- 158 kmOkříšky
- 169 kmTřebíč
- 189 kmNáměšť nad Oslavou
- 231 kmBrno hlavní nádraží +5
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6361823: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 66 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 18 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 653
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the R11 České Budějovice–Brno?
The R11 České Budějovice–Brno runs 233 km from České Budějovice to Brno.
How long does the R11 České Budějovice–Brno take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 12 min for the 233 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end.
Who runs the R11 České Budějovice–Brno?
České dráhy, with R 653.
How old is the R11 České Budějovice–Brno?
The line has been in service since 1887. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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