Heritage route
Osoblažka
Třemešná ve Slezsku → Osoblaha · Czechia
Czechia’s last public narrow gauge: 760 mm and 102 curves in 20 km (including the network’s sharpest, at 75 m radius), dawdling across Silesia at 40 km/h.
- Distance
- 20 km
- Fastest time
- ~55 min
- Average speed
- 22 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmTřemešná ve Slezsku
- 4 kmLiptaň
- 7 kmDívčí Hrad
- 8 kmHorní Povelice
- 10 kmAmalín
- 11 kmSlezské Rudoltice
- 14 kmKoberno
- 16 kmBohušov
- 20 kmOsoblaha
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the Os 20601 on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 51238: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of Os 20601
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Osoblažka?
The Osoblažka runs 20 km from Třemešná ve Slezsku to Osoblaha.
How long does the Osoblažka take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~55 min for the 20 km. That is an average of 22 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Osoblažka?
Osoblažská úzkorozchodná dráha, with TU47 (705.9) diesel, summer steam.
How old is the Osoblažka?
The line has been in service since 1898. 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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