Czech rail records

Czech rail records, dates in brackets indicate when the record was reached or when the railway infrastructure was put into operation.

First horse-drawn railway
Railway České Budějovice - Linz, first public railway in continental Europe, with length 120 km and rail gauge 1,106 mm (3 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in), section České Budějovice - Kerschbaum put into operation on September 30, 1828, the rest opened on August 1, 1832.

First railway (steam powered)
First section of the North railway from Vienna to Břeclav and its branch from Břeclav to Brno (July 7, 1839)

Maximum gradient of a rail line
Gradient 57 ‰ on cog railway Tanvald-Kořenov (June 30, 1902)

The lowest railway station
Station Dolní Žleb, 127 m above sea level, on cross-border line Děčín-Bad Schandau in valley of the Elbe River (April 8, 1851)

The highest railway station
Station Kubova Huť, 990 m above sea level, on line Strakonice-Volary (October 15, 1893)

The longest tunnel
Březno tunnel, 1758 m long, on line Prague-Chomutov (April 1, 2007) which surpassed Špičák tunnel, 1747.25 m long, on line Plzeň-Železná Ruda (October 20, 1877).

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