Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

Graph 15 - Transport volume distribution in the Czech-German relation (bidirectional)
(note: RED – road, BLUE – railway, GREEN – water)
55%
Source: CityPlan, spol. s r. o.
4.5.2.2 Railway capacity potential
Transportation volume distribution in the direction of
Saxony, 2007
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 160
2%
Overutilization of railway capacity (over 90 %) leads to reduced transport reliability to beyond
acceptable.
• The Czech Republic
Czech railway network is on the route Prague - Děčín partially exhausted due to interval
passenger transport. The daily reserve is approx. 20 - 25 %, total reserve is approx. 30 – 35 %.
Higher capacity reserves are during night periods, which prolongs transportation time 22 .
• Germany
Currently, burden on the German railway network is close to its load capacity maximum.
The map below presents loads predicted in 2015. Although this particular prognosis does
not predict crises, it is expected around the year 2025 at most. Furthermore, it is important to
22 See SŽDC: „Load and transmission of railway network in the year 2009 - I, III., a IV. Transit corridor“
43%