CARGO BUSINESS 2-10.indd - ZSSK Cargo

Ban on Loading, which stopped the import and transit of wagonconsignments from ČD (the Czech Railways) and PKP to Slovakia.The only exceptions were the consignments transiting Slovakia toAustria and Hungary. No wonder that customers of ZSSK CARGOwere frequently inquiring about the movement of consignments tobe exported and about the assumed time of their delivery to theconsignee. This was also relevant to slowdown in transport of goodsvia border crossing station Čierna nad Tisou – Chop, where, due tounusable track sections in Slovakia, on the basis of Ban on Loading,there was a restriction imposed on import and delivery via Čiernanad Tisou, later extended also to import, export and transit in bothdirections for standard and broad-gauge tracks.In mid-June, the traffic was still stopped in several track sections andfreight trains did not operate between Zlaté Moravce and Lužianky,Čaňa and Hidasnémeti, Kysak and Drienovská Nová Ves, Plaveč andMuszyna, Plaveč and state border with Poland and in other sections.Instability of rail tracks, due to heavy rain in the broad-gauge trackof section Slančík - Slivník caused a complete traffic interruption on1.June. The entire railway station Fiľakovo was flooded and all trainsfrom east to west had to be diverted through Fiľakovo junction andall traffic via BCS Fiľakovo - Somoskőújfalu was stopped until 6.June.High water levels caused damage to eight driving railway vehiclesfrom the Centre of train crew in Fiľakovo. Slope wash and landslidesinterrupted traffic between stations Bardejov - Raslavice and SpišskáBelá - Podolínec. Floods caused a lot of problems on rail tracksMargecany – Červená Skala, Gelnica - Prakovce, Spišské Vlachy –Spišské Podhradie.The western part of Slovakia was struck as well. On Wednesday 2.June,the landslide stopped traffic on the rail track between Zlaté Moravceand Lužianky. The traffic was interrupted between Šahy and IpeľskýSokolec from the 4th to 7th of June.Restrictions on the Main RouteThe worst thing was that the floods caused damage to the main railroute Košice - Žilina. Track washed out in the section Kysak - Košiceand subsequent damage to trolley wires caused the closure of onemain track near the railway station Kostoľany nad Hornádom on3.June. A number of tracks in the section Kysak – Malá Lodina wereflooded as well. Landslide onto the tracks No. 1 and No. 3 causeddamage to trolley wires in Malá Lodina.In Poland, washed track caused interruption of operation in thesection Plaveč, state border - Poland on 4.June. For this reason, therewas complete stoppage of traffic via BCS Muszyna – Plaveč and a banon loading of 5.June stopped transportations of consignments viathis border crossing station in both directions. The landslide on therail track between Kysak and Drienovská Nová Ves contributed tothis situation. After the obstacle was removed, only passenger railtraffic could resume. The opening of border crossing station Lupków– Medzilaborce on 14.June helped remove a number of wagons in ourcountry as well as in Poland.Ban on LoadingOn the same day, company ZSSK CARGO responded by issuing theConsequences of Flooding are AppallingStoppage or restrictions of rail traffic in early June in several tracksections due to flooding caused a decrease in volume of ZSSK CARGOtransportations by approximately 400,000 tonnes in the same month.The most affected were the transit transportations from the EasternSlovak Transhipment Yards, import and export for U. S. Steel and otherflows of goods transported via affected areas. Without a doubt, ZSSKCARGO lost 150 thousand tonnes of goods, which were transportedusing railways in neighbouring countries or road.As a result of flooding in some border crossing stations, or flooding oftheir respective tracks, the traffic had to be diverted and that insteadof Plaveč, stations Medzilaborce, Skalité and Čadca were used andinstead of Slovenské Nové Mesto and Čaňa, stations Lenartovce,Fiľakovo and Štúrovo were used. Only in June, there was an increase inadditional operating costs of 1.045 million Euros.Pavel ZÁVACKÝ, Rudolf KUBIŠRieka Hornád takto podmyla podperu železničného mosta medzi SpišskýmiVlachmi a Spišským Podhradím. (Snímka Ing. Martin Balkovský)River Hornád washed out the abutment of the railway bridge between SpišskéVlachy and Spišské Podhradie. (Photo Martin Balkovský)Rieka Hornád podmočila 3. júna trať v úseku Kysak – Košice neďaleko mostapri Kostoľanoch nad Hornádom. Časť koľaje sa zosunula do rieky. Dopravabola na dlhší čas obmedzená, vlaky premávali len po jednej traťovej koľaji.(Snímka ŽSR)River Hornád washed out the rail track in section Kysak - Košice near the bridgeat Kostoľany nad Hornádom on 3.June. Part of the track slid into the river.Traffic was restricted for a long time; trains were operating on only one railtrack. (Photo ŽSR)Zničená trať pri Kostoľanoch sa začala dávať doporiadku, keď opadla voda.Prevádzka sa na nej obnovila až 17. júla. (Snímka Ing. Igor Molnár)Destroyed rail track has been getting back to normal after the water receded.The operation resumed on 17. July. (Photo Igor Molnár)18/19