English Translation

Also in the past year, the railway administration participated in the work of the Bohemian Moravian normalisation company, in particular in the field of construction services. In the maintenance of the railway superstructure, the main lines for transport, especially with changing operating directions, were in the foreground. The planned renewal of the railway superstructure mainly covered the main roads and those routes on which the gradual reinforcement of the rail superstructure is intended to enable the transition of heavy means of transport. However, the necessary operational renewals on local railways were not neglected. Despite the extraordinary conditions and the increased load on many routes, the operational safety of the railway network did not suffer any buses, and the programme of maintenance and renovation work could be carried out almost completely. The means of operation (locomotives, railcars, passenger and freight wagons) had to be used in 1939 in the context of the separation of assets of the former. ČSD was divided between the protectorate railways and the Slovak Staaats Railways. Also with the DR some exchanges of operating equipment were carried out. The locomotive and wagon park was supplemented as possible by new more economical and efficient locomotives, railcars, passenger and freight wagons. The new locomotives are designed to be equipped with improved equipment to improve the efficiency of their operation, particularly with regard to fuel consumption. The newly supplied passenger cars are of strong design and are also suitable for speeds above 100 km/h. A larger number of covered freight wagons were manufactured in the own railway workshops. At the beginning of 1939, there was a certain surplus of staff in the repair works, which was gradually reduced, before that by retirement. The considerable increase in operating performance in the second half of the financial year, however, resulted in a corresponding increase in the employment of repair works as a result of the greater seizure of damaged vehicles. The conversion of vehicles was also continued on schedule, in particular the redesign of passenger cars and the conversion of motor vehicles for right-hand driving. In the storage and procurement services, certain difficulties arising from the exceptional conditions had to be overcome in order to provide the operation with the necessary materials on an ongoing basis and to adequately complement the stocks to the needs of the establishment. As a result of the conflict agreements, certain parts of the stocks were transferred to the Deutsche Reichsbahn and to the Slovak railways. In the statistical service, the combined processing of statistical data by the Prague Railway Directorate was extended to provide greater economic efficiency. In particular, reliable accounting documents were created for the determination of price differences in stocks and the consumption of materials in repair shops and works workshops. The introduction of statistics of the protectorate railways into the Reichsstatistics required the corresponding conversion of the previous surveys. 5