English Translation

At the beginning of 1939, a certain surplus of employees was gradually reduced by pensions. The significant increase in railway traffic occurred in the second half of 1939 caused stronger employment of workshops in the number of damaged vehicles. The work programme was fully implemented. especially in the modernisation of passenger cars and in the adjustment of cars for right-hand drive. In the supply and procurement service it was necessary to overcome some difficulties, resulting from extraordinary ratios, in order to provide the operation of the ply-zero material and to complement the supplies in proportion to the needs of the operation. According to the arrangement, part of the inventory was handed over to the German Reichstrasse and some of the main advances to the Slovak railways. Statistical services and increased the concentration of machine processing of statistical data at the Directorate of Railways in Prague to achieve greater efficiency. Thus, reliable documentation was provided to determine price differences in stock hours and material consumption in main and operational workshops. The involvement of Protectorate Railway Statistics in Reichs statistics required appropriate changes to the current survey. In the axis of transport, one of the most important tasks was to adapt the timetable to new transport conditions arising from historical events. As a result of the continued economic recovery, the transport requirements of the local population were also increasing, especially as regards transport to the profession. The important requirements of passenger transport could be met by appropriate measures. The railway operation was adapted to the conditions of war by certain inevitable restrictions. Daily performance in train kilometres decreased here against the pre-war period to 57%/. The freight exchange of rave during the 1939 administrative year significantly increased, exceeding the nine transport of coal, raw materials and other objects of daily needs important for the reviving economic activity. This was followed by extensive transit performances in transport between Altreich and the Donau regions and other countries of South-East Europe. However, special demands imposed on the transport of the Imperial Defense Power and the top performances of the beet and autumn campaigns could be overcome, although so far with the strain of all forces. Gradually it was possible to build all the necessary freight connections for transit and thus give the basis for a smooth overcoming of the tasks put by the Protectorate by the war economy in the field of transport. Road traffic had to be significantly reduced since the outbreak of the war due to the general situation. In passenger transport, only the lines used for the transport of žactva and to work or additional insufficient train connections remained in operation. All other connections were substantially canceled. Also, the operation of trucks was limited to the carriage of goods important for the war management or the nutrition of the population, unless such transport could be carried out by other means of transport. The automotive workshop in Prague-Vršovice carried out all major repairs of road motor 21