VRT Středohorský tunel
| Fast Connections | RS 4 Praha/Prague – Drážďany/Dresden |
|---|---|
| Section (from – to) | exit Lovosice – Ústí nad Labem |
| Regions | Ústí nad Labem |
| Total length (without exits) | 29,4 km |
| Total length (with exits) | To be determined |
| Exits (city/direction) | Litoměřice |
| Maximum speed | 270 km/h |
| Maximum design speed | 270 km/h |
| Operation | Mixed: passenger and freight |
| Number of bridges – elevated tracks | To be determined |
| Number of tunnels | 2 |
| Počet nadjezdů | To be determined |
| + footbridges for pedestrians and cyclists only | To be determined |
| Number of ecoducts | To be determined |
Note: All information is approximate and subject to change.
Structurally, this will be a newly built double-track line electrified by AC power supply system and secured by the European Train Control System (ETCS). For the most part, the tunnel section will be executed as a pair of single-track railway tubes.
VRT Středohorský tunel (HSL Central Uplands Tunnel) connects to the section Praha-Balabenka – exit Lovosice – exit Litoměřice (VRT Podřipsko) as well as to line 072 Lysá nad Labem – Ústí nad Labem. The section ends at the Ústí nad Labem centrum (city centre) terminal, which is already part of the Krušnohorský tunel section.
The launch of the VRT Středohorský tunel and VRT Podřipsko sections will reduce travel times for express trains between Prague and Ústí nad Labem from the current 60–71 minutes to under half an hour. Mixed traffic in the tunnel will make it possible to absorb some freight traffic from the existing 072 line that runs through the Elbe Valley.
