PDV Railway

PDV Railway a.s. was a Czech railway company headquartered in Ústí nad Labem. It was founded in 2012, initially as a company of the construction firm IDS, and it took over the "railway and track operations" division of Viamont. Its VKM short code was PDVR. The company operated as a railway infrastructure manager and rail transport provider, and it also had a related non-public siding business, Vlečka Ústí Infrastructure s.r.o., which operated non-public rail sidings. From its founding until 30 June 2026, PDV Railway was the infrastructure manager for two state-owned regional lines in the Czech Republic: line No. 032 Trutnov hlavní nádraží – Svoboda nad Úpou, and line No. 145 Sokolov (outside the passenger station) – Kraslice state border. These are regional lines in the Krkonoše foothills and in the Karlovy Vary region near the Saxon border. The company thus combined infrastructure management with railway operations, providing a comprehensive range of services in the field of operating railways and sidings. Ownership changed at the end of 2020, when the company became part of Maridan s.r.o. in Kladno. The company was led by Jan Franz. In the mid-2020s the Czech state decided to bring the two lines back under the state infrastructure administration, Správa železnic. The operating contract was terminated by the state with an 18-month notice period, which had previously been contractually extended. PDV Railway therefore ended its railway infrastructure and rail transport activities on 30 June 2026, and from 1 July 2026 Správa železnic, státní organizace, took over the rights and obligations related to operating those lines. The company thanked its business partners, collaborators and passengers for their long-standing cooperation and trust, and remained reachable by e-mail at info@pdvr.cz. As a result, PDV Railway is now a defunct operating railway undertaking, though the corporate entity and its contact channel are still referenced on its website. Its historical significance lies in having been one of the private infrastructure managers in the Czech regional railway sector, bridging the earlier Viamont railway-operations tradition and the later re-municipalization of the two lines under Správa železnic.

PDV Railway a.s. was founded in 2012 as a Czech railway company based in Ústí nad Labem. It began as a company of the construction firm IDS, and the "railway and track operations" division of Viamont was transferred to PDV Railway. This gave the new company a foundation in railway operations and track management, and it adopted the VKM short code PDVR. A related company, Vlečka Ústí Infrastructure s.r.o., operated non-public rail sidings. PDV Railway became the infrastructure manager for two state-owned regional lines in the Czech Republic: line No. 032 Trutnov hlavní nádraží – Svoboda nad Úpou, and line No. 145 Sokolov (outside the passenger station) – Kraslice state border. These lines lie in the Krkonoše foothills and in the Karlovy Vary region near the German border. The company provided comprehensive services in the operation of railways and sidings, combining infrastructure management with rail transport operations. At the end of 2020, ownership of PDV Railway changed: the company became part of Maridan s.r.o. in Kladno. The company was led by Jan Franz. In the mid-2020s, the Czech state decided to return the two lines to the state infrastructure administration, Správa železnic. The operating contract was terminated by the state with an 18-month notice period, which had previously been contractually extended. As a result, PDV Railway ended its railway infrastructure and rail transport activities on 30 June 2026, and from 1 July 2026 Správa železnic, státní organizace, took over the rights and obligations related to operating the lines. The company published a notice on its website thanking business partners, collaborators and passengers for their long-standing cooperation and trust, and it remained reachable by e-mail at info@pdvr.cz.

• 2026

  On 30 June 2026, PDV Railway ended its railway infrastructure and rail transport activities on lines No. 032 and No. 145.

• 2026

  From 1 July 2026, Správa železnic, státní organizace, took over the rights and obligations related to operating the two lines.

• 2020

  At the end of 2020, PDV Railway became part of Maridan s.r.o. in Kladno.

• 2012

  PDV Railway a.s. founded as a Czech railway company based in Ústí nad Labem; Viamont's railway and track operations division transferred to it.

Private Czech railway infrastructure manager and rail operator focused on regional lines and sidings.

• Railway infrastructure management

  Management of state-owned regional lines No. 032 Trutnov hl. n. – Svoboda nad Úpou and No. 145 Sokolov – Kraslice st. hr. until 30 June 2026.

• Rail transport operations

  Operation of rail transport on the managed lines.

• Non-public rail sidings

  Operated by the related company Vlečka Ústí Infrastructure s.r.o.

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2. 2PDV Railway – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3PDV Railway – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org