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The History of the Railway

On the 25th of July, 1875, the Chocen – Broumov railway line was festively opened.
Although the company for building a secondary line connecting Teplice and Trutnov was esablished as early as 1882, the line was not completed until 1908. Until then, Teplice and Adrspach were served by omnibuses and horse-drawn vehicles.
The timetable in 1882 was almost identical with that at the present days which is evident from the table from the Adrsbach and Teplice Rock Towns book by Alois Götzl published in 1882.

Railway Connection (1882)

Departure Prague	7.35
Departure Vienna	6.24	Departure Teplice	9.45
Departure Brno	11.39	Arrival Chocen	11.58
Departure Chocen	15.13	Arrival Brno	15.46
Arrival Teplice	17.39	Arrival Vienna	20.45
		Arrival Prague	19.30

The Local Train from Teplice to Porici u Trutnova

The secondary railway line from Teplice to Porici u Trutnova was opened on September 24, 1908 after two-year construction. The scenic line with a short tunnel right in the first curve winding its way through valleys, across woods and meadows is, in its eastern part, an ideal setting-off point for hiking trips to both the "Rock Towns". Its long bend near the village of Janovice resembles turns and curves of high-mountain railways. It ends with an unique three-level bridge just near Porici u Trutnova. But still, its most spectacular part with a view of the picturesque "Rock Town" is in Dolní Adrspach.

Railway Construction – Chronicle of the Village of Chvalec

On the 2nd of February, 1895, parliamentarian Fr. Roser convened a meeting to discuss construction of the Teplice-Porici railway line. The meeting was held in Teplice in the presence of Hugo Hübner, Gustav Pfohl, Jindřich Dömer and Jos. Rieder. Mayor Hübner was elected a member of the wider committee. The first meeting of the committee was held in Bernard Pfohl's inn at Chvalec. The meeting was attended only by Dr. Dinter (Mayor of Broumov), Dr. Klinger (District Chairman) and by Mr. Rosher from Petrikovice (Factory Owner). The other members of the committee could not come because of a snowstorm that had raged for several days. When leaving Chvaleč, one of the horses got stuck in a snowdrift and could be pulled out only after the snow was shovelled off.
On the 16th of March, the local council agreed to pay down the amount of 8,000.00 guilders to buy ordinary shares of the designed railway line provided that it would go through the village. "The location of the line was agreed upon twenty years ago and it has been set-out several times." Private persons increased the amount by 2,000.00 guilders and the committee agreed to pay another 500 guilders for carrying out new geodesic survey. Staking out the new railway line began in June. The last tour of inspection took place on the 4th of October, 1906 and the actual construction began in places shortly after that. The first engine ran along the full route on August 7, 1908. The new railway line was put into operation on September 24, 1908.

Troublesome Opening – Chronicle of the Village of Chvalec

The opening of the new railway line was really troublesome. The line should have been festively opened on the 18th of August on the Emperor's birthday but it was postponed to the 15th of September. The ceremonial opening should have included a festive dinner in the Eisenhammer Hotel in Teplice. Nevertheless, due to some technical problems, the opening was postponed again, this time to September 17. But it was not opened on that day either and the festive dinner did not take place. The Czech Patriotic Club lodged a protest with the Ministry of Railroads against single-language signs along the line and parliamentarian Adamek filed a motion to suspend the payment of the K 600,000.00 subsidy that had been approved by the Provincial Parliament until the railroad is provided with Czech signs as well. The Ministry of Railways decided to postpone the ceremonial opening for an indefinite period of time. The concessionaires had insisted on the signs being only in the German language since the very beginning. The Ministry of Railways ordered that the signs in two languages should be removed and the two-language tickets taken off. The two-language warning signs were replaced by those in the German language again. The night before the ceremonial opening, many of these signs were pulled down by Czech workers. On the opening day, another two accidents happened. A woman sustained a fatal injury caused by a spontaneously-moving wagon, and a stonecutter was seriously injured in a quarry nearby. On November 15, the railway started to carry mail from Trutnov to Teplice. The final inspection of the railway line was on the 26th and 27th of April and the line was officially completed.