Progress (train)

Progress
Overview
Service type Schnellzug (D)
(1974–1986)
Interexpress (IEx)
(1986–1988)
Schnellzug (D)
(1989–1990)
Status Discontinued
Locale Czechoslovakia
German Democratic Republic
First service 1974 (1974)
Last service ca. 1990 (1990)
Route
Start Praha-Holešovice
End Berlin-Lichtenberg /
Rostock Hbf
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) D76/77 (1974–1986)
IEx 78/79 (1986–1988)
D278/279 (1989–ca. 1990)
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 15 kV AC, 16.7 Hz (Germany)

Progress was an express train between Prague, then the capital of Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Introduced in 1974, Progress went through a number of iterations, and also endured a one-year period off the rails, until it ceased running altogether in about 1990.

History

Progress first ran in 1974. Initially, it was categorised as a Schnellzug, D76/77, and ran between Praha-Holešovice in Prague and Berlin-Lichtenberg in East Berlin, GDR.

In 1986, Progress was recategorised as one of the new top-of-the-line Interexpress services, and renumbered as IEx 78/79. Its route remained as before.

Progress ran as an Interexpress only until 1988, when it disappeared from the timetable.

The following year, Progress was revived, and its route extended further north, from East Berlin to Rostock Hauptbahnhof in Rostock, GDR. However, it was soon discontinued once again.

See also

References

  • Bogula, Rico (2007). Internationale Schnellzüge in der DDR [International Express Trains in the GDR]. Freiburg i.B.: EK-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-88255-720-6. (in German)
  • Private web page – about the history of the DR's international trains 1977 to 1993 (in German)
  • Private web page – about the history of the IEx trains (in German)
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