Modernisation of Railway Infrastructure in Pragersko in the Period 2020-2024

The diploma thesis is based on the project of modernising railway infrastructure in Pragersko in the period 2020–2024. The modernisation of railway infrastructure in Pragersko is one of the largest projects in their country.

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The diploma thesis is based on the project of modernising railway infrastructure in Pragersko in the period 2020–2024. The modernisation of railway infrastructure in Pragersko is one of the largest projects in their country. With the upgrade of the infrastructure alone, both the railway and the town will gain enormously.

In the past, it was considered in Pragersko that the biggest bottleneck was precisely the level crossing, where at that time a huge number of vehicles crossed. However, as railway traffic intensified so much, it became practically impossible to cross the railway tracks at this level crossing without having to stop and wait for it to clear. Railway movement was the most frequent, as the railway station is a junction, which means that several lines divide at this station.

The main line designated G30 is the Zidani Most – Šentilj line and onwards to the state border. The second line is designated G40 Pragersko – Ormož (branch to Čakovec – Croatia and bypass to Lendava) – Murska Sobota – Hodoš. Line G45 Gaj pri Pragerskem – Lave (Pragersko connecting loop) enables direct journeys bypassing Pragersko station.

With the connecting loop, we gain at least 5 minutes that a train would spend stopping, changing locomotive cabins, and departing from the station. At the beginning of the diploma thesis, he described the history of Pragersko station and its development through the years to the present day. The station has gained great importance over time due to its location.

Due to the increase in the number of trains and the necessary locomotive changes and shunting of trains at the station, the town began to be burdened with environmental pollution. Primarily, these are all the stationary cars that stood in queues at closed barriers. Then there is also the smoke from locomotives that moved wagons up and down the station all day long in order to assemble trains for specific directions.

Above all, trains were assembled here for the direction of Hodoš and Čakovec. If a train was already assembled for this direction, the locomotive had to be changed. In the core section, he described how the reconstruction of the station building itself proceeds, the renovation of tracks and track devices, the underpass, signalling and safety devices, and the overhead contact system.

The second part of the diploma thesis, however, he devoted entirely to the comparison of materials and impacts on construction as well as on the environment, and the construction of the railway underpass, which will significantly contribute to the quality of life in the town itself. In this way, vehicles will cross the railway line from one side to the other without having to stop. The long-standing noise will be reduced, air pollution will be decreased, as trains are powered by electric traction.