Čachnov

The most beautiful village

Beautiful train station in scenic landscape. There are also refreshments from the only station building. Beautiful place for trips and mushroom pickers paradise.

Čachnov is the name of the railway station situated at the railway station 36,903 on the line 261 Svitavy - Žďárec u Skutče, from the station building to the west in the cadastral area of ​​Kroun, to the east in the cadastral area of ​​Čachnov, the first train passed here on August 18, 1897. The railway station has three transit station tracks, one piece track for loading and unloading, a station building with operating facilities, formerly with stable operating staff, now only with a waiting room for passengers open during limited hours. The station also loads timber harvested in the surrounding forests. There used to be a warehouse and a so-called ramp, both buildings were renovated. The operation is provided by the control room from the Svitavy railway station or from the Žďárec u Skutče terminal station. Passenger transport is provided by Czech Railways with RegioNova and RegioSpider motor trains (along the entire length of the line) in the Svitavy - Čachnov section. Route 261 has a great tourist potential, to the detriment of the low occupancy by transport links in passenger transport. Trains on line 261 pass through three natural areas of the Czech Republic. From the Svitavy Uplands (Svitavy to Polička) it enters the part of the Hornosvratecká Highlands, in a short section behind Polička to the Oldřiš stop they drive in the Jedlovská plošina geomorphological district and from the Borová stop to almost Pustá Kamenice across the Borovský les geomorphological district. Before the stop in Pustá Kamenice, trains enter the territory of the Iron Mountains, through the Čachnov railway station they go to Kroun in the geomorphological district of Kameničská vrchovina and from there to the final one in Skutečská pahorkatina. It also crosses the main European Elbe-Danube watershed three times. For the first time between the Vendolí stop and the Květná railway station and then behind the Pomezí stop in the direction of Polička and between the Borová u Poličky railway station and the Pustá Kamenice stop at an altitude of 683 m, making it the highest track in the Pardubice region. Čachnov is located in the Protected Landscape Area Žďárské vrchy, in terms of natural conditions on the border of the Iron Mountains and the Hornosvratecká Highlands, so the station can be used as a starting point for tourism in these areas. Three marked tourist routes of the Czech Tourists' Club start at the train station. The green route is part of the Homeland Trail through the Chrudimka Region and heads to the Iron Mountains. also there with the source of the rivers Chrudimka and Krounka. The blue route leads through the Hornosvratecká Highlands through the Čachnov locality, part of the village of Krouny, to the top part of the Borovský les nature area with the Karlštejn altitude point (784 m) and the hunting lodge of the same name above Svratouch. The yellow route leads directly to Svratouch from Čachnov, then continues to Svratka and further to the center of Žďárské vrchy with the highest peak Devět skal (836 m). I recommend the Čachnov train station also for easy hiking in the surrounding forests in the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area and also for cycling (routes 4120 and 4180), there is also a small parking area at the railway station that can be used for parking motor vehicles. CZ220520