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Railway test circuit Velim ( or ) is a closed loop railway used to test railway car and locomotive.
The circuit is part of the Test Center Velim (Zkušební centrum Velim), owned by Railway Research Institute (Výzkumný ústav železniční, VUZ, ), a subsidiary of Czech Railways (České dráhy), the railway operator in the Czech Republic.
The circuit was built near the city Poděbrady in the Central Bohemian Region of Czech Republic. It is located between villages Vrbová Lhota, Ratenice, Cerhenice (with headquarters of the test center), Velim, Pňov-Předhradí and southern suburbs of Poděbrady. Village Sokoleč lies inside the large circuit. The construction was finished in 1963.
The circuit has become the main testing location for most new locomotives and trains built in or destined for use across Europe.
The test center consists of two independent circuits:
Both circuits provide railway electrification system used in the Czech Republic:
The circuit allows to test cha
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