Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy

Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (Jindřichův Hradec Local Railways) was the company which Operated the narrow gauge railway lines from Jindřichův Hradec to Nová Bystřice and Obrataň in the Czech Republic.

Both lines were originally operated with steam locomotives and there were engine sheds at Jindřichův Hradec, Kamenice nad Lipou, Nova Bystřice und Obrataň.

Following the founding of Czechoslovakia the railway became part of ČSD in 1924[1] and during World War II they came under the control of the Deutsche Reichsbahn In 1998 both lines were privatised and they are now owned and operated by JHMD.

In September 2022, after years of financial difficulties and mismanagement, the company went bankrupt and the operations were stopped.

After World War I only U.1, U.34 and U.41 remained in Jindřichův Hradec and in 1924 when ČSD took over the railway they were reclassified as U 37 and renumbered U 37.001, U 37.005 and U 37.006.

In the 1960s several four-axled carriages originally from Saxony were brought to Jindřichův Hradec from the Frýdlant-Heřmanice Railway, where they had been used since 1945.

When they were built these were modern carriages with wooden benches, oil heating, fluorescent lights and toilets.