Construction of railways on the territory of the Czech and their effect on time-space compression

The following bachelor thesis discusses construction of railways in Czech republic and its effect on time-space compression and expression in time-space maps. Theoretical section describes evolution of transportation from pre-industrial till post-Fordist era. Reasons of time-space compression, convergence, divergence and distantiation are also described. Theoretical part discusses transport accessibility and construction of railways in wide range from local connections to phase of railway selection. Methodological section first describes collection of data about railway commute from different districts of Czech Republic in years 1900, 1918, 1937, 1950, 1975, 1991, 2001 and 2015. In the next part of the methodological section a formula of weighted time accessibility necessary for creation of time-space maps is introduced. Core of the analytical section lays primarily in maps based on collected data and created in programme ArcMap. These maps show evolution of time accessibility, speed and combination of time and speed expressed in weighted time accessibility. In the end of analytical section, shrinking space based on rail transportation in sphere of time-space maps is described. Analytical section also discusses and compares results where previously mentioned maps are the main source of commentaries. Last section summarizes all achieved findings and reacts to stated hypotheses