It is a line included in the global network (comprehensive) TEN-T pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is the decisive railway route leading from Germany through the Czech Republic to Austria. In the Czech Republic, this route is defined as IV. Railway transit corridor Děčín st.hr. — Prague – České Budějovice – Horní Dvořiště st.hr (IV. Part of this route is the section Sudoměřice – Votice. It is an existing single-track electrified section that deals with complex modernisation of the line.