Praha Masarykovo nádraží
Praha Masarykovo nádraží (Prague Masaryk railway station) is a terminal railway station near Republic Square (náměstí Republiky) in the New Town area of Prague, Czech Republic.
Praha Masarykovo nádraží | |
|---|---|
Masaryk railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Prague, Havlíčkova 1028/5 Hybernská 1014/13 |
| Coordinates | 50°05′17″N 14°25′59″E / 50.088°N 14.433°E |
| Owned by | Správa železnic |
| Platforms | 4(7) |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Jan Perner Antonín Jüngling |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 54572362 |
| Fare zone | PID: P[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 August 1845 |
| Electrified | 1926-1928 |
It was the first railway station in the city to serve steam trains, and the second oldest railway station in Prague (the first is Praha-Dejvice, formerly Bruska on the Lány Horse-drawn Railway). The station was designed by Antonín Jüngling and came into service in 1845.
During the Prague uprising against German occupation in 1945, the station was captured by the Waffen-SS on 8 May and 53 surrendered resistance fighters and non-combatants were massacred.[2]
Nowadays the station only serves regional and suburban trains, because the larger Praha hlavní nádraží does not have enough capacity. In 2010 it served 48,838 trains and 9.6 million passengers.[3] The station is currently being reconstructed, and will become the terminus of the planned railway connection with Václav Havel Airport Prague.
Names Edit
Since it opened in 1845, Masaryk Railway Station has had the following names:
- 1845–1862 Praha (German: Prag) - "Prague"
- 1862–1919 Praha státní nádraží (German: Prag Staatsbahnhof) - "Prague State Station"
- 1919–1940 Praha Masarykovo nádraží (German: Prag Masarykbahnhof) - Prague Masaryk Station
- 1940–1945 Praha Hybernské nádraží (German: Prag Hibernerbahnhof) - Prague Hibernia Station, the station is on Hybernská street
- 1945–1952 Praha Masarykovo nádraží
- 1953–1990 Praha střed - Prague Central
- March 1990– Praha Masarykovo nádraží
For much of its existence, the station has been named after the founder of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
Services Edit
| Preceding station | Esko Prague | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | S1 | Praha-Libeň towards Kolín or Pardubice hl. n. | ||
| S2 | Praha-Vysočany towards Nymburk hl. n. or Kolín | |||
| S22 | Praha-Vysočany towards Milovice | |||
| S4 | Praha-Holešovice zastávka towards Kralupy nad Vltavou or Ústí nad Labem hl. n. | |||
| S5 | Praha-Bubny towards Kladno | |||
| R5 | Praha-Dejvice towards Rakovnik | |||
References Edit
- ^ "Železnice v PID" (PDF). Prague Integrated Transport. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Masakr na Masarykově nádraží 8. 5. 1945" (in Czech). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Ročenka dopravy Praha 2010 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine