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Brno main railway station (Czech: Brno hlavní nádraží, abbreviated as Brno hl. n.) is the principal railway station in Brno, the largest city in Moravia and the second largest in the Czech Republic. The railway station is situated in the city centre on the site of the former city walls. It is one of the oldest railway stations in the Czech ...
High-speed rail in the Czech Republic is being planned with construction starting in 2026 and maximum speed between 200 and 320 km/h. Although České Dráhy owns and operates multiple rolling stock capable of speeds of 230 km/h (143 mph) since 2004, there is, as of 2023, no infrastructure capable of velocity over 200 km/h (124 mph).
The Brno tramway network (Czech: Tramvajová doprava v Brně, simply Tramvaje v Brně) was the first network of its kind to be put into operation in what is now known as the Czech Republic with its horse tram lines dating back to 1869. [1] Today, Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, after Prague, and its tram network is also ...
995 metres (3,264 ft) Operating speed. 160 km/h (100 mph) Map. Rail transport in the Czech Republic carried 193.5 million passengers in 2019, [2] and 68.37 million tonnes of cargo in the year 2009. [3] The majority of passenger services run nowadays are operated by the state company České dráhy (Czech Railways), which until 2007 also managed ...
The station platforms at Praha-Holešovice Exterior, showing the adjacent bus station. Praha-Holešovice railway station (Czech: Nádraží Praha-Holešovice) is located in Holešovice, a northern district of Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic. Opened in 1985, the station was originally used as a terminus for international fast trains ...
Brno metropolitan area. The Brno metropolitan area ( Czech: Brněnská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area of the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. The metropolitan area has a population of 729,405 as of 2024. [ 2] The metropolitan area is the third most populous urban area in the country. Covering an area of 1,978 km² in the ...
Praha Masarykovo n. The Nové spojení ( Czech for "New Connection", [2] full name Nové spojení Praha hl.n., Masarykovo n. – Libeň, Vysočany, Holešovice [3]) is a series of tunnels and bridges forming an important part of the railway network in Prague, Czech Republic. The network was constructed between 2004 and 2008 and opened in 2010.
Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; German: Brünn ⓘ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.