Praha-Těšnov railway station
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 The Prague Northwest Railway Station in 1876
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| Operating point type | railway station |
| Location in the network | Terminus |
| opening | May 10, 1875 |
| Conveyance | July 1, 1972 |
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| City / municipality | Prague |
| Place / district | Karlín |
| Capital | Prague |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 '30 " N , 14 ° 26' 14" E |
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| List of train stations in the Czech Republic | |
The Praha-Těšnov train station was a long-distance train station in the Czech capital, Prague . It was put into operation in 1875 as the Prague Northwest Railway Station by the kk privileged Österreichische Nordwestbahn (ÖNWB) as the end point of their route from Vienna . It consisted of a complex of neo-Renaissance buildings designed by the architect Carl Schlimp . Until its final shutdown in 1984 (in the course of the planning of the Prague city motorway) it was one of the two large terminal stations in Prague.
Names
In the course of history, the station changed its name several times according to the political circumstances. During the First Republic , it was named after the French historian Ernest Denis . After the Second World War, the station was given the name Praha-Těšnov , which was valid until the end , after the street in front of the station.
- 1875–1919: Prague Northwest Railway Station / Praha severozápadní nádraží
- 1919–1939: Praha Denisovo nádraží (translated: Prague Denisbf)
- 1939–1945: Praha Vltavské nádraží / Prague Vltava train station
- 1945–1953: Praha Denisovo nádraží
- 1953–1984: Praha-Těšnov
history
An area northeast of Prague's old town in Karolinenthal (Karlín), on which a city gate ( Petrská brána ) had been located in historical times, was chosen as the building site for the ÖNWB train station . A representative reception building was designed for tourist traffic. Construction began in 1872 and lasted three years.
When the branch line of the ÖNWB from Lissa to Prague was opened on October 4, 1873, the trains initially ended at a provisional station on the Vltava island of Rohanský ostrov . The station was not put into operation until May 10, 1875.
After the nationalization of the ÖNWB in 1909, the importance of the station gradually declined. The trains to the East Bohemian Geiersberg (Kyšperk, today: Letohrad) began and ended in the north-west station . The 1919 timetable showed a total of eight passenger trains, two of which ran continuously to Geiersberg.
The Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD), founded after the First World War , developed a concept in the 1920s to redesign the Prague railway systems, which provided for a central long-distance station in the center of Prague. However, the implementation of this future-oriented plan could only partially be realized in the following decades. The former north-west station remained in operation. It was not until July 1, 1972, that travel to Praha-Těšnov was stopped. From then on, all passenger trains ran to and from the train stations Praha hlavní nádraží (Prague main train station) and Praha střed (today: Praha Masarykovo nádraží).
The station facilities were gradually demolished after the tourist traffic ceased. By 1975 the outbuildings and the north wing of the reception building disappeared. After the station was finally closed in 1984, all facilities and buildings were finally demolished. The south wing of the reception building with the monumental reception hall was blown up on March 16, 1985. Today a four-lane main road runs over the site of the former train station.
literature
- Kateřina Bečková: Zmizelá Praha - Nádraží a železniční tratě , Schola ludus - Pragensia, Praha 2009, ISBN 80-902505-7-2
