Praha-Vršovice railway station

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Praha-Vršovice
Nádraží Praha-Vršovice
Nádraží Praha-Vršovice
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 5
IBNR 5400275
opening 1880
location
City / municipality Prague
Place / district Vršovice
Capital Prague
Country Czech Republic
Coordinates 50 ° 3 '53 "  N , 14 ° 26' 52"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '53 "  N , 14 ° 26' 52"  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in the Czech Republic
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The Praha-Vršovice railway station is a railway station in the district of Vršovice of the Czech capital Prague at the address Ukrajinská 304 / 2b.

The station name

  • 1880–1912 Nusle – Vršovice
  • 1912–1941 Vršovice – Nusle
  • since 1941 Praha – Vršovice

Infrastructure

Here keep trains, the Central Railway Station towards Bohemia by Tabor and Ceske Budejovice ( Budweis leave). West consists Following the Prague connecting web , east of the station closes further next to a long-distance train premises with two Ringlokschuppen a far-reaching compound curve over the regional station Praha-Krč and the Moldau the route direction Plzen , which for bypassing the station Praha-Smíchov used could be. From this connecting route there are in turn connecting curves to various failure routes.

Connection to inner-city traffic

In the Esko Prague network , the train station can be reached from the S3, R3, S8, S80 and S9 lines. The tram lines 7 and 24 stop in front of the station building . In addition, a station on the planned metro line D is to be built near the station at Náměstí Bratří Synků .

Station complex

The through station has five platform tracks on three platforms and is located in the district of the same name on Ukrajinská street and not far from Havlíčkovy sady park .

Former marshalling yard

The Praha Vršovice marshalling yard was built when the station was expanded in 1919 and, as one of three freight yards in Europe, functioned as a gradient station based on the principle of gravity. It was dissolved in 1999, and part of the track is now used for passenger traffic.

Web links

Commons : Praha-Vršovice station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Praha Vršovice train station on pacifikem.cz (Czech)
  2. Development of rail transport on the Prague 10 website, page 7 (Czech)