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Praha hlavní nádraží

Coordinates: 50°04′59″N 14°26′09″E / 50.0830556°N 14.4358333°E / 50.0830556; 14.4358333
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Prague main railway station

Praha hlavní nádraží  (Czech)
View of the station from Vinohradská street
General information
LocationVinohrady, Prague
Czech Republic
Coordinates50°04′59″N 14°26′09″E / 50.0830556°N 14.4358333°E / 50.0830556; 14.4358333
Owned bySpráva železnic
Platforms9
Construction
ArchitectVojtěch Ignác Ullmann
Antonín Viktor Barvitius
Josef Fanta
Other information
Station code54570762
IATA codeXYG
Fare zonePID: P[1]
History
Opened14 December 1871; 152 years ago (1871-12-14)
Rebuilt1901–1909
1972–1979
Electrified1926–1928
Location
Prague main railway station is located in Czech Republic
Prague main railway station
Prague main railway station
Location within Location within Czech Republic
Prague main railway station is located in Europe
Prague main railway station
Prague main railway station
Location within Europe

Praha hlavní nádraží (IATA: XYG)[2] is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic.

It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, named after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Station (Czech: Wilsonovo nádraží), after the former President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.

In 2014, the station served 224,505 trains (610 daily) and more than 53,000,000 passengers.[3][4]

Overview

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1909 Art Nouveau station building in 2017

The Art Nouveau station building and station hall were built between 1901 and 1909, designed by Czech architect Josef Fanta. It replaced the earlier Neo-Renaissance station designed by Czech architects Antonín Viktor Barvitius and Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann.[5]

The main hall of the Art-Nouveau station building (Fantova budova)

The station was extended by a new terminal building, built between 1972 and 1979, including an underground metro station and a main road on the roof of the terminal.

In 2011 a partial refurbishment of the station was completed by Italian company Grandi Stazioni,[6] which had leased retail space for 30 years from 2002.[7] In 2016 Grandi Stazioni lost the concession after failing to complete the renovation of the historic building by the extended contractual deadline.[8]

In September 2021, a second exit was opened connecting the station to Winston Churchill Square in Žižkov via an underpass.[9]

The station was where the children left who were evacuated to London Liverpool Street station via the Port of Harwich by Nicholas Winton. In 2009 a statue was unveiled on platform 1 commemorating this.

References

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  1. "Železnice v PID" (PDF). Prague Integrated Transport. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. "Praha hlavni nadrazi Airport code (XYG)". www.air-port-codes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  3. "Česká republika - vlaková nádraží". www.goeuro.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. "Přehledně: Nejvytíženější pražská nádraží a tratě. Počty cestujících vzrostly o 14%". Zdopravy.cz (in Czech). 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  5. Pavel Schreier. "Čekárny na nádražích i pro honoraci". cd.cz (in Czech).
  6. "Czech station lease signed". Railway Gazette International. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  7. "Presidential opening for Praha Hlavní". Railway Gazette International. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. UK, DVV Media. "Grandi Stazioni loses Praha concession". Railway Gazette. Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  9. Šindelář, Jan (13 September 2021). "Termín je na světě. Podchod z Hlavního nádraží na Žižkov se otevře koncem září". zDopravy (in Czech). Retrieved 24 September 2021.