Praha hlavní nádraží
 View of the station from Vinohradská street | |
| General information | |
| Location | Vinohrady, Prague Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50°04′59″N 14°26′09″E / 50.0830556°N 14.4358333°E |
| Owned by | Správa železnic |
| Platforms | 9 |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann Antonín Viktor Barvitius Josef Fanta |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 54570762 |
| IATA code | XYG |
| Fare zone | PID: P[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 December 1871 |
| Rebuilt | 1901–1909 1972–1979 |
| Electrified | 1926–1928 |
| Location | |
  Prague main railway station Location within Location within Czech Republic  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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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 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
[change | change source]- ↑ "Železnice v PID" (PDF). Prague Integrated Transport. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ "Praha hlavni nadrazi Airport code (XYG)". www.air-port-codes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Česká republika - vlaková nádraží". www.goeuro.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ↑ "Přehledně: Nejvytíženější pražská nádraží a tratě. Počty cestujících vzrostly o 14%". Zdopravy.cz (in Czech). 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ↑ Pavel Schreier. "Čekárny na nádražích i pro honoraci". cd.cz (in Czech).
- ↑ "Czech station lease signed". Railway Gazette International. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ↑ "Presidential opening for Praha Hlavní". Railway Gazette International. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ↑ UK, DVV Media. "Grandi Stazioni loses Praha concession". Railway Gazette. Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ↑ 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.