České Budějovice railway station

České Budějovice railway station is a mainline railway station and marshalling yard in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic. It is located at the junction of an international corridor leading from Prague south to Linz in Austria with several domestic lines. The Neo-Renaissance station building, completed in 1908, is located on Nádražní street, a short walk east of the old town. Most passenger services are operated by Czech Railways but some are operated by Arriva.[1]

České Budějovice
The station building from Nádražní street
Location	Nádražní, České Budějovice Czech Republic
Coordinates	48.974378°N 14.488158°E / 48.974378; 14.488158
Owned by	SŽDC
Connections	Trolleybuses, buses
Construction
Architect	Gustav Kulhavý
History
Opened	1868
Rebuilt	1908
Electrified	1968

History

The history of rail transport in České Budějovice began as early as 1828 with the opening of a horse-drawn railway to Linz, but it was not until 1868 when a new line to Plzeň was opened that a station was built for locomotives. At the beginning of the 20th century, as the railways continued to grow, a much larger station was constructed on the same tracks a short distance north of the old one. The station building was designed by Gustav Kulhavý in Neo-Renaissance style and constructed by J. M. Kohler & son. It was opened in 1908, and the first train to call at the station was an express train from Trieste to Prague on 17 December of that year.[2]

Reconstruction

In 2016, the station was acquired by the Railway Infrastructure Administration Company (Cz: Správa železniční dopravní cesty, or SŽDC), who plan to renovate the station at a cost of approximately 150 million Czech koruna, with work beginning in 2018.[3]

Services

The station is served by one express route and three long-distance routes operated by Czech Railways.[4]

Preceding station		České dráhy		Following station
Velešín město toward Linz		Ex7		Tábor toward Prague
Český Krumlov Terminus
Čičenice toward Plzeň		R11		Veselí nad Lužnicí toward Brno
Terminus		R17		Veselí nad Lužnicí toward Prague via Tábor
Čičenice toward Prague via Písek		R26		Terminus
Nové Hodějovice toward České Velenice		Stopping trains		České Budějovice severní zastávka toward Tábor, Prachatice or Protivín
České Budějovice jižní zastávka toward Černý Kříž or Horní Dvořiště
Preceding station		Arriva		Following station
Boršov nad Vltavou toward Nová Pec		Arriva Express		Chotýčany toward Prague

References

1. "České Budějovice". Želpage. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
2. Kopáček, Jiří; Vondra, Václav. "Nádraží (železniční)". Encyklopedie Českých Budějovic. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
3. Marek, Lukáš. "Budějovice mají nejhorší nádraží, s novým vlastníkem je šance na opravu". iDnes. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
4. "Schema linek dálkových vlaků ČR" (PDF). České dráhy. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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