Praha Masarykovo nádraží

Praha Masarykovo nádraží (Prague Masaryk railway station) is a terminal railway station located in the New Town area of Prague, near Republic Square (náměstí Republiky).

Praha Masarykovo nádraží
Masaryk railway station
LocationPrague, Havlíčkova 1028/5
Hybernská 1014/13
Coordinates50.088°N 14.433°E / 50.088; 14.433
Owned byČeské dráhy
SŽDC
Platforms4(7)
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectJan Perner
Antonín Jüngling
Other information
Station code572362
History
Opened20 August 1845 (1845-08-20)
Electrified1926-1928

It was the first railway station in the city to serve steam trains, and the second oldest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic (the first is Praha-Dejvice, formerly Bruska on the Lány Horse-drawn Railway). The station was designed by Antonín Jüngling and came into service in 1845.

During the Prague uprising against German occupation in 1945, the station was captured by the Waffen-SS on 8 May and 53 surrendered resistance fighters and noncombatants were massacred.[1]

Nowadays the station only serves regional and suburban trains, because the larger Praha hlavní nádraží does not have enough capacity. In 2010 it served 48,838 trains and 9.6 million passengers.[2] The station is currently being reconstructed, and will become the terminus of the planned railway connection with Václav Havel Airport Prague.

Names

Since it opened in 1845, Masaryk Railway Station has had the following names:

  • 1845–1862 Praha (German: Prag) - "Prague"
  • 1862–1919 Praha státní nádraží (German: Prag Staatsbahnhof) - "Prague State Station"
  • 1919–1940 Praha Masarykovo nádraží (German: Prag Masarykbahnhof) - Prague Masaryk Station
  • 1940–1945 Praha Hybernské nádraží (German: Prag Hibernerbahnhof) - Prague Hibernia Station, the station is on Hybernská street
  • 1945–1952 Praha Masarykovo nádraží
  • 1953–1990 Praha střed - Prague Central
  • March 1990- Praha Masarykovo nádraží

For much of its existence, the station has been named after the founder of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

Services
Preceding station   České dráhy   Following station
Preceding station   Esko Prague   Following station
TerminusS1
toward Kolín or Pardubice hl. n.
S2
toward Nymburk hl. n. or Kolín
S22
toward [[Template:S-line/Esko right/S22 railway station|Template:S-line/Esko right/S22]]
S4
Praha-Holešovice zastávka
toward Kralupy nad Vltavou
or Ústí nad Labem hl. n.
S5
Praha-Bubny
toward Kladno
R5
Praha-Dejvice
toward Rakovnik


References
  1. "Masakr na Masarykově nádraží 8. 5. 1945" (in Czech). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. Ročenka dopravy Praha 2010 Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
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