České Budějovice railway station

České Budějovice railway station (Czech: Železniční stanice České Budějovice) 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
General information
Location	Nádražní, České Budějovice Czech Republic
Coordinates	48°58′27.425″N 14°29′17.321″E
Owned by	Správa železnic
Line(s)	Plzeň–České Budějovice [cs] České Budějovice–Černý Kříž [cs] St. Valentin–České Budějovice [de] České Velenice–České Budějovice [de] Prague–České Budějovice [cs]
Platforms	4
Connections	Trolleybuses, buses
Construction
Architect	Gustav Kulhavý [cs]
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance
Other information
Station code	54732826
History
Opened	1868
Rebuilt	1908
Electrified	1968
Location

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 towards Linz Hbf		EC		Tábor towards Praha hl.n.
Český Krumlov Terminus		IC
Číčenice towards Bayerisch Eisenstein		R		Terminus
Číčenice towards Plzeň main				Veselí nad Lužnicí towards Brno main
Terminus				Veselí nad Lužnicí towards Praha hl.n.
České Budějovice sev.z. towards Písek		Sp		Terminus
České Budějovice již.z. towards Linz Hbf
Terminus		Os		Nové Hodějovice towards České Velenice
České Budějovice sev.z. towards Strakonice				Terminus
Preceding station	Arriva vlaky			Following station
Terminus		R26		Zliv towards Praha hl.n.
Preceding station	GW Train Regio			Following station
České Budějovice již.z. towards Nové Údolí or Volary		Os		Terminus

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 (27 September 2016). "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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