České dráhy
Czech passenger rail transport operator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
České dráhy (English: Czech Railways), often shortened to ČD, is the main railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services.
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Company type | Government-owned (100%) |
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Industry | Railway company |
Predecessors | České dráhy s.o. (1993–2002) ČSD (1918–1992) |
Founded | Prague (2003) |
Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic |
Key people | Michal Krapinec |
Revenue | 40.656 billion CZK (2019)[1] |
7,993,000,000 Czech koruna (2021) | |
1.315 billion CZK (2019)[1] | |
Total assets | 95.991 billion CZK (2019)[1] |
Total equity | 41.939 billion CZK (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 23.529 (2019)[1] |
Subsidiaries | ČD Cargo |
Website | www.cd.cz www.ceskedrahy.cz |
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The company was established in January 1993, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. It is a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways. It is a member of the International Railway Union (UIC Country Code for the Czech Republic is 54), the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, and the Organization for Cooperation of Railways. With twenty-four thousand employees[2] ČD Group is the fifth largest Czech company by the number of employees.[3]
Its EuroCity trains have dining cars with regional food prepared fresh to order and craft beer.[4]