Czech Republic Prague Main Train Station
Prague Main train station (called Praha hlavní nádraží in Czech is abbreviated as Praha hl.n) is the largest and most important railway station in Prague (Czech Republic). The main train station has a 24-hour left-luggage service, information desks, exchange offices, food stalls and booking offices. The Main station is situated in the centre of Prague, just 5 minutes away from Wenceslas Square and other places of interest
The Art Nouveau station building and station hall was built between 1901 and 1909 designed by the Czech architect Josef Fanta, on the site of old dismantled Neo-Renaissance station. The station was extended by a new terminal building, built between 1972 and 1979, including an underground station and a motorway on the roof of terminal.
The main train station in Prague is an international transport hub, handling services to Germany (Munich/Nuremberg, Bavaria-Bohemia RE (Regio-Express) services, and EuroCity/EuroNight services to Amsterdam, Berlin and Dresden), France (the Paris - Stuttgart - Prague service), Poland, and Slovakia. Services are operated by express trains, and also by Czech Railways
Some services on the north-south transport axis (Berlin - Prague - Budapest) do not call at Hlavní nádraží but instead call at Praha-Holešovice station.
Both these train stations are connected by Prague’s metro (red line C) to the rest of the city.
Other train stations in Prague are Masarykovo nadrazi (station), Vysocanske Station, Smichov Station.
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