Brno main railway station

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Brno main railway station Brno hlavní nádraží (in Czech)
Brno main train station
General information
Location	Brno, Nádražní street 418/1 Czech Republic
Coordinates	49°11′27″N 16°36′46″E / 49.190882°N 16.612652°E / 49.190882; 16.612652
Owned by	Správa železnic
Platforms	6 with 11 tracks (6 through, 5 terminus)
Connections	Brno Tramway, Brno Trolleybuses, Brno Buses
Construction
Architect	Anton Jüngling Josef Oehm
Other information
Station code	54332957
History
Opened	16 December 1838; 185 years ago (1838-12-16)
Rebuilt	1902–04 1987–89
Electrified	yes
Passengers
65,000[when?][citation needed]

Brno main railway station (

. The railway station is situated in the city centre on the site of the former city walls. It is one of the oldest railway stations in the Czech Republic, having been in operation since 1839.

History

First railway station

Brno main railway station was built in 1838, one of the first railway stations in the world. It was the terminus on the line from

by Austrian architect Anton Jüngling.

Second railway station

The railway station became a through station after construction of the rival Northern Railway (Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways) in 1849. As soon as the traffic at the railway station, which was occupied by two competing companies, started to grow, some space limitation caused by bevelled shape between two segments of a polygonal principle Brno Ringstrasse.^{[clarification needed]}

Third railway station

At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries the side wings of individual companies were connected with a single Concourse (entrance hall), which served to both of them. The author of this partially Art Nouveau building was architect Josef Oehm. The hall has an outline of 18x25 metres. The oldest transverse subway leads in its axis under the platform 4. The hall construction was finished in 1904. Railway station was partially and surfacing (visual only) modernized in 1947 by architect Bohuslav Fuchs, the last time in 1988.

Platforms

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(right)

Brno main railway station has 4

with 6 lines and 2 terminal platforms, to make a total of 6 platforms. The through platforms are 415 and 310 metres long and built in an S-shape. The terminal platforms are straight and 350 metres long. The platforms are at least 9 metres wide.

Routes

Brno main station is an important station on the pan-international corridor passing through the country (Děčín – Prague – Pardubice – Brno – Břeclav), with international trains serving the station to and from Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. It is also located on five other lines, three of which carry intercity trains:

• Brno - Jihlava – České Budějovice – Plzeň
• Brno - Havlíčkův Brod – Prague
• Brno - Přerov – Olomouc/Ostrava
• Brno - Uherské Hradiště
• Brno - Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou

Future plans

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Currently^[

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The

current legislation

only 35% turnout is sufficient for legally binding outcome of the referendum.

Services

Preceding station		České dráhy		Following station
Graz
Prague		EuroCity		Vienna occasional terminus
Prague via Česká Třebová		Regional fast trains		Vyškov na Moravě toward Olomouc occasional terminus
Terminus		Regional fast trains		Vyškov na Moravě toward Ostrava
Terminus		Regional fast trains		Šakvice toward Břeclav
Prague via Havlíčkův Brod		Regional fast trains		Terminus
Náměšť nad Oslavou toward Jihlava or České Budějovice		Regional fast trains		Terminus
Brno-Židenice toward Blansko or Tišnov		Stopping trains		Brno-Horní Heršpice toward Břeclav, Náměšť nad Oslavou or Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou
Terminus		Stopping trains		Brno-Černovice toward Veselí nad Moravou
Brno-Židenice toward Blansko		Stopping trains		Brno-Chrlice toward Křenovice

References

Notes

1. ^ Presidential decision (Miloš Zeman) on Regional election term.

Further reading

Books

• ARTL, Gerhard/ GURLICH, Gerhard H. / ZENZ, Hubert (Hrsg.2010), Allerhöchste Eisenbahn. 170 Jahre Nordbahn Wien-Brünn, 2. erw. Aufl., Wien (German)
• HORN, Alfred (1970), Die Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn. Die Bahnen Österreich-Ungarns, Band 2. Bohmann-Verlag, Wien (German)
• KREJČIŘÍK, Mojmír (2003 and 2005), Česká nádraží I.a II díl. Litoměřice (Vydavatelství dopravní literatury Ing. Luděk Čada).
  ISBN 80-86765-02-4
  (Czech)

Article

• Czech Radio:Authorities okay moving Brno's main train station out of city centre
• Moravian Integrated Public Transport System

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brno hlavní nádraží.

• Brno hlavní nádraží, official website
• Train station Brno hl.n.: Brno Central railway station
• Brno Central station, Time table schedule - on line
• Brno hlavní nádraží, timetable - Czech
• Train network map in The Czech Republic
• Czech: Europoint Brno - pages on the station expansion plans