Praha Masarykovo nádraží
Praha Masarykovo nádraží is a terminal railway station located in the New Town area of Prague, near Republic Square.
It was the first railway station in the city to serve steam trains, and the second oldest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic. 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.
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. 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 - "Prague"
- 1862–1919 Praha státní nádraží - "Prague State Station"
- 1919–1940 Praha Masarykovo nádraží - Prague Masaryk Station
- 1940–1945 Praha Hybernské nádraží - 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
