railway station in Prague, Czech Republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Praha hlavní nádraží (IATA: XYG)[2] is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic.
![]() View of the station from Vinohradská street | |
General information | |
Location | Vinohrady, Prague Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°04′59″N 14°26′09″E |
Owned by | Správa železnic |
Platforms | 9 |
Construction | |
Architect | Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann Antonín Viktor Barvitius Josef Fanta |
Other information | |
Station code | 54570762 |
IATA code | XYG |
Fare zone | PID: P[1] |
History | |
Opened | 14 December 1871 |
Rebuilt | 1901–1909 1972–1979 |
Electrified | 1926–1928 |
Location | |
It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, named after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Station (Czech: Wilsonovo nádraží), after the former President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.
In 2014, the station served 224,505 trains (610 daily) and more than 53,000,000 passengers.[3][4]
The Art Nouveau station building and station hall were built between 1901 and 1909, designed by Czech architect Josef Fanta. It replaced the earlier Neo-Renaissance station designed by Czech architects Antonín Viktor Barvitius and Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann.[5]
The station was extended by a new terminal building, built between 1972 and 1979, including an underground metro station and a main road on the roof of the terminal.
In 2011 a partial refurbishment of the station was completed by Italian company Grandi Stazioni,[6] which had leased retail space for 30 years from 2002.[7] In 2016 Grandi Stazioni lost the concession after failing to complete the renovation of the historic building by the extended contractual deadline.[8]
In September 2021, a second exit was opened connecting the station to Winston Churchill Square in Žižkov via an underpass.[9]
The station was where the children left who were evacuated to London Liverpool Street station via the Port of Harwich by Nicholas Winton. In 2009 a statue was unveiled on platform 1 commemorating this.
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