Praha-Vysočany railway station

Station building as seen from Vysočanská street

Praha-Vysočany railway station (Czech: železniční stanice Praha-Vysočany) is a mainline railway station located in Vysočany, Prague 9. Located at the northeastern end of Nové spojení, it is a junction between track 070, to Turnov, and track 231 to Kolín via Nymburk. Historically, trains from Nymburk terminated at the now demolished Praha-Těšnov railway station. It is located within walking distance of Vysočanská station on the Prague Metro.

History

  • 1872 – station opens under the name Vysočany on the Neratovice–Prague railway.
  • 1873 – service between Hradec Králové, Nymburk and Prague commences as part of the Austrian Northwestern Railway
  • 1922 – Vysočany becomes part of Prague
  • 1941 – station renamed Praha-Vysočany

Services

Preceding station   České dráhy   Following station
Praha hl.n.
Terminus
  Regional fast trains   Lysá nad Labem
toward Hradec Králové
Preceding station Esko Prague Following station
Praha Masarykovo nádraží
towards Praha hl.n.
S2 Praha-Rajská zahrada
towards Nymburk hl.n. or Kolín
Praha Masarykovo nádraží
towards Kolín
S20 Praha-Rajská zahrada
towards Světlá nad Sázavou
Praha hl.n.
Terminus
S3 Praha-Satalice
towards Všetaty, Mělník or Mladá Boleslav město
R21 Praha-Čakovice
towards Tanvald
Praha hl.n.
towards Strančice
S9 Terminus

50°06′44″N 14°29′51″E / 50.11222°N 14.49750°E / 50.11222; 14.49750