Railways in the
Czech Republic
The first public railway in continental Europe was built in
the Austrian Empire. This was a horse drawn line from Budweis
(České Budějovice) to Linz, opened in 1832. Roughly two thirds of
the route lay in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
The first steam hauled railway in the country reached Lundenburg
(Břeclav) in Moravia from Vienna in 1839, extended to Brünn (Brno)
later the same year.
The railways continued to develop under the Empire, constructed
mainly to standard (1435 mm) gauge but with a number of narrow gauge
lines in remote areas. Czechoslovakian Railways came into being on
the creation of Czechoslovakia following the First World War,
becoming Czech Railways on the partition of the country in 1993.
- ČD Czech
Railways, main line passenger operator
- ČD Cargo
freight operating arm of ČD
- Viamont
private passenger operator in the Karlovy Vary area (including
services extending into Germany and Poland), freight operator throughout
the country, also infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance
- Sächsisch-Böhmische Eisenbahn passenger operator in
the German / Czech border region around Zittau (Site in German
with some information in Czech)
- SŽDC infrastructure
authority for the main line network
- JHMD local
passenger and freight services, also steam hauled tourist trains,
over 79km of 760mm gauge line around Jindřichův Hradec
- Prague
metro, trams, historic tram route and funicular
- Brno trams
- Karlovy Vary funiculars (Site in Czech)
- Liberec trams
(Site in Czech)
- Most trams
- Olomouc trams,
including historic vehicles available for private charter
- Ostrava trams
- Plzeň trams,
including a historic vehicle available for private charter
(Site in English and Czech, although some information is in
Czech only)
