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
- ČD Cargo
freight operating arm of ČD
- Viamont
private passenger operator in the Karlovy Vary area (including
one service extending into Germany), freight operator throughout
the country, also infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance
- 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
- Liberec
- Trams in the
city (Site in Czech)
- Nisa
Regiotram projected regional tram-train network, which could
eventually extend as far as Dresden in Germany
- Most trams
- Olomouc trams,
including special excursions in a historic vehicle (Site in
Czech)
- Ostrava trams
- Plzeň trams,
including a historic vehicle available for private charter
(Site in English and Czech, although some information is in
Czech only)
