Czech Railways Orders 20 New High-Speed Trains For Use On International Lines
Czech Railways (ČD) has ordered 20 new high-speed trains for use on long-distance international lines from Prague and Brno. The new trains will have a capacity of 555 passengers, and…
Closures To Increase Brno-Prague Rail Journey Times By 30 Minutes From Today
From today, April 6th, the railway connection between Prague and Brno via Česká Třebová will close for approximately two years, adding 30 minutes to average journey times between the two…
České Dráhy Passenger Numbers Fell By Over a Third in 2020
The coronavirus outbreak and the anti-epidemic measures have significantly affected travel in the Czech Republic over the past year. Czech railway company České Dráhy reported a loss of over CZK…
Brno-Based Adventurer Builds Sauna On A Train
Albert Fikáček, an adventurer and inventor based in Brno, has repurposed an old train wagon as a sauna, in collaboration with many volunteers and travel enthusiasts. His project was funded…
RegioJet Plans Expansion of International Night Train Routes
Four major European national train carriers are offering an alternative to air travel, an industry that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and has long been criticised for…
Fatal Train Collision at Ivančice Level Crossing
The collision with a train led to the death of the 81-year-old driver of the car. While investigations are ongoing, the police said that the accident may have been caused…
80 Evacuated From Derailed Train Near Brno
This morning, a train derailed near Tisnov in Brno-Venkov. 80 passengers had to be evacuated but there are no injuries. The line between Tisnov and Rikonin has been closed, and…
Two Dead In Collision Between Train and Car
Two car passengers died in a fatal collision between a train and a car at an unsecured level crossing near Borohrádek, in the Hradec Králové Region. It is the sixth…
Five Train Accidents In Nine Days Across The Czech Republic
A train crash in Karlovy Vary that killed two people and injured twenty-four was the first in a series of train collisions, which together left three dead and over fifty…
Two Dead And 24 Injured in Train Collision in Karlovy Vary
On Tuesday afternoon, two passenger trains collided in the mountains near Pernink in Karlovy Vary. Two passengers were killed, and 24 were injured. The Police of the Czech Republic have…