Classic route
Praha–Cheb Express
Prague → Cheb · Czechia
Praha–Cheb Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 219 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 3 min
- Average speed
- 72 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- České dráhy
- Train
- ČD Class 380 push-pull
- Countries
- Czechia
- In service since
- 1862
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Heads west through Plzeň, birthplace of Pilsner lager, to the spa-country town of Cheb near the German border.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9445212 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 34 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of rj 512
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in CS) ↗
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