Classic route
Jižní expres
Prague → České Budějovice · Czechia
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Czechia’s first 200 km/h running: the rebuilt Fourth Corridor past Tábor’s Hussite hilltop to the Budweiser city, a record 85 minutes on the fastest Pendolinos.
Stations
- 0 kmPraha hlavní nádraží
- 3 kmPraha-Vršovice
- 7 kmPraha-Zahradní Město
- 51 kmBenešov u Prahy
- 66 kmOlbramovice
- 100 kmTábor
- 108 kmPlaná nad Lužnicí
- 119 kmSoběslav
- 126 kmVeselí nad Lužnicí
- 163 kmČeské Budějovice
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9442606 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 529
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Jižní expres?
The Jižní expres runs 169 km from Prague to České Budějovice.
How long does the Jižní expres take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 30 min for the 169 km. That is an average of 113 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Jižní expres?
České dráhy, with ČD Pendolino, InterJet.
How old is the Jižní expres?
The line has been in service since 1871. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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