Scenic route
Posázavský Pacifik
Prague → Čerčany · Czechia
- Distance
- 60 km
- Fastest time
- ~1 h 55 min
- Average speed
- 31 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- České dráhy
- Train
- ČD 814 RegioNova railcars
- Countries
- Czechia
- In service since
- 1900
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Prague’s “Pacific”, the tramps’ weekend railway of the 1920s: ledges above the Vltava and Sázava canyons and the 41 m Žampach viaduct on the way to Čerčany.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 401702 — 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 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: České dráhy — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in CS) ↗
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