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R16 Praha–Železná Ruda

Prague → Železná Ruda · Czechia

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R16 Praha–Železná Ruda — Prague to Železná Ruda
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Prague to the edge of the Bohemian Forest, ending at a station shared with Bavaria across the border; the 1877 climb to it bored the Špičák tunnel, longest in the Czech lands for 130 years.

Stations

  1. 0 kmPraha hlavní nádraží +16
  2. 5 kmPraha-Smíchov +1
  3. 43 kmBeroun
  4. 52 kmZdice
  5. 62 kmHořovice
  6. 73 kmKařez
  7. Show 16 more stations
    1. 90 kmRokycany
    2. 107 kmPlzeň hlavní nádraží +2
    3. 108 kmPlzeň zastávka
    4. 121 kmDobřany
    5. 125 kmChlumčany u Dobřan
    6. 131 kmPřeštice
    7. 135 kmLužany
    8. 137 kmBorovy
    9. 144 kmŠvihov u Klatov
    10. 154 kmKlatovy
    11. 158 kmBezděkov u Klatov
    12. 162 kmJanovice nad Úhlavou
    13. 169 kmNýrsko
    14. 173 kmDešenice
    15. 180 kmZelená Lhota
    16. 187 kmHamry-Hojsova Stráž
  8. 192 kmHojsova Stráž-Brčálník
  9. 195 kmŠpičák
  10. 199 kmŽelezná Ruda město
  11. 200 kmŽelezná Ruda centrum
  12. 203 kmŽelezná Ruda-Alžbětín

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

  • Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9445214 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 28 m of them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
  • The operator publishes this line's timetable: České dráhy — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing

Questions and answers

How long is the R16 Praha–Železná Ruda?

The R16 Praha–Železná Ruda runs 203 km from Prague to Železná Ruda.

How long does the R16 Praha–Železná Ruda take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 35 min for the 203 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end.

Who runs the R16 Praha–Železná Ruda?

České dráhy, with ČD rychlík.

How old is the R16 Praha–Železná Ruda?

The line has been in service since 1877. 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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