Scenic route
R16 Praha–Železná Ruda
Prague → Železná Ruda · Czechia
- Distance
- 203 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 35 min
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
- Operator
- České dráhy
- Train
- ČD rychlík
- Countries
- Czechia
- In service since
- 1877
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- 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
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