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Pardubice main railway station (Czech Pardubice hlavní nádraží) is one of the largest railway stations in the Czech Republic, located near the city centre of Pardubice, an important railway network hub.

History

Work on the railway connecting Prague and Olomouc started in 1842 and the line was finished in 1845. A line between Liberec and Pardubice was built during 1855 - 1859. In 1859, a new railway station was opened and used for both lines. A line between Pardubice and Nemecký Brod (now Havlíckuv Brod) was built during 1869 - 1871. Access to the railway turned a small town into a large industrial city.

In 1908, the station building was coupled with a glass hall over two tracks. In 1910, a locomotive repair shop was set up; it was rebuilt in 1924. Factories in the city built short-line railroad spurs to the main station: 37 lines had been constructed in 1908 and new ones were added after the war. Since the 1960s, this number dropped to 19 in 2000, and even these are not fully utilized.
Pardubice, a city with large petrochemical factories, was bombed several times during World War II. An air raid on August 24, 1944 damaged the station. All lines were shattered and the passenger hall was destroyed. After the war, repairs started and in October 1945 traffic was restored.

New station

Architects Karel Repa and Josef Danda started to work on the new station in 1947. Their design was a single floor large passenger hall with complete infrastructure connected to a seven story administrative building. During 1951 - 1960, a block of flats was added to the complex. The new station was opened on May 1, 1958.

Since 1956 the lines in Pardubice have been electrified and work on improving them still continues. Work on the international railway corridor from Decín to Breclav (part of a Pan-European corridor) going through Pardubice had started in 1993 and was largely completed by 2004.

CIted from wikipedia

Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Stanice tu je funkcni pouzivana Pro verejnost je take otevrena Linky provozuje CD,Regiojet,LEO What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Czech Railways Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]

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