Brno hlavní nádraží
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Brno main railway station
Brno hlavní nádraží (Czech) |
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Brno main train station - Brno hlavní nádraží.
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Brno, Nádražní street 418/1 Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 49°06′46″N 16°21′53″E / 49.1127°N 16.3646°ECoordinates: 49°06′46″N 16°21′53″E / 49.1127°N 16.3646°E |
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České dráhy SŽDC |
| Platforms | 6 (10 side platforms) |
| Connections | Brno Tramway, Brno Trolleybuses, Brno Buses |
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| Architect | Josef Oehm |
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| Opened | 16 December 1838 |
| Rebuilt | 1902–1904 1987-1989 |
| Electrified | yes |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 47.000 |
Brno hlavní nádraží (translated from Czech as Brno main railway station and abbreviated Brno hl. n.) is the principal railway station in Brno, the largest city in the South Moravian Region and the second largest in the Czech Republic. Railway station is situated in a convenient location directly on the city centre the former fortification wall circuit (The Brno Ringstrasse). The most important city buildings are within comfortable walking distance. It is one of the oldest railway stations in the Czech Republic, having been in operation since 1839.
Brno main railway station was built in 1838 as one of the first 10-15 railway stations in the world. It was the second final point on the track Vienna - Brno, one of the branches of Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway. On the 16 November 1838 it was put into a trial and exhibitional operation and on the 7 July 1939 into the commercial operation in the full extent. At the beginning it was designed as a terminal station.
Railway station became through station after a construction of the second rival Státní severní dráhy/The Northern Railway (Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways) in 1849. As soon as the traffic at the railway station, which was occupied by two competitive companies, started to grow, some space limitation caused by bevelled shape between two segments of a polygonal principle Brno Ringstrasse.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the side wings of individual companies were connected with a single Concourse (entrance hall), which served to both of them. The author of this partially Art Nouveau building was architect Josef Oehm. The hall has an outline of 18x25 metres. The oldest transverse subway leads in its axis under the platform 4. The hall construction was finished in 1904. Railway station was partially and surfacing (visual only) modernized in 1947 by architect Bohuslav Fuchs, the last time in 1988.
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