Porta Bohemica (train)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | EuroCity (EC) |
| Status | active |
| Locale |
Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic Germany |
| Predecessor | Primator, Vindobona |
| First service | 14 December 2014 |
| Current operator(s) | České dráhy, Deutsche Bahn |
| Route | |
| Start | Budapest Keleti |
| Stops | Praha hl.n., Berlin Hbf |
| End | Hamburg-Altona |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) | EC 172/173 |
| On-board services | |
| Disabled access | Wheelchair space and accessible toilet |
| Seating arrangements | First class open; second class compartment and open |
| Catering facilities | Dining car |
| Baggage facilities | Bicycle transportation |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV AC, 16.7 Hz (Germany) 3 kV DC (Czech Republic) 25 kV AC, 50 Hz (Czech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary) |
The Porta Bohemica is a EuroCity (EC) international express train. Since December 2014 it is operating between Hamburg-Altona and Budapest Keleti.
The train's name, Porta Bohemica (Czech: Brána Čech; German: Böhmische Pforte), is the Latin word for the point where the Elbe river begins its passage through the České Středohoří (Central Bohemian Uplands or Bohemian Central Uplands).
From 1993 to 2003, a predecessor train of the same name ran between Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and a number of different termini in northern Germany.
The train takes the route via Berlin Hbf, Dresden Hbf, Praha hl.n., Brno hl.n. and Bratislava hl.st. A sister train named Jan Jesenius, composed of Hungarian and German rolling stock, is running two hours earlier from Budapest and two hours later from Hamburg.
In May 1993, there was a major reorganisation of the international train services through the Elbe valley. It involved the introduction of four daily EuroCity expresses. Two existing trains, the Hungaria (Budapest–Hamburg) and the Vindobona (Vienna–Berlin) were upgraded to become EuroCity services, a new train, the EC Comenius (Prague–Berlin), was added to the timetable, and the Porta Bohemica replaced another existing train, the Primator (Prague–Berlin). All of these changes took effect from 23 May 1993.
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