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, third biggest city in the

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Tracks

Station is an important transport

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. All types of trains operated by

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or private transport companies

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and

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stops here. Station is located on a crossing of four railway lines: * 321

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východ – Český Těšín * 323 Ostrava – Valašské Meziříčí * 270

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* (freight only)

History

First train reached the new-built station on 1 May 1847. Position on the international line Krakow –

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( Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway) and raise of

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in whole

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brought the station significant importance. In 1869 track to

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was connected. Because of capacity reasons, station was expanded for the first time between 1892-1893. Since August 1894,

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line operates transport to the centre of

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. The station took the name Ostrava hlavní nádraží in 1946. In the mid-1960s resolution about a radical reconstruction of whole city part Ostrava-sever (Ostrava-North) was accomplished including a plan of the new modern station realised by architect

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(1967) in ''Brussels style'' (

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style inspired by aesthetics of

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). Works were finished eight years later. In the front of the building a new terminus of tram,

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transport was created in collaboration with Lacina’s sister, sculpturer Sylvie Lacinová-Jílková. A lot of unique architectonical and interior design features disappeared after last reconstruction in 2007.

Changes of station names

* 1. 5. 1847 – Ostrau * 1881 – Ostrau Hauptbahn * 1895 – Mährisch Ostrau * 1900 – Mährisch Ostrau – Přívoz * 1. 5. 1905 – Mährisch Ostrau – Oderfurt * 1921 – Moravská Ostrava – Přívoz * 22. 5. 1937 – Moravská Ostrava hl. n. * 1940 – 1945 Mährisch Ostrau Hbf. – Moravská Ostrava hl. n. * 1946 – Ostrava hl. n.

References

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