PrahaNadraziHolesovice(20070306-20070318)

Praha-Holešovice railway station ( cs, Nádraží Praha-Holešovice) is located in

Holešovice Holešovice () is a district in the north of Prague situated on a meander of the River Vltava, which makes up the main part of the district Prague 7 (an insignificant part belongs to Prague 1). In the past it was a heavily industrial suburb; ...

, a northern district of

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, capital city of the

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. Opened in 1985, the station was originally used as a terminus for international fast trains coming from the east. Since the completion of the ''

Nové spojení The ''Nové spojení'' (Czech language, Czech for "New Connection", full name ''Nové spojení Praha hlavní nádraží, Praha hl.n., Praha Masarykovo nádraží, Masarykovo n. – Praha-Libeň railway station, Libeň, Praha-Vysočany railway ...

'' ("new connection") in 2010, however, these trains terminate at the more central hub,

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. Nevertheless, international trains from hlavní nádraží running north to

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and

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, as well as northwest-bound inter-regional trains still call here. The station is adjacent to Prague Metro's Nádraží Holešovice station on line C and also to stops of the same name on lines 6, 12, and 17 of the city's tramway system, as well as a bus station.

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