''Slovenská strela'' ( Slovak for "Slovak Arrow") is the name of an express train, first operated by

ČSD Czechoslovak State Railways (''Československé státní dráhy'' in Czech or ''Československé štátne dráhy'' in Slovak, often abbreviated to ČSD) was the state-owned railway company of Czechoslovakia. The company was founded in 1918 a ...

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on the line between

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

and

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. Introduced in 1936, Slovenská strela served as a ČSD

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between the metropolises of

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and

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. It originally completed the route in 4 hours and 51 minutes. It originally ran with unique motor units also named

Slovenská strela ''Slovenská strela'' ( Slovak for "Slovak Arrow") is the name of an express train, first operated by ČSD in Czechoslovakia on the line between Bratislava and Prague. Introduced in 1936, Slovenská strela served as a ČSD flagship between th ...

, later with various motor, steam and electric locomotives. The train has been in service ever since, except for the wartime years 1939–1945. However, in 1965–1967, the train was renamed to ''Ostrava-Bratislava express''. From December 2006 to 12 December 2009, as well as in 2011, the high-speed

Pendolino Pendolino (from Italian ''pendolo'' "pendulum", and ''-ino,'' a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of tilting trains used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, the US, ...

ETR 680, manufactured in

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and owned by

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was introduced to this express.Czech Railways Press Release from November 22, 2010
(in Czech) In the 2010-

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and from 2012 onwards, the train was operating on the route Bratislava -

Břeclav Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav. Etymol ...

as EC 277/278 with through coaches from Bratislava to Prague and Ostseebad Binz, and from Prague detaching from EC 177 to Vienna. In the 2013 timetable, a through train between Bratislava and

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via Prague and Berlin was named Slovenská strela.

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''Slovenská strela'' restoration project

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slovenska strela Named passenger trains of the Czech Republic Named passenger trains of Slovakia Railway services introduced in 1936

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