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Dopravní Podnik Ostrava
Dopravní podnik Ostrava (DPO, ''Ostrava Transport Company'') is the primary operator of public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ... in the city of Ostrava. It provides Trams in Ostrava, tram, Buses in Ostrava, bus and Trolleybuses in Ostrava, trolleybus service mostly in the city of Ostrava, including selected lines running to neighboring towns. The company participates in ODIS, the passenger transport executive, integrated transport system of the Moravian-Silesian Region. History The transport company was formed in 1949 from a merger of the companies ''Společnost moravských místních drah, Zemských drah, Místní drahy Ostrava-Karviná'' and ''Vítkovické závodní dráhy.'' Today DPO is entirely owned by the City of Ostrava. DPO today owns 71 trolle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stadler may refer to: *Stadler (surname) *Stadler Rail, a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock See also *Staedtler Staedtler SE () is a German multinational stationery manufacturing company based in Nuremberg. The firm was founded by J.S. Staedtler (1800–1872) in 1835 and produces a large variety of stationery products, such as writing implements (includin ..., a German manufacturing company based in Nuremberg {{Disambiguation ru:Штадлер ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport
Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of which kinds of transport are included, and air travel is often not thought of when discussing public transport—dictionaries use wording like "buses, trains, etc." Examples of public transport include Public transport bus service, city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and Passenger rail transport, passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferry, ferries. Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, intercity bus service, coaches, and intercity rail. High-speed rail networks are being developed in many parts of the world. Most public transport systems run along fixed routes with set embarkation/disembarkation points to a prearranged timetable, with the most frequent services running to a headwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opava, Ostravice (river), Ostravice and Lučina (river), Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald (Karviná District), Petřvald and Rychvald – is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital Prague. Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial engine of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Ostrava
The Ostrava tramway network is the third largest tram network in the Czech Republic. The network is operated by Dopravní podnik Ostrava, a company wholly owned by the city of Ostrava that also runs the city's bus and trolleybus network. As of 2022, DPO runs 17 lines with a total route length of on of track. The network is a part of ODIS, the integrated public transport system of the Moravian-Silesian Region. Most of the network is double-track and runs within the boundaries of the city. The only exception to both is Line 5 between Poruba and Budišovice, which runs on a single-track section with two sidings and is one out of two remaining single-track tram lines in the Czech Republic that is in regular operation, the other being the interurban line between Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou. History The first tram engine line that ran between Přívoz and Vítkovice was opened on 18 August 1894 by Brünner Local-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (BLEG, ). The network was first extended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
