Praha-Libeň railway station () is a mainline railway station located in the

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district of

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. It is situated on Line 11, which links Prague to

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and

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as well as forming part of the main railway corridor connecting the Czech capital to

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and

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. Since reconstruction of the station, which took place between 2008 and 2010 as part of the '' Nové spojení'' project, a number of international services running to and from the more central

Praha hlavní nádraží Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic. It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Stati ...

now also call here. In addition to its passenger handling facilities (the station was used by 876,000 passengers in 2006)Ročenka dopravy Praha 2006
the Praha-Libeň station area is also home to a large freight yard and is an important centre for services operated by ČD Cargo. The line from Olomouc to Prague, as first opened in 1845, passed through what was then the village of Libeň, but it was not until 1877 that a station was built – between the stations then named ''Praha statní nádraží'' (today's Masarykovo nádraží) and

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– to serve the locality. In 1923 Libeň station was renamed Libeň horní nádraží (Libeň upper station) to distinguish it from the low-level station (dolní nádraží) which led to the now demolished terminus at Těšnov. In 1926 a cut-and-cover line was built under

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hill linking Libeň station to Praha hlavní nádraží. In the late 1970s the station was modernised and shortly afterwards a new link was built to Praha-Holešovice railway station, intended to serve the international services which the two central stations no longer had the capacity to handle. The station is situated within walking distance of the

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, and thus played a key role in the infrastructure provided for the

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.Revitalizace železniční stanice Praha Libeň
SUDOP Praha 2004 Libeň station is not connected to the

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, but is served by buses and trams operating as part of the city's public transport system.

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