Category: Trains

Fun: Train horns and the Czech railway station public-address system chimes edited together to play Pachelbel’s Canon (YouTube) *corrected* [Social Media Post]

Music / Social Media Posts / Trains

6 December, 2019

Fun: Train horns and the Czech railway station public-address system chimes edited together to play Pachelbel’s Canon (YouTube) corrected [Social Media Post]

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“Hallucinogenic” 200-metre-long black-and-white-striped path leading to Ostrava-Svinov railway station continues to divide opinion, six years after its creation (Denik) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Czech Travel / Design / Local News / Social Media Posts / Trains / Ugly Places

2 December, 2019

“Hallucinogenic” 200-metre-long black-and-white-striped path leading to Ostrava-Svinov railway station continues to divide opinion, six years after its creation (Denik) [Social Media Post]

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Ceske drahy train from Pardubice to Havlickuv Brod runs out of diesel between stations, in forest on the Pardubice Region/Vysocina Region border; second locomotive pulls train back to Hlinsko station 30 minutes later, and passengers are transferred to replacement bus service; CD spokesman blames driver error (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Trains

21 November, 2019

Ceske drahy train from Pardubice to Havlickuv Brod runs out of diesel between stations, in forest on the Pardubice Region/Vysocina Region border; second locomotive pulls train back to Hlinsko station 30 minutes later, and passengers are transferred to replacement bus service; CD spokesman blames driver error (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

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Rozsochy in the Vysocina Region voted winner of 2019’s “Nejkrasnejsi nadrazi” award, honouring the Czech Republic’s most beautiful railway station; Celakovice, Central Bohemia, comes second; Slezke Rudoltice, Moravian-Silesian Region, is third (Seznam) [Social Media Post]

Czech Tourism / Czech Travel / Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Trains

18 November, 2019

Rozsochy in the Vysocina Region voted winner of 2019’s “Nejkrasnejsi nadrazi” award, honouring the Czech Republic’s most beautiful railway station; Celakovice, Central Bohemia, comes second; Slezke Rudoltice, Moravian-Silesian Region, is third (Seznam) [Social Media Post]

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Photo of wild mushrooms growing on Ceske drahy train operating between Breclav and Znojmo (South Moravian Region) goes viral on social media (Blesk.cz) *edited* [Social Media Post]

Internet / Local News / Mushrooms / Social Media Posts / Trains

20 October, 2019

Photo of wild mushrooms growing on Ceske drahy train operating between Breclav and Znojmo (South Moravian Region) goes viral on social media (Blesk.cz) edited [Social Media Post]

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Cops release video of man who disabled train at Prague 1-Nove Mesto’s Masarykovo nadrazi railway station in August by throwing an iron bar at its current collector from the building’s roof; man’s identity and motive as yet unknown (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Czech Travel / Police / Social Media Posts / Trains / WTF

11 October, 2019

Cops release video of man who disabled train at Prague 1-Nove Mesto’s Masarykovo nadrazi railway station in August by throwing an iron bar at its current collector from the building’s roof; man’s identity and motive as yet unknown (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Volkswagen sandwiched between two trams following bizarre accident at intersection of Lazarska street and Spalena street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; nobody injured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Driving / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts / Trains

10 October, 2019

Volkswagen sandwiched between two trams following bizarre accident at intersection of Lazarska street and Spalena street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; nobody injured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Czech Gift Ideas: Watchmaker PRIM produces men’s and women’s watches based on the Ceske drahy railway station clock (PRIM) *edited* [Social Media Post]

Business / Design / Fashion / Gift Ideas / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Trains

1 October, 2019

Czech Gift Ideas: Watchmaker PRIM produces men’s and women’s watches based on the Ceske drahy railway station clock (PRIM) edited [Social Media Post]

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15-year-old boy fighting for life after receiving electric shock while trying to take selfie on mast carrying overhead lines at railway station in Votice, Central Bohemia (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Children / Internet / Social Media Posts / Trains

15 September, 2019

15-year-old boy fighting for life after receiving electric shock while trying to take selfie on mast carrying overhead lines at railway station in Votice, Central Bohemia (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Hradec Kralove branch of Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party complains on Facebook that “99%” of people on Hradec Kralove-to-Prague train are foreigners, alongside photos of two other passengers; post is deleted less than 24 hours later (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Czech Travel / Expats / Foreigners / Local News / Politics / Public Transport / Racism / Social Media Posts / Tomio Okamura / Trains

12 September, 2019

Hradec Kralove branch of Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party complains on Facebook that “99%” of people on Hradec Kralove-to-Prague train are foreigners, alongside photos of two other passengers; post is deleted less than 24 hours later (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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