Category: Public Transport

Express train from Liberec to Pardubice is now 9 minutes slower than it was in 1938, when steam engines were used; 178-kilometre journey currently takes 2 hours, 52 minutes (Zdopravy.cz) [corrected] [Social Media Post]

Czech Travel / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Trains

13 May, 2019

Express train from Liberec to Pardubice is now 9 minutes slower than it was in 1938, when steam engines were used; 178-kilometre journey currently takes 2 hours, 52 minutes (Zdopravy.cz) [corrected] [Social Media Post]

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Public Transport: City of Prague considering “water tram” boat services up and down the Vltava, in addition to traditional river ferries (Praha.eu) [Social Media Post]

Prague Travel / Public Transport / Social Media Posts

9 May, 2019

Public Transport: City of Prague considering “water tram” boat services up and down the Vltava, in addition to traditional river ferries (Praha.eu) [Social Media Post]

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Cops hunt Prague 6 pervert who rubs his exposed penis against women on public transport; three incidents reported, on the 131 bus and the 26 tram (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Buses / Crime / Police / Public Transport / Sex / Social Media Posts / Trams

8 May, 2019

Cops hunt Prague 6 pervert who rubs his exposed penis against women on public transport; three incidents reported, on the 131 bus and the 26 tram (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Panic as woman spots kingsnake on curtain of Plzen-Brno train carriage window; cops catch non-venomous snake at Ceske Budejovice and find it new home at zoo in nearby Hluboka nad Vltavou (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Snakes / Social Media Posts / Trains

30 April, 2019

Panic as woman spots kingsnake on curtain of Plzen-Brno train carriage window; cops catch non-venomous snake at Ceske Budejovice and find it new home at zoo in nearby Hluboka nad Vltavou (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Odd: Prague cop photographed carrying sword at Vaclav Havel Airport (@fartgoblin on Twitter) [Social Media Post]

Aeroplanes / Clickbait / Odd / Police / Social Media Posts

26 April, 2019

Odd: Prague cop photographed carrying sword at Vaclav Havel Airport (@fartgoblin on Twitter) [Social Media Post]

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Pardubice Airport’s new 266-million-crown terminal currently handling as few as one flight per day; Boeing 737 MAX grounding has forced Ryanair and Smartwings to cancel several services (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Aeroplanes / Business / Czech Tourism / Czech Travel / Economy / Local News / Social Media Posts

25 April, 2019

Pardubice Airport’s new 266-million-crown terminal currently handling as few as one flight per day; Boeing 737 MAX grounding has forced Ryanair and Smartwings to cancel several services (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Prague public transport authority (DPP) to spend nearly 400 million crowns on air-conditioning a further 124 trams; AC set to be installed in roughly two trams a week, until the end of next year (2020) (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Prague Travel / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Trams

23 April, 2019

Prague public transport authority (DPP) to spend nearly 400 million crowns on air-conditioning a further 124 trams; AC set to be installed in roughly two trams a week, until the end of next year (2020) (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Ceske Budejovice trolleybus driver fails drug test after being spotted by passengers painting her nails while driving (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Drugs / Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts

19 April, 2019

Ceske Budejovice trolleybus driver fails drug test after being spotted by passengers painting her nails while driving (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Ryanair passenger on Prague-to-London Stansted flight complains that her seat had no lifejacket (Metro UK) [Social Media Post]

Aeroplanes / Czech Tourism / Foreigners / Prague Tourism / Public Transport / Social Media Posts

18 April, 2019

Ryanair passenger on Prague-to-London Stansted flight complains that her seat had no lifejacket (Metro UK) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Local paper Prostejovsky denik says female friends killed by train near Pivin, Olomouc Region were 14 and 18; earlier reports said 19 and 18 (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Trains

26 March, 2019

Update: Local paper Prostejovsky denik says female friends killed by train near Pivin, Olomouc Region were 14 and 18; earlier reports said 19 and 18 (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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