Piano - Masarykovo nádraží, Praha, Czechia
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N 50° 05.269 E 014° 25.972
33U E 459429 N 5548548
Piano v hale Masarykova nádraží // Piano in the hall of Masaryk Station
Waymark Code: WM11Q34
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/30/2019
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Praha Masarykovo nádraží (Prague Masaryk railway station) is a terminal railway station located in the New Town area of Prague, near Republic Square (námestí Republiky).
It was the first railway station in the city to serve steam trains, and the second oldest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic (the first is Praha-Dejvice, formerly Bruska on the Lány Horse-drawn Railway). The station was designed by Antonín Jüngling and came into service in 1845.
During the Prague uprising against German occupation in 1945, the station was captured by the Waffen-SS on 8 May and 53 surrendered resistance fighters and noncombatants were massacred.
Nowadays the station only serves regional and suburban trains, because the larger Praha hlavní nádraží does not have enough capacity. In 2010 it served 48,838 trains and 9.6 million passengers. The station is currently being reconstructed, and will become the terminus of the planned railway connection with Václav Havel Airport Prague.