Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: railway

Here's the newly modernised mainline south of Senohraby, albeit obscured by snow.

This was another random shot, taken at the Narodni Trida tram stop. The Metro station is hidden back in the construction site. During the 1990's-2000's, that construction site was home to a number of additional shops next to Tesco's, on the far left, although now it's reverted to its Communist-era appearance as a mudpit. I'm not sure exactly what the plan is for it, but it probably won't be left in this state for long.

Nadrazi Senohraby was recently modernised, and so I've been taking more photos there this year than in the past. The trains, however, are often still ancient, like this Class 451 "Pantograph" EMU from the 1960's.

A number of express trains don't stop in Hostivar, so I've been able to get quite a few action shots there. The snowy days are the best, though, since powdered snow exaggerates the sensation of speed.

There's usually a Class 742 diesel idling in Hostivar as well, handling local switching and freight as needed.

Here's another shot of the container train.

There's also a lot of freight traffic through Hostivar, mostly consisting of container trains. The next stop south is actually Urineves, which has an intermodal facility.

Here's an alternate shot of the City Elefant.

In January, a lot of City Elefants were still working the Praha Hlavni Nadrazi-Benesov u Prahy locals, although I haven't seen them much lately.

Vysehrad had an exceptional amount of snow, maybe because the whole neighborhood (formerly a seperate city) is on a hill. This is an exterior view of the Metro station.

Like Luziny, Hurka was part of the Zlicin extension in 1994, and like Luziny it's an above ground station. It's an alternate station to Nove Butovice, also serving Sidliste Nove Butovice.

Roztyly Station was opened on the C-Line in 1980 as part of the Haje extension. It was originally known as Primatora Vacka (Mayor Vacka), but was renamed in 1990 as part of the anti-Communist renaming of many Metro stations.

Palmovka Metro station was built on the B-Line in 1990, making it one of the first post-Communist stations. The projector and screen on the right is for the "Metrovision" news service, now being run by Barrandov Studios.

Here's another 81-71M Class arriving in Andel. In unrebuilt form, these would have been the original B-Line trains.

Here's an alternate shot of the Andel ceiling.

The ceiling in the platform area of Andel would have no doubt looked quite futuristic in 1977, although I don't know if it's original. I brings to mind sci-fi movies of the period.

Moskevska station, on the B-Line, now known as Andel, was built between 1977 and 1985, and was one of the original B-Line stations. It also featured more Communist propaganda in its design than any other station, especially the bronzes along the platforms celebrating the Moscow Olympics in 1980, as well as the Soviet space programme. Another theme was the "friendship" or "peace" between Moscow and Prague.......since the Soviet army invaded Prague in 1968 to ensure this would always be the case. In spite of the Soviet Union's fall, and the Velvet Revolution against Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, the modern-day Czech authorities have left the Andel station alone, with the only change being the name change to Andel in 1990.

Here's a 81-71M Class Metro train, originally built in the Soviet Union and based on Moscow Metro trains, the 81-71 Class have now been fully rebuilt with new seats and interiors, as well as modern electronics, making them 81-71M's. The 81-71 Class were not the first Prague Metro trains, though, as the first trains had been Ecs Class Metro trains similar to those now used in Budapest. The A (green) and B (yellow) lines now use them exclusively, while the C Line uses the new Seimens M1's.