České Velenice railway station
České Velenice | |||||
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View from the south | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Revoluční 209, 378 10 České Velenice Czech Republic | ||||
| Coordinates | 48°46′09″N 14°57′28″E / 48.76916°N 14.95777°E | ||||
| Owned by | Czech Republic | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 November 1869 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1946, 2010 | ||||
| Electrified | 11 June 2010 | ||||
| Previous names | Gmünd III Bahnhof (1938–1945) Gmünd (1869–1918) | ||||
| Pre-nationalisation | Emperor Franz Joseph Railway | ||||
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České Velenice is a border train station in the western part of České Velenice in South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the electrified track České Budějovice–Gmünd (199) (25 kV, 50 Hz AC/15 kV 16,7 Hz) and also not-electrified track České Velenice–Veselí nad Lužnicí (226).
The station is an important regional interchange between České dráhy's regional trains (Os & R) going to České Budějovice and Veselí nad Lužnicí (with R trains further to Prague) and ÖBB's regional express trains (REX) to Vienna. When the station was created, the territory belonged to the Austrian town of Gmünd. The contact with the Austrian railway system is at the bridge over the Lužnice River, which forms the state border and the ownership between Správa železnic and ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG.