Trains
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Prague 4, day 260: Pikovická
Pikovická was built in 1991. Well, I say ‘built’ – it’d be more accurate to say it already existed in 1991, which was the year it was separated from Modřanská (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/29/prague-4-day-185-modranska/). Pikovice is a village on the bank of the Sázava river; the earliest written mention that we have dates back to 1310. It changed hands Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 44: K podjezdu
K podjezdu was built in 1937. A ‘podjezd’ is an underpass, and this street leads to (‘k’) one. And this particular underpass leads to Praha-Vršovice railway station, which, as you might have guessed from its name, is not in Nusle (nor is it in Prague 4, so there may be a bit of a wait Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 118: Vyšehradská
Originally published on X on 8 March 2023. Vyšehradská was created in 1869 by joining the roads from Karlovo náměstí to Trojická and from Trojická to Botič. We’ve covered quite a lot of the history of Vyšehrad already – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/23/prague-2-day-93-libusina/, https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/ and https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-95-v-pevnosti/ for the goods. And, even though it’s not on this street, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 103: Pernerova
Originally published on Twitter on 4 August 2022. Pernerova was built before 1850. The street sign says Pernerova is in Karlín – and it mainly is – but its westernmost parts are in Žižkov. Jan Perner (1815-45) was a designer and builder of railways. He studied at Prague Technical College from 1831 to 1833. In Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 72: U Nákladového nádraží
Originally published on Twitter on 4 July 2022. U Nákladového nádraží was built in 1935 but not given a name until 1947. Nákladové nádraží Žižkov, or Žižkov freight railway station, is the biggest functionalist industrial building in Prague and a notorious Destroyer of Neighbourhoods (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/21/prague-3-day-70-na-viktorce/ and https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/22/prague-3-day-71-k-cervenemu-dvoru/). It also gets to have *two* tram stops Continue reading
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