User:Josef Chadraba/České Velenice (train station)

České Velenice is a train station in the western part of town České Velenice in South Bohemian Region in Jindřichův Hradec District nearby river Lainsitz (Lužnice). 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 on the state border with Austria. When the station was created, the territory belonged to the Austrian city Gmünd.

History
The majestic railway station was built in the town of Gmünd by the private company Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn (KFJB) on the line connecting Vienna, Budweis, Pilsen and Cheb and was opened on 1st November 1869. Two years later, the KFJB completed the line from Vienna to Prague with a temporary terminus at Čerčany; the first train passed through the station when the section from České Velenice was opened on 3rd September 1871. The rest of the line to Prague was opened on 14 December of the same year after the completion of the railway bridge over the Sázava River. The bridge was initially built temporarily of wood.

After the nationalisation of the KFJB in 1884, the station was operated by one company, the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways, and after 1918 the administration was taken over by the Czechoslovak State Railways. After the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia, the border line along the Lužnice River was decided, which gave the station to Czechoslovakia.

Description
After 2010, the reconstruction and modernisation of the station was completed; two covered island platforms were refurbished, including the subway. The platforms were equipped with an electronic passenger information system. The reconstruction of the building is the subject of another major contract. The station is electrified with a 25 kV/50 Hz system. 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 Infra.

Reference
The page was translated based on the original article on Czech Wikipedia.