The Franz Josef Railway is an Austrian railway line originally named after Emperor Franz Joseph. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Franz Joseph I Karl (- German, in English Francis Joseph I Charles, see the name in other languages) (18 August 1830 &ndash 21 November

It was built after the War of 1866 as a connection between Prague and Vienna. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. In 1872, Vienna Franz Josef Station was built as the first terminal station inside the former Linienwall in the district of Alsergrund, inside the Gürtel. Vienna Franz Josef Station ( Wien Franz Josef Bahnhof in German is a station in the north of Vienna, Austria that serves the Franz Josef Railway. Alsergrund is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria, located just north of the first central district Innere Stadt. The Gürtel (literally belt) is a substantial city Ring road of Vienna. It crosses the Danube at Tulln and extends from there to Krems and to the border at Gmünd. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj Tulln an der Donau ( Tulln on the Danube) is a town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, and the seat of the Tulln district Gmünd is a Town and municipality in Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria. In Bohemia, it continued through České Budějovice, Tábor and Benešov to Prague. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the České Budějovice (ˈtʃɛskɛː ˈbuɟɛjovɪtsɛ colloquially Budějce; Budweis or Böhmisch Budweis, often referred to simply as Budweis in This is an article on the city of Tábor in the Czech Republic. See other locations named Benešov. Benešov (ˈbɛnɛʃof Beneschau is a town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Prague's present main station originally belonged to Franz Josef Railway. Various district capitals are only connected to it by bylines. A new station at Gmünd had to be built in 1919, after part of the town had become part of Czechoslovakia (České Velenice). Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. České Velenice (ˈtʃɛskɛ ˈvɛlɛɲɪtsɛ is city in South Bohemian Region of Czech Republic, just on border with Austria, neighbouring Gmünd After World War II, the line lost a lot of importance because of the Iron Curtain. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end However, trains to Prague and Berlin used it through the mid-90s. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Today, the Franz Josef Railway is only used for regional trains, as trains to Prague leave at Wien Südbahnhof. The Südbahnhof ( German for southern railway station) is Vienna 's largest railway terminus

Lines built by Franz Josef Railway lying in today's Czech Republic ^[1]

• České Budějovice - Plzeň (1868)
• Austria/Czech Republic border - České Velenice - České Budějovice (1869)
• České Budějovice - Tábor - Benešov - Prague (1871)
• Plzeň - Cheb (1872)

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