Praha-Satalice Railway station

The railway station Praha-Satalice is a historic transport station on the line Praha- Turnov. It lies in the territory of the city of Praha-Satalice at the address K station 25 / 1. Its station building has been protected since 2002 as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. This object represents an important example of the railway architecture associated with the development of transport in the nineteenth century. The station building has been preserved in its original form until now.

Operation of the Turnovsko- Kralupsko- Prague railway and Satalická railway station started in 1872. During this period, the intensive development of the rail network in Austria-Hungary was a key element for the economic development of the region. At first, trains went to Dennis Station. After its abolition in 1972, the Highlands ended up at the station. The village Satalice was connected to the capital city of Prague in 1974. Since 1976, this station has been named Praha-Satalice. In the past, a station presenter, a cargo teller, a personal treasurer and a station worker, or a pakr, served at the station. Today, the station's only on shift are the exodus and the signals. In the 1920s, an electromechanical safety device was set up in the station with a control device in the transport office and two dependent exodus devices, which still work today. A semi-automatic castle block was introduced to the Skály turn and telephone communication was introduced to Čakovice station, which today replaced the automatic gate. Over time, three trawls and a cargo hold were set up in the station. Loading and unloading reached very high levels. In the 1970s, five handling trains a day were used to drive cars to Satalic. A rail weight has been set up on the already abolished second handling track. In connection with the construction of the Prosek site, the station was used to import housing equipment. Since the 1990s, loading has been in decline. Of today's three lifts, only one is regularly served, namely the Czech Gas Company, K. s., which is based on the Chakovická name.

The station building has been preserved in its original form since the start of operation in 1872. The technical equipment includes four transport tracks marked one, three, five and seven, followed by train journeys. Manipulative track number nine serves for the shutdown of wagons and the occasional loading of scrap from the local metal collection. The switches in the main tracks are centrally converted from the structure and operated by signalists. Between Skály and Satalice station, the castle semi-automatic block worked until June 2012. This was an absolute rarity in the railway network, as it was supplemented by track-side consent always in unsatisfactory condition. The lights in the station are light, type AŽD, with speed indicator system. In the transport office are set up indication elements of the crossing safety equipment AŽD 71, located in the interstation section Praha- Čakovice - Praha-Satalice. Indicator and control elements on the structure two are operated by signalist. The train journey shall be ensured by the position of the main signal on the driving signal.

The shipping building has been transferred to the Railway Administration since 2016. The waiting room is open only in winter and has no internal inventory. Delay of trains is recorded on the board in front of the transport office. The neighbouring transport stations are the Skála junction in the direction to Prague and the railway station Praha- Čakovice in the direction to Neratovic. Stations and trains are part of Prague Integrated Transport. They stop here passenger trains in half an hour, one express train and the S34 passenger trains of KŽC to Masaryk Railway Station. After their introduction, the frequency of passengers increased slightly while the speedsters pass through the station. Freight transport is provided by ČD Cargo's handling train usually on working days once a day.

The main historical milestones include the year 1872 with the start of operation, 1974 with the connection of the village to Prague, 1976 with the change of station name, 2002 with the announcement of the building cultural monument and 2016 with the transfer of the building to the property of the Railway Administration. The Satalic station also served the filmmakers. In 1999, it was renamed Pieschen for the needs of the German series and several pictures appeared in the film Family Tramps of the official Troika.

This monument-protected building illustrates the historical development of railway transport and technology of the 19th and 20th centuries in Prague. A visit to the Satalic railway station offers a remarkable view of the functioning historical track with preserved electromechanical signalling equipment and an original station building.