How to take a train from the capital to Czechia's second city

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Praha / Prague / Prag to Brno by train

There have been significant improvements to the rail service from Praha to Brno.
Trains operated by Regiojet now compete with the service provided by the national rail operators of Austria and Czechia.
Plus a long term program of reconstruction work, which had been disrupting the service, has now been completed.

Routes you can take to go from Praha / Prague / Prag to Brno

When travelling between most cities by train there is only one logical option, though on other journeys there is a choice between different trains or alternative routes. If different options are available you can use the info to decide which is best for you.

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Journey guides for travel to Praha / Prague / Prag

Route Information

Station Guides

The old station building by platform/track 1

Praha hl.n. Rail Station Guide

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Brno hl.n. Guide Coming soon...

Travel Time (approx)

from2hr 33min

Frequency

Daily

Travel Info

1 or 2 x trains per hour

Travel Information

All trains also call at: [Pardubice]https://maps.app.goo.gl/j3CoKM6u9nBSs8kZ7)

When making a journey by express train between Praha and Brno you can travel by three different services - most of which are international trains heading on to Austria or Slovakia.
The daytime service is arranged so that in even hours a Railjet departs, while in odd hours a EuroCity (EC) train departs, but in most hours there is also a Regiojet service

1: Railjets heading to Graz/Wien:
These trains are worth targeting if you want to travel in First / Business Class, as they have full at-seat menu service

2: EC trains heading to Bratislava and Budapest:
The EC trains convey restaurant cars.
After the final EC train of the day has departed at around 17:44, there will be a domestic IC which departs at around 19:44.
Though the final departure of the day from Praha, shortly after 22:00, is a EuroNight train which conveys 2nd class seats.

4: Trains operated by Regiojet now complete with the other trains on this route, tickets for these Regiojet services are not sold by CD, instead they can be booked on the Regiojet website.
The most frequent service on this route is provided by the Regiojets, but there isn't a departure in every hour - though there is either a Railjet train or an EC train in every hour, hence there will be an hourly option when looking up the journey on [the CD website]https://www.cd.cz/en/).

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A front view of a Czech Railways (CZ) Railjet (RJ) train

CD Railjet (Czechia/international) Train Guide

Exterior of Czech train at Dresden on a Praha - Hamburg journey

EC Metropolitan (Germany <> Czechia <> Hungary) Train Guide

RegioJet (Czechia/International) Train Guide

A side view of a Railjet train - the top tier OBB trains

ÖBB Railjet (RJ/RJX) (Austria/International) Train Guide

Good to Know

Brno is a station all on the routes taken by trains heading on Graz, Bratislava, Budapest and Vienna / Wien, hence the variety of trains.

It's not a particularly beautiful journey, but when the trains travel between Chocen and Ceska Trebovba, east of Pardubice, this part of the trip is marked green for scenic, on the European Rail Map.

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