Dobrá u Frýdku-Místku
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Czech Republic
Dobrá u Frýdku-Místku | |||||
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 The station in 2025 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dobrá, Moravian-Silesian Region Czech Republic | ||||
| Coordinates | 49°40′15″N 18°24′52″E / 49.6707°N 18.4144°E | ||||
| Elevation | 335 m (1,099 ft)[1] | ||||
| Operated by | Správa železnic | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Distance | 116.86 km (72.61 mi)[2] | ||||
| Platforms | 2 (2)[3] | ||||
| Tracks | 3[3] | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Anton Dachler | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | 332841[3] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1888 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 2004 | ||||
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Dobrá u Frýdku-Místku is a railway station located in Dobrá in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is a part of the Cieszyn–Frýdek-Místek railway line, located at the 116.86 km (72.61 mi) mark.[2]
The station was put into operation on 1 June 1888, but was officially opened on 22 July 1888 as Dobrau.[4] It was part of the Moravian-Silesian Towns Railway, which was built by the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway c. 1887–1888.[4] After 1921, the Czech name Dobrá was used, and from the late 1920s to 1939, the station was renamed to Dobrá u Frýdku.[1] When Trans-Olza was owned by Poland, the station turned into a border station, and passport controlling started at the station.[1] During 1939–1945, the station reverted to its original name, Dobrau.[1] In April 1939, Antonín Zápotocký, the future president of Czechoslovakia, was arrested at the station for trying to illegally cross the Polish border and was sentenced to the Pankrác Prison for twelve months.[5] During the Second World War, the Nazis damaged twenty-six locomotives at the station to block trains on the railway line from giving supplies to the Soviets.[5] In 1951, the station was renamed to Dobrá u Místku.[1]
The station has had its current name, Dobrá u Frýdku-Místku, since 1953.[1] In 1972, a then-newly built siding to the Radegast Nošovice brewery was connected to the station.[1] The station's building was renovated in 2004 at a cost of 3.18 million Czech Koruna.[1] The renovation replaced the window and roof frames, restored the interior and façade of the building, and attempted to make the building accessible.[1] At the end of 2008, a siding to the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech car factory was put into operation, which was connected to the station.[6] On 1 December 2019, the ticket office closed in the station, because of its economy.[1]
Future
The station is planned to be modernised between 2028 and 2030, which includes a reconstruction of the track and the construction of an island platform with an underpass that will run under the entire station.[7] It is also planned to increase the speed in the following track sections to 120 km/h (75 mph).[7]
Station description
A brick station building, along with a warehouse, is on the station grounds.[1] The station building was built according to the standardised plans[a] by Anton Dachler.[8] The building is two-story's tall and has stone linings with arches and a central risalit, in which there was a vestibule with two waiting rooms and an office.[8] On the first floor, there was a two-room apartment and a three-room apartment with kitchens.[8] Both of them had common facilities in a hallway.[8] During the reconstruction of the station building, plastic windows were inserted into the stone lining of the station building.[4] Next to the station building, there is a railway guardhouse.[4][b] It was built with masonry.[4]
