Hodburk
In the next few posts i would like to show you the most important cities on the island. The first one is also the largest one - Hodburk.
Hodburk is the capital city of New Silesia and public transport is operated only by New Silesia Railways, there are 2 metro lines (marked as
M1 and
M2), 4 suburban railway lines (
S1 -
S4), 4 tram lines (
T1 -
T4), 2 bus lines (
O1,
O2) and 1 river ferry line (
P1). NSD is also planning creating at least 5 new suburban bus lines in 1933.
This city consists of 8 parts - City centre, Janotín, Poříčí, Industrial area, Lhotkov, Čerňany, Jihlava and Lesní město:
City centre
70 years ago, the part which is now called City centre was the only part of Hodburk, here you can find the most of the historical sights like the first railway station on the island (Nádraží Fr. Palackého), the first pub on the island (yellow building on the hill) or the historical town hall. But there are also Hodburk's three most important transport hubs:
- Nádraží Františka Palackého
František Palacký Station
This was the first station built on the island (1861) and until 1900 also the most important, but after opening the Central station it serves only as a hub for all four suburban railway lines. It is also connected to metro line 1 and tram lines 1 and 3.
- Centrální nádraží
Central Station
The largest station on the island - since 1900 every intercity train departs from here. This station is also the largest public transport hub in the city, both metro line 1 and 2 stop here as well as three tram lines (T2, T3, T4) and one suburban railway line (S4)
- Přístav
Passenger harbour
There are only two ways how to get off and on this island and one of them is this port where you can board international ships to New York or Hamburg. It is connected to the city via tram lines T1 and T4 and ferry line P1
Janotín
Currently the largest part of Hodburk and also it's business centre - many international banks and other corporations have their branches here. This quarter is connected to the world mostly via the
Janotín station where metro line M1 is crossed by suburban railway, tram and ferry. Another metro station,
Severní Janotín (
Northern Janotín), lies on the metro line M2
Poříčí
An area around the Hodburk river; the busiest station is
Poříčí station which is located on the left river bank and serves to people who live in suburban areas on this side of river so they can comfortably reach the city centre. On the other side of the river you can find the parliament building.
Industrial area
A large area that consists of glass works, goods factory and a tinning factory. This complex is the biggest employer in the city so it needs transport connections with a large capacity. There are two stations in this object, one is
Sklárna (
Glass works) station which is a suburban railway and tram station and the station
Černého, which is metro and bus station. Bus line number 2 also serves as an airport shuttle.
Lhotkov
Lhotkov is a former village which was connected to Hodburk in 1925. Main station in this part of the city is
Lhotkov station where the suburban railway line S1 stops and you can transfer to bus line O2 in the direction of Černého station or
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Airport. Lhotkov is also place of operation of bus line O1, which works as a shuttle bus between Lhotkov and the nearby steel mill.
Čerňany
Čerňany is the largest suburb in Hodburk, citizens travel to work from here usually via
Nádraží Čerňany where they can use lines S4 and T2 or using line T4 in the western part of this neighborhood. In Čerňany was also founded the largest park in Hodburk -
Štefánikův les (
Štefánik's forest)
Jihlava
Jihlava is a small quarter on the southern end of Janotín connected to city centre via tram lines T3 and T4.
Lesní město
Lesní město (
Forest town) is the youngest part of Hodburk, it was founded in 1926 and is supposed to be a beautiful and calm villa neighborhood with everything it's inhabitants need. This part is still under construction but it already has it's own metro station, leisure area and sports center.
tasmania devil.
