Classic route
Jižní expres
Prague → České Budějovice · Czechia
- Distance
- 169 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- České dráhy
- Train
- ČD Pendolino · InterJet
- Countries
- Czechia
- In service since
- 1871
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Czechia’s first 200 km/h running: the rebuilt Fourth Corridor past Tábor’s Hussite hilltop to the Budweiser city, a record 85 minutes on the fastest Pendolinos.
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