photo: České dráhy/Daylight Savings Day Is Underway, the Change Will Affect Ten Night Trains of Czech Railways
On the night of Saturday, 25 to Sunday, 26 March, daylight saving time will begin, and the hands of the clock will move forward by one hour. Because of the missing 60 minutes, eight-night trains of ČD that will be on their route at that time will be "delayed". Two other trains will be delayed in neighbouring countries. Czech Railways will try to reduce the delays, for example, by shortening the stay of trains in stations. In Bohumín and Břeclav, however, the changeover of carriages between individual night trains will be maintained, and, thus, all direct night connections will be ensured. Regional trains will not be affected by the change, as they all start their routes after the changeover to summer time.
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For ČD, the changeover to summer time means the introduction of special measures for the circulation of carriages, locomotives and staff. They aim to avoid subsequent delays to other trains during the day. To prevent delays from these night trains being transferred to other daytime services, morning connections will generally not wait for these "late" night trains.
Overview of long-distance ČD trains affected by the changeover to Central European Summer Time (CET) in the Czech Republic
- IC 406 Chopin Bohumín - Warszawa will depart from Bohumín (regular departure at 3:18) with a delay of about 60 minutes; at Bohumín, the changeover of direct carriages from trains EN 443 and NJ 456 departing from Prague, Graz and Budapest will be maintained.
- EN 442 Slovakia Humenné - Prague will run in the section from Bohumín (regular departure at 03:36) to Prague with a delay of approx. 60 minutes; in Bohumín, the changeover of direct carriages from train EN 407 from Warsaw will be maintained.
- EN 443 Slovakia Praha - Humenné will run in the section Ostrava-Svinov (regular departure at 02:07) - Humenné with a delay of approx. 30 - 60 minutes, the delay will gradually decrease depending on the operational situation. In Bohumín, the changeover of direct carriages to IC 406 to Warsaw will be observed.
- NJ 456 Wien - Berlin will run in the section Bohumín (regular departure at 02:40) - Berlin with a delay of approx. 60 minutes, in Bohumín a changeover of direct carriages to train IC 406 to Warsaw will be ensured.
- NJ 457 Berlin - Wien will run in the section Bohumín (regular departure at 02:15) - Breclav with a delay of approx. 60 minutes, in the section Breclav - Vienna with a delay of 10 - 20 minutes. In Bohumín, a changeover of direct carriages from train EN 407 from Warsaw will be ensured, in Breclav to train EN 477 to Budapest.
- EC 459 Canopus Zürich - Prague will run on the section Leipzig Hbf (regular departure at 05:52) - Prague with a delay of approx. 30 - 60 minutes.
- EN 477 Metropol Břeclav - Budapest will run with a delay of approx. 30 - 50 minutes, at Břeclav, there will be a changeover of direct carriages from trains IC 585 from Prague and NJ 457 from Berlin and Warsaw.
- IC 571 Jiří Bouda Prague - Brno will run in the section Blansko - Brno hl.n. with a delay of approx. 60 minutes.
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Overview of long-distance trains that will be affected by the changeover to CET abroad
Three additional night trains starting or ending in the Czech Republic will be delayed abroad due to the changeover to summer time:
- The direct sleeper Zurich - Prague, running on connections NJ 467 / EC 463 / EC 330, will be delayed by about 60 minutes on the Salzburg Hbf - Linz Hbf section and will be on time on the Linz Hbf - Praha hl.n. section.
- The direct sleeper Prague - Zurich, running on connections EC 337 / EC 462 / NJ 466, will be delayed by approx. 60 minutes on the section Salzburg Hbf - Zurich HB.
- Train EN 458 Canopus Praha - Zurich will run on the section Frankfurt am Main - Zurich HB with a delay of approx. 60 minutes.
On the night of 25/26 March, the carriages will be switched between the night trains and ČD and its partners will provide all direct night connections. Regional trains will not be affected by the changeover to the summer section, as there are no such services between 2 am and 3 am.
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