Hranice will get new station by Swiss architects

The new station will become a key transfer point for long-distance, suburban and individual transport. It will serve both current conventional railway and high-speed trains. This will also enable easier connections by long-distance fast trains from Olomouc via Valašské Meziříčí and Vsetín to Slovakia.

“Connecting Hranice to the high-speed line will significantly facilitate commuting not only for work purposes. The journey from Hranice to Ostrava will be shortened to half an hour, it will take 20 minutes to Olomouc, and the train will be in Brno in an hour. We expect that the easy accessibility of these cities will bring new impulses for the development of Hranice and the whole region,” says Mojmír Nejezchleb, Deputy Director General of Správa železnic.

The current station is located in the middle of the track facility, which complicates its expansion and modernisation. The new building will therefore be built elsewhere within the existing site to accommodate the requirements for longer platforms and safer crossings for passengers.

According to the transport model, it is expected that in 2050 the railway station in Hranice will handle 9,800 passengers on weekdays and 7,800 on weekends. As soon as the high-speed line opens, four high-speed trains per hour should stop at the station.

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