České dráhy
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Czech passenger rail transport operator
OverviewAI-generated
České dráhy, also known as Czech Railways or CD, is a government-type organization established in 2003. It is based in Prague, Czechia, with a specific location in Praha 1, Nové Město. The entity operates under the legal name České dráhy, a.s. and maintains an active status.
The company employs 23,947 people and serves a patronage of 175,000,000. Its name is pronounced ˈtʃɛskɛː ˈdraːɦɪ. The organization is registered in the Czech Republic jurisdiction.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company type
- Government-owned
- Industry
- Railway company
- Predecessors
- České dráhy s.o. (1993–2002) , ČSD (1918–1992)
- Founded
- Prague (2003)
- Headquarters
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Key people
- Michal Krapinec
- Revenue
- 40.656 billion CZK (2019)
- Operating income
- 1,262,000,000 Czech koruna (2024)
- Net income
- 1.315 billion CZK (2019)
- Total assets
- 95.991 billion CZK (2019)
- Total equity
- 41.939 billion CZK (2019)
- Owner
- Ministry of transport (100%)
- Number of employees
- 23.529 (2019)
- Subsidiaries
- ČD Cargo
- Website
- www.cd.cz , www.ceskedrahy.cz
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
- Jurisdiction
- CZ
- Headquarters
- Praha 1, Nové Město, CZ
via GLEIF
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 2003
- Location
- Prague, Czechia
- Also known as
- CD, České Dráhy
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.447818.6
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- railway company
- Official name
- České dráhy, a.s.
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Headquarters
- Prague
- Owned by
- Czech Republic
- Industry
- passenger transport
- Employees
- 21875
- Revenue
- 49148000000
- Official website
- www.cd.cz
- Image
- 680 005 CZ-CD Ostrava.jpg
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- Commons category
- ČD
- topic's main category
- Category:České dráhy
- inception
- 2003-00-00
- location of formation
- Prague
- total assets
- 120408000000
- net profit
- -139000000
- IPA transcription
- ˈtʃɛskɛː ˈdraːɦɪ
- operating income
- 1902000000
- product or material produced
- railway
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- total equity
- 35123000000
- phone number
- +420-221-111-122
- social media followers
- 10105
- short name
- ČD
- operating area
- Czech Republic
- patronage
- 175000000
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Encyclopedic overview
České dráhy (lit. 'Czech Railways'), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services.
The company was established in January 1993, shortly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways. It is a member of the International Railway Union (UIC Country Code for the Czech Republic is 54), the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, and the Organization for Cooperation of Railways. With twenty-four thousand employees, ČD Group is the fifth largest Czech company by the number of employees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “České dráhy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.