Cheb railway station
Cheb railway station (Czech: Nádraží Cheb) is the main railway hub in the western Czech town of Cheb, in the Karlovy Vary Region. The station sits at the crossing of five railway lines and is served by Czech Railways and private railway companies that run trains to Germany.
The station building was constructed in 1865 in Neo-Renaissance style, designed by Vienna-based architect Heinrich von Hügel, with later work by Josef Danda. Over the years it developed into an important cross-border gateway. In 1870 the Buštěhrad Railway linked Cheb with Prague, and a line to Chomutov was added the same year. In 1872 the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway opened a Prague–České Budějovice route, and in 1881 a line to Nuremberg started. Each railway company operating in Cheb had its own station building.
After World War I and the creation of Czechoslovakia, the station was renamed Cheb, and signs were bilingual due to the large German-speaking population. On 8 April 1945 an American air raid damaged much of the station area, but the main building survived. From 1946 the station has used only the Czech name.
A new main station building was completed in 1962. It was designed by Josef Danda in Brussels style and is protected as a cultural monument.
In 2007 a new bus terminus in front of the station was built, serving city buses and acting as Cheb’s main bus hub.
Today Cheb station is electrified and serves both domestic and international routes, connecting to destinations in Germany and elsewhere in Central Europe. It has multiple platforms to handle trains from different lines and is owned by the Czech Republic.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 18:27 (CET).