The ''Primator'' was an international

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. Introduced in 1986, it ran between

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, then the capital of

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, and

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, then the capital of the

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(GDR). Following the major political changes that took place in Central Europe in the second half of 1989, Prague became the capital of the

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, East Berlin was absorbed by

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and the GDR by

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. In 1993, under the influence of all of these changes, the ''Primator'' was replaced by a new

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train, the ''

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''.

History

The ''Primator'' first ran in 1986. Initially, it was categorised as one of the new top-of-the-line '' Interexpress'' services, numbered IEx 76/77. The train ran between Praha hl.n. in Prague and

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, on the route and in the time slots previously used by another train, ''Progress'', which was rescheduled to different time slots. In 1991, the ''Interexpress'' category was discontinued, and the ''Primator'' was recategorised as an ''Express'' (Ex) (Czechoslovakia) / ''

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'' (D) (Germany). In 1993, as part of a reorganisation of international train services through the Elbe valley, the ''Primator'' was replaced by the new EC ''Porta Bohemia''.

References

External links

Private web page
– about the history of the DR's international trains 1977 to 1993

– about the history of the IEx trains {{Interexpress trains International named passenger trains Named passenger trains of Germany Named passenger trains of the Czech Republic Railway services introduced in 1986

History

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