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The ''Primator'' was an international
express train An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the s ...
. 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
EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated as EC, is a cross-border train category within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains allocated to the lower-level "IC" (InterCity) category, EC trains are international services that meet 20 criteri ...
train, the '' Porta Bohemica''.


History

The ''Primator'' first ran in 1986. Initially, it was categorised as one of the new top-of-the-line ''
Interexpress Interexpress (abbreviated as "''IEx''") is a former international train category. The word ''Interexpress'' is a short form version of the German language term (English: ''International Express'') and its foreign language equivalents. Interexpr ...
'' services, numbered IEx 76/77. The train ran between Praha hl.n. in Prague and
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in
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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''.


See also

*
History of rail transport in the Czech Republic :''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' The history of rail transport in the Czech Republic began in the 1820s. Railways were built primarily for the transport of freight. Periods when they were built and opera ...
* History of rail transport in Germany *
List of named passenger trains of Europe This article contains lists of named passenger trains in Europe, listed by country. Listing by country does eliminate some EuroCity services from the list, but they are listed on the relevant EuroCity page for daytime trains and the EuroNight ...


References

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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