Czech Railways has greenlighted the acquisition of railway stations by the national railway operator Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC). The transaction has also been approved by the government. It means that Czech Railways will sell 1,500 properties to SŽDC for CZK 3.3bn. Originally, Czech Railways hoped it could get twice that much, but the European Commission ruled that in case of the transfer of assets between two state owned companies, the transaction price must be suppressed. Prague’s main train station is part of the deal, unlike Masaryk station in Prague or the main station in Brno. These two will be included into the second package of property transfers.
