Czechoslovakia declared its independence from Austria-Hungary at the end of the first World War.
In 1939 the country broke up, though a government in exile was formed during the second World War.
The country was re-formed in reality in 1945.
In 1948 the Communists seized control, which lasted until the democratic Velvet Revolution in 1989.
In 1992 Czechoslovakia broke up once again, splitting into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1992.
Like the country, the Czechoslovak State Railways company was founded in 1918.
Starting in the 1920s the company started electrification, and by 1930 it had the fifth largest rail network in Europe.
During the war induced breakup of the country the company was also broken up, but reformed in 1945 along with Czechoslovakia.
It again broke up following the 1992 breakup.
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