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In things you probably have missed this weekend (because why wouldn't you) was the last regular service for the old 451/452 EMU, not only in Prague, but like, forever. This actually surprised lot of people, because just few years ago, it was often seen on the Prague commuter trains replacing newer units, but this quickly came to the end when the major repairs on them were no longer carried out and all of the remaining trains, except for those earmarked for historic preservation, were just pulled out of service when they broke down or reached kilometer limit for heavy maintenance.
Having served since 1960's, when it was made, without any unit receiving any kind of an upgrade (including the interior) made it a very deserving museum piece already. I don't really have many memories concerning the train because I only met them few times when I was either too young to really remember, or just very infrequently in the last few years of the service. So, well, not much to comment.
I don't even have a very good picture actually. But then, this is it, chance of seeing this on a regular train again is now really, really low.