Travel alert: Over 20 Prague public transport lines will reroute for two months

Starting next Monday, tram line construction work in Prague 1 will divert several major tram and bus routes, with new lines and stops also being set up.

Expats.cz Staff

Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 25.04.2024 11:35:00 (updated on 25.04.2024) Reading time: 4 minutes

Residents and tourists should take heed of the upcoming mass disruption to Prague’s tram network in the city center. Several reroutes lasting two months will occur. From the morning of Monday, April 29, the Prague Public Transport Company (DPP) will reconstruct a central part of the tram network, affecting over 20 public transport lines, including trams and buses.

DPP will undertake maintenance work on the tram line between the Dlážděná and Havlíčková streets in Prague 1. The transport company says that the center and northeast of Prague will be affected. The end date of the disruption is June 29.

Daytime tram lines 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 24, 25, 26, and 27, as well as night lines 91, 92, 94, and 96, and bus lines 207, 905, 907, 908, 909, and 911 will all be impacted due to diversions. The route of historic tram line 42 will also be modified.

DPP will also set up four new, temporary tram lines to help ease the disruption: lines 30, 31, 34, and 90.

PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

Inputting your journey on the DPP website (available in English) will allow you to check whether your commute or planned route will be disrupted. You may also plan your route and see all changes via the PID Lítačka phone app.

An outline of the disruption. (Photo: DPP)
An outline of the disruption. (Photo: DPP)

Tram disruptions: Full list

  • Line 1 will be diverted from Dělnická stop to Výstaviště loop, passing through Ortenovo náměstí and Nádraží Holešovice stops.
  • Line 3 will run from the Jindřišská stop to the Senovážné náměstí stop, and then continues as line number 26 normally does to Nádraží Hostivař, passing through Hlavní nádraží stop.
  • Line 6 will be shortened from Kubánské náměstí to the Karlovo náměstí stop, and then continue on the same route as line number 14 to Spořilov.
  • Line 7 is set to be diverted via Arena Libeň jih, Nádraží Libeň, and Podkovařská stops in the Balabenka – Starý Hloubětín section.
  • Line 12 will be diverted from the Vltavská stop to the Lehovec loop, passing through the Štvanice, Florenc, Křižíkova, Invalidovna, Palmovka, Nádraží Vysočany, Kolbenova, and Hloubětín stops.
  • Line 14 will be shortened from Spořilov to Karlovo náměstí stop, and then shall continue on the same route as line number 6 to Kubánské náměstí.
  • Line 15 will be rerouted from the Masarykovo nádraží stop to the Kobylisy stop, passing through Bílá labuť in Prague 1, Florenc, Křižíkova, Invalidovna, Palmovka, Bulovka, and Ke Stírce stops.
  • Line 24 is to be diverted from Jindřišská stop to Olšanské hřbitovy turnoff, passing through Senovážné náměstí, Hlavní nádraží, Viktoria Žižkov, and Flora stops.
  • Line 25 will run from the Vltavská stop to the Výstaviště loop, passing through the Dělnická and Ortenovo náměstí stops.
  • Line 26 will run from the Hlavní nádraží stop to the Senovážné náměstí stop, and then continue as line number 3 to Sídliště Modřany, passing through the Jindřišská stop.
  • Line 27 will be diverted from the Výstaviště stop to the Libeňský most stop, passing through the Nádraží Holešovice, Ortenovo náměstí, Dělnická, and Maniny stops.
  • Night lines 91 and 96 will be diverted from Lazarská to Strossmayerovo náměstí, passing through the Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Právnická fakulta, and Čechův bridge stops.
  • Line 92, a night service, will be rerouted from Lazarská to Bílá labuť, passing through the Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Fakultika Čechův bridge, Dlouhá třída, Náměstí Republiky, and Masarykovo nádraží stops.
  • In the Lazarská to Palmovka section, night line number 94 will run through the Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Právnická fakulta, Čechův bridge, Strossmayerovo náměstí, Vltavská, Těšnov, Florenc, Křižíkova, and Invalidovna stops.
  • Historic tram line 42 will not run its usual route between Lazarská and Dlouhá třída, instead being rerouted through Staroměstská and Karlovo náměstí.

New tram lines

  • Line 30 will run between the Březiněveská stop in Prague 8, through Palmovka, Florenc, Masarykovo nádraží, Hradčanská, and Nádraží Veleslavín, terminating at Dědina in Prague 6.
  • Line 31 will operate between the Ohrada stop in Prague 3 and Vysočanská in Prague 9, passing through the Palmovka and Balabenka stops.
  • Line 34 will run between Libeň bridge and Vozovna Kobylisy, passing through Vltavská, Masarykovo nádraží, and Náměstí Republiky.
  • Night service 90 will run between Palackého náměstí in Prague 2 and Olšanské hřbitovy in Žižkov, through Karlovo náměstí, Lazarská, Wenceslas Square, and Hlavní nádraží.

All bus changes

Buses are less affected, but some lines will call at new stops as a result of the tram diversions. 

DPP will also launch a replacement bus service number X25 that runs between Palmovka in Prague 8 and Bílá labuť, passing through Masarykovo nádraží, náměstí Republiky, Strossmayerovo náměstí, and Štorchova.

Line 207 and nighttime services 905 , 907 , 908 , 909 and 911 will from April 29 all stop at the temporarily established Masarykovo nádraží stop on Na Poříčí Street.

  • Lines 905 and 911 will also newly call at the Bílá labuť, Nábřeží Kapitána Jaroše, and Florenc bus stops.
  • Line 907 will stop at Bílá labuť and Florenc.
  • Line 908 will call at Dlouhá třída in Prague 1 and náměstí Republiky.

These are the most important takeaways from Prague's upcoming two-month public transport disruption. For more details, such as which exact stops affected trams and buses will stop at, please see the DPP webpage dedicated to the change.

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