Tram service to Prague’s Hlavní nádraží will be disrupted until June 21

Substitute buses will be introduced along the closed section of tracks, metro service to the station isn’t affected.

Raymond Johnston

Written by Raymond Johnston Published on 19.05.2021 12:14:00 (updated on 19.05.2021) Reading time: 4 minutes

Tram service to Prague’s main train station Hlavní nádraží will be disrupted until June 21. Tram lines 5, 9, 13, 15, 16, and 26 plus the night trams 95 and 98 will be affected. Substitute buses will be introduced to take people to and from the train station. The metro at the train station will continue to operate.

The Prague Public Transit Company (DPP) will start the replacement of track structures and arches on the tram line in the area of the U Bulhara underpass from Senovážné náměstí to náměstí Winstona Churchilla.

Tram traffic will be suspended in both directions from 11:30 p.m. on May 19 to 4:30 a.m. on June 21 between the Hlavní nádraží and Husinecká stops. During this closure, passengers can use substitute bus line X9 in daytime operation to Husinecká, Hlavní nádraží, Masarykovo nádraží, and Dlážděná, a temporary stop near Senovážné náměstí. The substitute bus X98 will make several stops between Olšanské hřbitovy and Hlavní nádraží.

Substitute bus route to Hlavní nádraží. (Photo: DPP)
Substitute bus route to Hlavní nádraží. (Photo: DPP)

There wall also be three daytime substitute tram lines and one night tram line running on new routes to make up for the disrupted tram service, but none of these will go to the Hlavní nádraží,

Service work on the tram tracks will include grinding and welding of rails, leveling of the rails by tamping, repairs of paved surfaces, repairs of large-area panels, and replacement of sleepers. New tracks will be installed in the arches. Some of them will consist of new rails with extend life. The DPP will change more than 500 meters of tracks.

More information and updates can be found on the DPP website.

Route of substitute bus X9

  • Husinecká (boarding stop): in Seifertova street, approximately 35 metres behind the intersection with Siwiecova street
  • Hlavní nádraží: in Opletalova street, approximately 30 metres before the intersection with Bolzanova street
  • Dlážděná: in Dlážděná street, approximately 50 metres behind the intersection with Senovážné náměstí
  • Masarykovo nádraží: in Hybernská street, approximately 30 metres behind the intersection with Havlíčkova street
  • Hlavní nádraží: in Hybernská street, approximately 25 metres behind the intersection with Opletalova street
  • Husinecká (terminal stop): in Siwiecova street, approximately 30 metres before the intersection with Seifertova street

Route changes of tram lines

  • Tram 5 in the direction from Sídliště Barrandov from Jindřišská stop, is diverted via the Masarykovo nádraží stop, to the Bílá labuť stop.
  • Tram 9 in the direction from Sídliště Řepy is shortened to the newly established stop Dlážděná. It further continues as tram 15 in the direction of Kotlářka or as tram 26 in the direction of Divoká Šárka.
  • Tram 13 in the direction from Čechovo náměstí from Želivského stop, is diverted via the stops Mezi Hřbitovy, Biskupcova and Ohrada, to the Vozovna Žižkov stop.
  • Tram 15 in the direction from Kotlářka is shortened to the newly established stop Dlážděná. It further continues as tram 9 in the direction of Sídliště Řepy.
  • Tram 16 in the direction from Sídliště Řepy or Kotlářka from the Želivského stop is diverted via the stops Vinohradské hřbitovy, Vinice, Černokostelecká and Depo Hostivař to the Ústřední dílny DP stop.
  • Tram 26 in the direction from Divoká Šárka is shortened to the newly established stop Dlážděná. It further continues as tram 9 in the direction of Sídliště Řepy.
  • Tram 95 between Jindřišská and Palmovka is diverted via the stops Masarykovo nádraží, Florenc and Křižíkova.
  • Tram 98 between Lazarská and Flora is diverted via the stops Karlovo náměstí, I. P. Pavlova, Náměstí Míru and Perunova.

Temporary tram lines

  • Tram 35 on the route Husinecká – Lipanská – Olšanské náměstí – Flora – Olšanské hřbitovy.
  • Tram 36 on the route Lehovec – Hloubětín – Kolbenova – Nádraží Vysočany – Palmovka – Biskupcova – Želivského – Vinohradské hřbitovy – Strašnická – Staré Strašnice – Zahradní Město – Nádraží Hostivař.
  • Tram 39 on the route Husinecká – Olšanské náměstí – Olšanská – Nákladové nádraží Žižkov – Ohrada – Spojovací.
  • Night tram 90 on the route Olšanské hřbitovy (boarding stop is in the turning loop) – Želivského – Biskupcova – Palmovka.

Substitute bus X98

In the direction of Dlážděná:

  • Olšanské hřbitovy (boarding stop): in Vinohradská street, at the tram stop in the direction of Flora
  • Flora: in Vinohradská street, at the level of the tram stop
  • Olšanské náměstí: in Táboritská street, at the level of the tram stop
  • Lipanská: in Táboritská street, at the tram stop
  • Husinecká: in Seifertova street, approximately 35 metres behind the intersection with Siwiecova street
  • Hlavní nádraží: in Opletalova street, approximately 30 metres before the intersection with Bolzanova street

In the direction of Olšanské hřbitovy

  • Dlážděná: in Dlážděná street, approximately 50 metres behind the intersection with Senovážné náměstí
  • Masarykovo nádraží: in Hybernská street, approximately 30 metres behind the intersection with Havlíčkova street
  • Hlavní nádraží: in Hybernská street, approximately 25 metres behind the intersection with Opletalova street
  • Husinecká: in Seifertova street, at the level of the tram stop
  • Lipanská: in Seifertova street, at the tram stop
  • Olšanské náměstí: in Táboritská street, at the level of the tram stop
  • Flora: in Vinohradská street, at the tram stop
  • Olšanské hřbitovy (terminal stop): in the tram turning loop

Source: DPP

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