Arriva ends the operation of trains between Prague and Kralupy
Arriva will end the operation of passenger trains between Prague and Kralupy nad Vltavou on Friday. After three months of trial operation, the company failed to convince Prague or the Central Bohemian Region to pay subsidies for its trains, similar to, for example, Czech Railways connections. The iDnes.cz server informed about it today.
The company ends on Friday at 22:00. “Unfortunately, due to the reconstruction of the line, we are not able to guarantee the smooth operation and comfort of tourism, which we have provided so far,” said Arriva Trains in a press release.
The connection between Masaryk Railway Station and Kralup nad Vltavou started by the company belonging to Deutsche Bahn, just on the day when the major modernization of the main line from Prague to Děčín near Bubeneč began, the server reminded.
Arriva launched unsubsidized trains on September 23 this year. Eight pairs a day was a loss-making business in advance, but she wanted to show transport customers in the Prague agglomeration that there were other carriers than Czech Railways. Ropid, which orders transport in and around Prague, eventually awarded the contract for the operation of trains from Masaryk railway station to Čakovice to KŽC doprava without a tender, the server added.
Originally a British company Arriva, the Czech Republic focuses mainly on bus transport through Transcentrum Bus, Osnado and Bosák Bus and operates 1,600 buses. In mid-May, Deutsche Bahn bought Veolia Transport Central, which operates in the Czech Republic in bus and rail transport, with the aim of gradually integrating it into the Arriva structure.