Breakthrough agreement on tunnels in Prague 6. Depth over 80 meters, costs 13 billion
Czech and foreign expert teams (Ruhr University in Bochum, Czech Geological Survey and vibration specialist Milan Brož) examined a total of four track lines: widening and deepening the track in the existing track and three routes of the tunnel led under Střešovice and excavated with gables. Expert opinions are useful in that I offer a variant of the South.
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It leads under the Central Military Hospital, the Church of St. Norbert and Pod Hradbami Street. This is the deepest route. In some places, the track will run up to 83 meters below the surface, almost three quarters of the excavated section will be deeper than 50 meters underground.
Conflict-free route
“The opinions of the University of Ruhr and the Czech Geological Survey are important not only for the track, but also for the inhabitants of Střešovice. In addition to a clear recommendation, the so-called southern variants confirm that the track will not have any negative impact on the inhabitants of Střešovice or on the building near the tunnel, “said Jakub Bazgier, Deputy Director of the West SŽ Construction Administration.
The tunnels under Střešovice will lead elsewhere. They will not endanger anything, they will be deep
Among other things, the experts dealt with the impact of the construction on several specific buildings. These were, for example, the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Veleslavín heating plant, the Střešovice depot or the Central Military Hospital. The assessment showed that the construction of the tunnel will not have any negative impact on these buildings.
“We believe that this maximally diverted route, which leads in extraordinary depth, will not cause any conflicts within the territory of Prague 6,” said Eva Smutná, Prague 6 councilor for strategic development.
The Dejvice stop disappears underground
The tunnel will have two single-track ovens. Today’s Dejvice stop, which will be closer to the Hradčanská metro station, is to be moved underground, which will enable a better transfer between the metro and the train. The railway administration estimates that the construction of the new Dejvice – Veleslavín line will start after 2025 and will last approximately two and a half years.
The estimated construction costs for the complete section Výstaviště – Veleslavín amount to approximately 13 billion crowns. The commissioning of the railway connection to Václav Havel Prague Airport is expected between 2028 and 2029.
The railway station in Dejvice is saved. He has a contract until the middle of 2022
At the same time, the track was originally supposed to lead on the surface and be ready. Especially in Prague 6, however, a wave of resistance arose against it, and even after the track was sunk underground, they “fought” for every meter to the north or south. Even today, the terms are rather indicative. The memorandum from 2008, which was concluded by the then Minister of Transport Aleš Řebíček and Mayor Pavel Bém, is still in vivid memory; according to the memorandum, the train was to run at the airport for Christmas 2013.
In the footsteps of the existing line from Dejvice to Veleslavín, a green corridor for pedestrians and cyclists should be created, which will connect Stromovka with the Šárka Valley. The city is planning something similar on the old Benešov line through Strašnice, where trains will run this December.
Cyclists and pedestrians instead of trains. See what the new promenade will look like