Due to the covid-19 pandemic in the capital Compared to the normal situation, about 60 percent of passengers use public transport. Most of them decreased in the subway. At present, the last cars will still reach the final stage at around 11:15 p.m. However, the number of passengers is rising again and the traffic should be extended by half an hour in May. From July, it is planned to switch to holiday timetables, which means extending the intervals of metro trains. “From September, we can hope and believe in the transition to full operation,” said the head of ROPID Petr Tomčík at the committee.

However, many people were surprised to learn that they would not have to return to normal operations in the evening metro operation, which used to run until about half past one. It is apparent from the document which the Magistrates’ Committee took note of that: could end by subway between eleven and half past twelve. If the number of passengers increased to the time before the covid at that time, it could cause great problems.

However, Mayor Hřib demands that it is only information that the municipal committee took note of and the personal view of ROPID. “After the end of the coronavirus pandemic as part of the return to normal life, we will demand the resumption of metro operations in the original,“Said the mayor. That is why he also wants to negotiate with the coalition Prague Sobě, which has transport for the mayor. According to Hřiba, evening and night traffic is also important for the support of the hospitality industry, where guests could return again after the government measures were relaxed and which the pandemic hit hard.

Adam Scheinherr Transport Square (Prague to Himself) Pirates want to ask for the Transport Company’s internal savings, where, according to them, you can find enough money so that public transport does not have to be limited.

We will strengthen the metro

However, it was already stated in the Central Committee that traffic will be adjusted as the epidemic develops coronavirus and passenger numbers. Similarly, Scheinherr has also provided criticism that Prague wants to shorten metro operations. “When the interest of passengers is at high levels in July, we will strengthen the metro a bit again, as we have done now. It is in our interest to return to the normal regime we know from before the pandemic, “the councilor promised Blesk.

Ropid spokesman Filip Drápal then added: “The situation returns to the original state when they use the connections as before, there will be a normal nightlife and tourists will return. Now we will extend the operation of the metro by half an hour, no one knows yet. “

According to ROPID documents, Dopravní podnik and other repairs involving the PID system lost about a billion of the secured revenues in addition, they had to spend several hundred million to fight the covid. However, according to the Pirates, the restriction of services could bring an undesirable drop in passenger interest in public transport, from which it would be difficult for the Transport Company to recover.

Night connections are shortening

From Friday, April 30, the operation of the night tram line 99 will be resumed. The intervals of night bus number 912 will be shortened to 30 minutes and on lines 913 and 916 to 60 minutes. From May 10, the operation of the metro should be postponed by one hour, when the last trains will leave the final at 23:00 to 23:05.