Žižkov has a new stop U Prdlavky, it refers to the film Vrchní, prchni!
Updates: 11/22/2021 3:27 PM
Released: 22.11.2021, 15:27
Prague – Bus line number 101 of the Prague public transport (MHD) will now also run through Žižkov. Buses will build, for example, at the new U Prdlavky stop, which was established in Slavíkova Street in Prague 3. The name of the new stop refers to the film by Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák Vrchní, prchni !, whose protagonist Dalibor Vrána lived nearby. Deputy Mayor of Prague Adam Schreinherr (Prague Sobě), Mayor of Prague 3 Jiří Ptáček (TOP 09) and screenwriter Zdeněk Svěrák told the press today.
From the beginning of December, buses of line 101 will run from Vršovice via Vinohrady to the Viktoria Žižkov stop. Filip Drápal, a spokesman for the ROPID organization, which is planning Prague’s public transport, told ČTK. Until now, buses have run on line 101 between Tolstoy and Zentiva.
According to Deputy Schreinherr, Solaris Urbino 10.5 cars, which are low-emission and low-floor, will be used on the line. According to him, buses should make it easier to move around Prague, especially for parents with children in prams, seniors and people with reduced mobility.
According to Schreinherr, the city districts of Prague 2 and Prague 3 have long used the extension of bus line number 101, which was also confirmed by the mayor of Prague 3, Ptáček. According to the square, Vinohrady and Žižkov are densely populated and in many places public transport stops were distant for some residents of these districts. “It is the bus line 101 inside the development that reaches citizens quickly, especially at tram stops,” he said, adding that this would speed up traffic in the metropolis for the inhabitants of the affected areas.
The new stop U Prdlavky bears a name referring to the nickname of the title character of the film Vrchní, prchni !. Dalibor Crow’s film bookseller lived in these places. In the film, he was called “Prdlavka” because his neighbor, a velorex neighbor, drove a three-wheeled vehicle, explained the screenwriter of a Czech film comedy from the 1980s, Zdeněk Svěrák.
Minibus or midibus lines with the operation of small buses in Prague help in transport services, especially in the outskirts of the city or where the classic bus does not pass to the narrow streets. The purpose of the lines is to bring public transport stops closer to the least mobile passengers or people with prams. The new line has been operating since November, for example, at the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice, to whose premises line number 235 runs.
According to the annual report of the Prague Transport Company (DPP) for 2020, DPP operated 142 bus lines in the Prague Integrated Transport System at the end of 2020.