Revolution in transport in Boleslav. The change awaits connections to Prague and Škoda
A major change in public transport will take place this Sunday. The Boleslav region will become part of the Prague Integrated Transport (PID). This benefits in the form of better connections to the metropolis and cheaper long-term tickets.
Bus station in Mladá Boleslav.
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The creators of the new timetables also thought about changing shifts and connecting lines to Škoda Auto. On the contrary, they have to say goodbye to bus services in some villages and villages in the area from Benátky nad Jizerou to Brandýs nad Labem or Mšen. Brochures with new timetables and other information on the new system can be obtained at the bus station in Mladá Boleslav. Those interested can also download it in electronic form from the web www.pid.cz or from the site www.arriva.cz.
Due to a different method of check-in, it will not be possible to pay on Arriva buses in the Mladá Boleslav region from Sunday with the Arriva Central Bohemia chip card, or previously issued cards from the Transcentrum company, the Mladá Boleslav Transport Company, Bus Line and ČSAD Liberec. “Unfortunately, the new chip card check-in device, which has been used in the Mladá Boleslav region for over 15 years, will not load. However, you can pay for a ticket within PID in cash, with a Flyer or a payment card, just as I will pin it for a purchase in the store, “said the municipality’s spokeswoman Šárka Charousková.
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During the integration, a total of 69 lines will be canceled, 38 new PID bus connections will be introduced, and traffic will be adjusted on 12 PID lines.
The individual connections will be interconnected. The operation will be monitored by the coordination control room. The PID zone and time tariff will apply on the routes with the possibility of using transfer tickets and time coupons, both in paper and electronic form, including the possibility of purchasing a one-time fare by payment card from the driver or using the PID Lítačka mobile application. “Thanks to the PID Tariff, passengers will save especially during regular commutes,” said Oldřich Buchetka, spokesman for the Integrated Transport of the Central Bohemian Region.
Connection to Prague even after ten minutes
With the integration of the Mladá Boleslav region comes a revolution regarding the fast bus connection Prague – Mladá Boleslav along the D10 motorway, which passes under the order of the Central Bohemian Region. The Prague – Mladá Boleslav connection will provide five new lines: 345, 412, 700, 720 and 730. All lines will depart from the Černý Most bus station and the journey to Mladá Boleslav will take approximately 40 minutes. Selected connections of line 345 will cross Jičínská Street in Mladá Boleslav. The basic interval between connections is 20 minutes, but during peak working days this interval will be shortened. In the morning in the direction of Prague it will take you from Mladá Boleslav in an interval of 10 minutes, in the afternoon in the opposite direction in an interval of 15 minutes, in the peripheral parts of the days the interval will be extended to 30 to 60 minutes. From Mladá Boleslav, the lines will continue mainly in the Liberec and Hradec Králové regions.
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When processing timetables, their creators tried to maintain direct connections to and from shifts in Škoda in Mladá Boleslav. Collection from the night shift to Kropáčovy Vrutice, Horní and Dolní Slivno is provided by lines 699 and 767, without a transfer. The car will go to the Chotětov stop as a connection of line 699 and from Chotětov as a connection of line 767 to Dolní Slivna. For the connection of Plužná and Březinka from the afternoon shift and to the night shift, the direct car of line 732 will not run, but of line 731, which will also run without a transfer. Pick-up from Lhotka will be provided for the morning shift and from the morning shift with a transfer in Březno between the lines of line 723, for other shifts it is necessary to use the Lhotky stop, crossroads.