The construction of the line from Palmovka to Čakovice has begun, which will return to Prague by trolleybuses
Updates: 10.01.2022 15:03
Released: 10.01.2022, 15:03
Prague – The Prague Transport Company (DPP) today started the construction of a trolleybus line from Palmovka via Prosek and Letňany to Čakovice. Trolleybus line 58 will run along the new line, which will replace the existing bus line number 140. Representatives of the DPP management and the Prague City Hall announced this to journalists today. After the line is put into operation, trolleybus transport will fully return to the metropolis. DPP is also preparing to electrify other bus lines.
The company is the largest city company and operates public transport. “We are starting to build an eleven-kilometer line, and thus we will return trolleybus traffic to the streets of Prague,” said Adam Schreinherr (Prague Sobě), Deputy Mayor for Transport and Chairman of the DPP Supervisory Board.
The construction of the overhead contact line for the trolleybus line is provided for the Prague Transport Company (DPP) for the 283.7 million crowns by the association of the companies Elektrizace Praha and OHLA Ž.S. The construction of the trolleybus line should take about ten months. During the construction, the company will use the already built about a kilometer long in Prosecká street. A new line will be established between Palmovka and Kundratka, Kelerka and the Prosecká stop, and between the Letňany terminal and the Čakovice shopping center, as previously announced by DPP representatives.
Trolleybuses will be powered from the trolleys about half of the track, the rest will run on battery power. According to the technical director of DPP – Surface Jan Šurovský, the addition of batteries to trolleybuses brings the most sustainable form of electromobility for cities such as Prague.
New trolleybuses will operate the line. In 2021, DPP announced a public contract for the supply of 15 articulated battery trolleybuses. According to Schreinherr, the winner of the tender should be known in the coming days. According to Šurovský, deliveries of cars will affect the start of operation of the new line 58, as told ČTK.
Prague, together with DPP, is also preparing electrification for other lines. Trolleybuses should run, for example, on line 119 at the airport in Ruzyně. According to Petr Witowski, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of DPP, the suppliers are now competing to ensure operation on the line. Electric cars should also run on lines 131, 134, 137, 176 and 191.