Trolleybuses return to the metropolis. In the north of Prague, it will connect Palmovka with Čakovice
On Monday, the Prague transport company will start 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. After the line is operational, trolleybus transport will fully return to the metropolis after fifty years.
The construction of a trolleybus line for less than 300 million crowns should take about ten months. During the construction, the Prague transport company will use the already built about a kilometer-long line 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 the transport company’s 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 the transport company 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, the company announced a public contract for the supply of 15 articulated battery trolleybuses. According to the Deputy Mayor of Prague, Adam Schreinherr (Prague Sobě), the winner of the tender should be known in the coming days. According to Šurovský, the delivery of cars will affect the start of operation of the new line No. 58.
Prague, together with the transport company, is also preparing the electrification of other lines. Trolleybuses should run, for example, on line 119 at the airport in Ruzyně. Electric cars should also run on lines 131, 134, 137, 176 and 191.