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The DPP has already issued a tender once for the development of the line 201 project, but canceled it. A single offer came from the company Metroprojekt, which almost doubled the estimated value.
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“Unfortunately, we increasingly feel the exhausted capacity of design offices, when there is a complete lack of qualified catenary line designers on the labor market, as well as changes and other track equipment, and this problem is currently the biggest limit for the smooth preparation of ecological and sustainable public transport projects.” Jan Šurovský, a member of the board of DPP in the middle of the year.
Prague wants electrification to live up to its commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2010. Last year, Prague started operating trolleybuses on line 140, and put out a competition for a company to build trolleybuses at Václav Havel Airport.
Description of line 112 electrification
The electrification of bus lines 112 will allow the deployment of large-capacity three-wheel-drive vehicles in the future, which, especially on summer weekends in connection with the high number of visitors to zoos and other cultural or natural monuments of the Trojská kotlina, will offer higher capacity and rides. The charging and power infrastructure for this line could be created in the following sections:
Kovárna – Trojská (with the termination of the trolley line before the junction Trojská x Pod Lisem),
charging station at Nádraží Holešovice (in coordination with the line 201 electrification project).
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The exact routing and extent of the power supply and charging infrastructure will result from a detailed technical review and energy calculations during the design work. However, the DPP will have the possibility of using the existing Trojská tram switchyard examined within their framework. The project will be closely coordinated by DPP with other projects in the area, especially with electrification lines 201. The estimate of the preliminary investment costs of this project is approximately 105 million crowns.
Description of plans for electrification lines 201
The route of line 201 is in the section Nádraží Holešovice – V Holešovičkách Street – Na Stráži Street – Na Pokraji Street – Teplická Street – Lovosická Street – Metro C Letňany – Tupolevova Street – Veselská Street – Toužimská Street – Kbely – Hornopočernická street – Satalice – Budovatelská street – Za Černý mostem street – Rajská garden – Černý Most in a length of approx. 22.3 km. The trolleybuses are to be on six sections, a total of more than 12 kilometers (58% of the route)
For power supply, it is planned to use the existing transformers Trojská and Letňany. It is necessary to check the creation of new transformers in the localities of Střížkov, Toužimská and Černý Most.
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Due to the unclear situation of investment plans in the Toužimská street location (in the section between the Toužimská and Sportovní centrum Kbely stops), it is possible to alternatively count on the release of the trolley line in the section from the Toužimská stop to the Sportovní centrum Kbely stop. This will result in a decrease in the share of trolleybuses by approx. 1.5 km (from approx. 58% to 50%, or from a time point of view approx. from 60% to 57%).
Part of the electrification project of line No. 201 also includes the necessary expansion of charging capacities in the Klíčov garage, which will also create the necessary reserve for the possibility of controlling battery trolleybuses and electric buses for lines in the northeastern part of Prague following the creation of charging infrastructures in the Letňan, Čakovice, Kbel and similar areas . The estimated cost of the entire building is 600 million crowns.