This day the extension of metro C from Ládví to Letňany will be put into service.
The goal of the changes is aimed at the surface transport to the new metro section, optimization and transparency of the bus transportation network in the Prague area,
pointed out Filip Drápal, the press agent of ROPID. “It is the first stage of the so called “achievement check”, which we were entrusted with by the capital city of Prague, its goal is to make public transport in Prague more effective and attractive.”
The following list brings 50 most important improvements of bus transport within the PID system.
- Notably quicker connection at Prosek and Střížkov with the centre of Prague thanks to the new metro section
- Improvement of transport efficiency thanks to the metro also for the neighboring urban city parts and municipalities
- Shortening of metro C headways during workdays, especially at the end of the morning and afternoon rush hours
- Shortening of the total headway at Českolipská and Poliklinika Prosek stops on workdays and at the weekends by half
- Českolipská stop gains a more frequent direct connections with metro B Vysočanská on workdays
- Headway shortening of the line 151 to 30 minutes all week long, evening times included, Klíčovská and Krocínka stops newly operated by line 134
- Garáže Klíčov stop newly operated also by a day line
- Acceleration of suburban lines 351 and 365 with its route in Letňany along Tupolevova street
- Freeing of the busses going through old Letňany for local passengers thanks to the diversion of the suburban lines and its substitution by lines 110 and 166
- Headway shortening of line 195 at workday rush hours by half will contribute to the service improvement of Letňany housing development
- Servicing of Sídliště Čakovice stop by line 233 with shorter headways and now also at the weekends
- Two-way operation by lines 166 and 351 of Krystalová stop nearby the new residential area in Čakovice as well
- Shorter headways at rush hours on line 140 and a new stop Oderská on this line
- Miškovice will gain more connections and a new direct connection with Poliklinika Prosek, Bulovka and Holešovice by line 210
- Shortening of headways on line 185 to Kbely during work days
- Shortening of headways on line 280 to Vinoř through Ctěnice all week long
- Improvement of mutual coordination of the lines in the Letňany-Kbely-Vinoř section and a notable shortening of headways during workdays
- Notable operation distribution of Podolanka by new services of line 375 in the section Českomoravká-Podolanka, keeping the direct connection to Vysočany by this line for Vinoř and Kbely
- Trial establishment of all door entrance into the line 375 in the area of Prague in the direction towards the centre
- Notable reinforcement of line 200 during morning rush hours to 2 minutes, before midday to 7.5 minutes and during afternoon rush hours to 3 minutes
- Unification of entries from metro Kobylisy to stations Dunajecká and Na Pazderce thanks to conducting of line 102 through the terminal by metro Kobylisy together with line 144 thereby better relative coordination of the timetables
- Slovanka and Mazanka areas newly operated by line 102 with the help of Vinopalnická and Na Slovance stops
- Stops Bojasova and Šimůnkova will gain a new direct connection with metro B Vysočanká and further to Žižkov, Flora, Spořilov, and Jižní Město by line 136, headway shortening included opposed to the previous state in off-peak times and at the weekends
- Second stop Třebenická in the direction to Štřížkov will be established for lines 134 and 136
- New servicing of Zámky at the weekends at workday rush hours every hour and at other times every two hours
- Line 169 newly in service also during workdays in the morning and in the afternoon approximately till 22.30
- Shortening of the total headway of lines 162 and 169 during morning workday rush hours
- More operations of line 202 during workday rush hours (higher operation of the regular headway of 30 minutes)
- Reinforcement of the operation between Kobylisy and Čimce urban area by a new line 183 through Vozovna Kobylisy, Kobylisy and Ládví
- Brand new fast connection between Letňany and Hloubětín by line 110 to Hloubětín in just 6 minutes)
- Acceleration and expansion of transport between Severní Město and Hostivař thanks to more services of line 183 and increase of its operation to all day, all week
- Reinforcement of the morning rush hour on line 109 from Sídliště Rohožník to Palmovka
- Výzkumné ústavy stop also operated by line 269
- Line 133will newly service stops in the center of Prague: Dlouhá třída, Náměstí Republiky and Bílá Labuť- a better connection of Malešice and Žižkov with the center of Prague will be ensured
- Improvent of smoothness of line 133 by diversion of a part of the route on the tram track in the section of Dlouhá třída-Florenc, better changing links with the trams
- Improvement of Depo Hostivař terminal, Malešice and Žižkov connection by the extension of line 133 by Sídliště Malešice-Depo Hostivař section
- Headway shortening at the end of the workday morning rush hours in lines 133 and 207
- Improvement of connection between lines 177, 195 and Depo Hostivař terminal thanks to the extension of the backbone line 133 by Sídliště Malešice-Depo Hostivař section with a comfortable changing point at Limuzská stop
- A more transparent organization of lines in the Malešice area-3 lines with short headways instead of current 6 lines with various operation ranges
- Better connectivity of line 208 with metro in station Depo Hostivař especially in the evenings
- Headway shortening of line 188 all week long in the evenings from 30 minutes to 20 minutes
- Introduction of operation in the area of the housing development Na Groši by a new line 101 (new stops U Průseku and Sídliště Na Groši)
- Improvement of operation in the new residential area in Zahradní Město by Práčská stop- this stop will be newly serviced by line 101 Skalka-Tolstého all week long)
- All week direct connection of Zahradní Město center with the shopping center in Hostivař (stop Na Groši) by line 101
- Headway shortening of bus lines 174 and 180 in Břevnov, Motol, Jihozápadní Město and Řepy areas during workday afternoon rush hours
- Headway shortening of bus lines 179, 184 and 225 at workday afternoon rush hours which provide connection between Jihozápadní Město, Motol, Řepy an Ruzyně
- New last operation of line 139 from Žělivského at 0:17 to Modřany
- Line 148 headway shortening on workdays in the morning in the section Podolská vodárna-Kavčí hory from 20 to 15 minutes
- New services at workday rush hours on line 368 Ládví-Předboj
- Morning services of line 417 between Hovorčovice and Brandýs n.L-Stará Boleslav newly operate in Líbeznice as well