Tram line in Dlážděná street. Photo: ŠJů / Wikimedia commons – CC BY-SA 3.0
From Monday, April 29, 2024 until the end of the school year, i.e. until Saturday, June 29, 2024, the Transport Company hl. City of Prague (DPP) to reconstruct the tram line in the Masaryk station area, specifically in Dlážděná and Havlíčková streets. For this reason, tram traffic will be interrupted in both directions between Senovážný náměstí and Na Poříčí Street.
Also due to the demolition work on part of the Libeňský soumostí, the reconstruction of the line in the Masaryk station area will affect 12 daytime tram lines and four night tram lines. Lines No. 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27, 42, 91, 92, 94 and 96 will run on changed routes. Replacement bus service will not be introduced. During the reconstruction, automobile traffic will be excluded from Dlážděná Street, and for the most part also from Havlíčkova Street. In order to maintain operations in the area, especially in V Celnici street, the DPP recommends that drivers do not enter this area unless absolutely necessary.
“The tram line in this section dates back to 1983, when it underwent the last complete reconstruction. In 2003 we repaneled, extending the life of the track by another 20+ years. The track is now built using large-area BKV panels. Due to their age and the age of other layers below them, due to the intensity of traffic, various excavation works around the track or even under it over the past 40 years, the structural layers under the panels have also degraded. In addition, the panels themselves have survived and the rails are also worn. In this section, we have therefore reached a state where it is no longer expedient from a technical or economic point of view to implement only further repaneling, but we must completely reconstruct the entire track, i.e. replace all its layers up to a depth of approx. 60 centimeters. In other words, we have to demolish the entire original structure of the track, dismantle it, take everything away and rebuild the entire structure using modern technologies. We will build the reconstructed track on a concrete slab with the rails fixed with the W-tram system. We will add anti-vibration mats under it, which cannot be installed in the track other than during its complete reconstruction. We will reconstruct the track with our own efforts,” explains Miroslav Penc, head of the DPP Tramway Transport Unit.
After the reconstruction, the line will be quieter, the radii of the track arches at the intersection with Hybernská street will be improved, thus the passage of trams, and the rate of their wear will be reduced. DPP will also modify the Masaryk station stops, where a safer crossing for pedestrians will be created. Part of the reconstructed track will also include lubrication devices for track arches, thanks to which both noise and rail wear will be reduced. The closures of tram traffic in the area will also be used by the Pražská plynárenská and Pražská vodohospodářská společnost for their work, these works will be coordinated with the reconstruction of the tram line.
TRANSPORT MEASURES
Due to the reconstruction of the tram line in Dlážděná and Havlíčková Streets, from Monday, April 29, 2024, from approximately 0:00 a.m. to Saturday, June 29, 2024 until approximately 4:30 a.m., i.e., the morning departure of the daily services, tram traffic will be interrupted in both directions in the area of Masaryk station. specifically between Senovážný náměstí and Na Poříčí Street. The tram route is being modified also with regard to the ongoing construction work on part of the Libeňský soumost and the exclusion of trams in the section Palmovka – Libeňský most.
Changes to the routes of tram lines
• Line No. 1 will be diverted from the Dělnická stop in the direction of Sídliště Petřina via the Ortenovo náměstí and Nádraží Holešovice stops to the Výstaviště interchange.
• Line No. 3 will run in the direction of Modřany and Braník from the Jindřišská stop to the Senovážné náměstí stop, then it will continue as Line No. 26 via the Hlavní nádraží stop in the direction of Nádraží Hostivař.
• Line No. 6 will be shortened in the direction from Kubánské náměstí to the Karlovo náměstí stop, then it will continue as line No. 14 in the direction of Spořilov.
• Line No. 7 will be diverted in the Balabenka – Starý Hloubětín section via the Arena Libeň jih, Nádraží Libeň and Podkovařská stops.
• Line No. 12 will be diverted in the direction of Sídliště Barrandov from the Vltavská stop via the Štvanice, Florenc, Křižíkova, Invalidovna, Palmovka, Nádraží Vysočany, Kolbenova and Hloubětín stops to the Lehovec interchange.
• Line No. 14 will be shortened in the direction from Spořilov to the Karlovo náměstí stop, then it will continue as line No. 6 in the direction of Kubánské náměstí.
• Line No. 15 will be diverted in the direction of Kotlářka from the Masarykovo nádraží stop (in Na Poříčí Street) via the Bílá labuť, Florenc, Křižíkova, Invalidovna, Palmovka, Bulovka and Ke Stírce stops to the Kobylisy stop (Březiněveská stop). In the Bílá labuť – Kobylisy section, it will only be in operation on working days from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Line No. 24 will be diverted in the direction of Náměstí Bratří Synků from the Jindřišská stop via the Senovážné náměstí, Hlavní nádraží, Viktoria Žižkov, Olšanské náměstí and Flora stops to the Olšanská hřbitovy interchange. The line will be in operation daily.
• Line No. 25 will run in the direction of Bílá Hora from the Vltavská stop via the Dělnická, Ortenovo náměstí and Nádraží Holešovice stops to the Výstaviště interchange.
• Line No. 26 will run in the direction of Nádraží Hostivař from the Hlavní nádraží stop to the Senovážné náměstí stop, then it will continue as line No. 3 via the Jindřišská stop towards Sídliště Modřany.
• Line No. 27 will be diverted in the direction from the center from the Výstaviště stop via the Nádraží Holešovice, Ortenovo náměstí, Dělnická and Maniny stops to the Libeňský most stop.
• Historical line No. 42 will be run along the route Dlabačov – Královský letohradek – Letenské náměstí – Strossmayerovo náměstí – Čechův most – Staroměstská – National Theater – Jiráskovo náměstí – Palackého náměstí – Karlovo náměstí – Národní třída – Národní theater – Újezd – Malostranská – Královský letohrádek – Dlabachov.
• Night lines No. 91 and 96 will be diverted in the section Lazarská – Strossmayerovo náměstí via the stops Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Právnická fakulta and Čechův most.
• Night line No. 92 will be diverted in the Lazarská – Bílá labuť section via the stops Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Fakultá právníká, Čechův most, Dlouhá třída, Náměstí Republiky and Masarykovo nádraží (in Na Poříčí Street).
• In the Lazarská – Palmovka section, night line No. 94 will run through the stops Národní třída, Národní divadlo, Staroměstská, Law Faculty, Čechův most, Strossmayerovo náměstí, Vltavská, Těšnov, Florenc, Křižíkova and Invalidovna.
Newly introduced tram lines
In connection with the reconstruction of the tram line in the area of Masarykova nádraží and the ongoing exclusion of trams in the section Palmovka – Libeňský most, the DPP is introducing in daily operation:
• Line No. 30 on the route Březiněveská – Kobylisy – Bulovka – Palmovka – Florenc – Masarykovo nádraží (in Na Poříčí street) – Náměstí Republiky – Strossmayerovo náměstí – Hradčanská – Dejvická – Nádraží Veleslavín – Dědina.
• and line no. 34 on the route Libeňský most – Maniny – Vltavská – Bílá luť – Masarykovo nádraží (in Na Poříčí street) – Náměstí Republiky – Strossmayerovo náměstí – Exhibition grounds – Nádraží Holešovice – Trojská – Kobylisy – Vozovna Kobylisy,
in night traffic then:
• Line No. 90 in the route Palackého náměstí – Karlovo náměstí – Lazarská – Wenceslas Square – Hlavní nádraží – Olšanské náměstí – Flora – Olšanské hřbitovy (in the section Palackého náměstí – Lazarská it is in operation only in the indicated direction).
Line No. 31 on the route Spovojnoj – Ohrada – Palmovka – Balabenka – Vysočanská remains in operation.
Recommendations for connecting trains and trams from/to Masarykovo nádraží
– In the direction of Karlín, Libeň and the Holešovice area: from the train station, walk about 170 meters to Na Poříčí street to the Masarykovo nádraží stop and continue by tram.
– Direction Žižkov: from the train station, walk about 200 meters to Senovážné náměstí to the stop of the same name and continue by tram.
Restrictions on car traffic
During the entire reconstruction of the tram line, Dlážděná Street will be closed to all car traffic in the entire section between Senovážný náměstí and Hybernská Street, and for the most part also from Havlíčkova Street. During most of the construction period, Hybernská street will be one-way to Opletalová street, drivers in the opposite direction will be directed to a detour through Senovážné náměstí.
Parking in Havlíčková Street will be prohibited for the entire construction period. A temporary place will be set up for supply at the intersection with Na Poříčí Street. Other restrictions will change according to individual stages.
• 1st stage (April 29 from 0:30 – May 14 until 6:00)
The V Celnici – Na Florenci crossing will be closed. Operation of the entire V Celnici street will only be possible from Na Poříčí street, in both directions with one lane with switches. Traffic complications can be expected at this stage and the DPP therefore recommends drivers not to drive to the site unless absolutely necessary.
• 2nd stage (May 14 from 6:00 a.m. – May 28 until 6:00 a.m.)
In the longitudinal direction, Havlíčkova street will be completely closed, but the service of V Celnici street will already take place via the open crossing from Na Florenci street.
• Stage 3 (May 28 from 6:00 a.m. – June 12 until 6:00 a.m.)
Complete closure of the intersection Havlíčkova – Hybernská for all directions. The closure of Havlíčkova Street from the 2nd stage continues.
• Stage 4 (June 12 from 6:00 a.m. – July 1 until 0:01 a.m.)
The opening of the Havlíčkova – Hybernská intersection and the simultaneous opening of Havlíčkova Street from Na Poříčí Street to V Celnici Street.
Pedestrian restrictions
Longitudinal movement of pedestrians along the structure will be allowed throughout the reconstruction period with possible narrowings. Transverse passage through the building will be possible especially in connection with the relevant transverse connections after definitive or temporary transitions.
Source: DPP
