Will Prague Have a Fifth Metro Line? Preparation Begins for “Circular” Route O
Construction of metro D, the fourth subway line, officially began last week. When finished, it will extend from Náměstí Míru to Depo Písnice in the south of the city. However, a fifth metro line is already under discussion, as Prague councilors recently approved the establishment of a working group that will examine the creation of a feasibility study. “The new line could provide tangential connections between the city districts so that passengers do not have to go through the centre to the three congested nodes Muzeum, Můstek, and Florenc,” said the Deputy Minister for Transport Adam Scheinherr. The working group will include representatives of the city council, experts from the Institute of Planning and Development, the transport company, the technical administration of roads, ROPID, the Railway Administration, the Faculty of Transport CTU and other experts such as sociologists. Construction could take at least ten years, in the section between Anděl, Smíchov railway station, Olbrachtová and Budějovická, according to transport models up to 150,000 passengers travelled there on a working day. “Although it may seem foolish or premature to plan another metro line at the same moment when we start metro D, we have to realize that new neighborhoods for hundreds...
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