Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy

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Articulated tram car Škoda 14T in the U Zvonu stop

Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy as ( DPP ; German for "Verkehrsbetrieb der Hauptstadt Prag AG") is the name of the urban transport company of the Czech capital Prague . The corporation operates 33 tram lines (24 of which are daytime and nine are nighttime ), three underground lines, numerous bus lines, one trolleybus line and a funicular .

The largest share of economic activity is focused on the Prague Integrated Transport, organized by the city of Prague and surrounding communities on the transport network PID or Ropid ( Pražská doprava integrovana ). The association also includes privately organized companies such as six private bus companies, the replacement service for the Czech Railways (ČD) and numerous service companies. It employs 12,956 people and the transport company has an annual turnover of 2,970.635 million Czech crowns.

Means of transport

Subway

Kobylisy underground station
Prague tram on the track loop in the Lesser Town district
Funicular to Petřín
Main article: Prague Metro

The Prague underground (metro) has three lines. These have the letters A, B and C and are identified by the colors green, yellow and red. In 2008 they carried around 596,893,000 passengers.

tram

See main article: Prague Tram

The tram in Prague started operating as a horse-drawn tram on September 23, 1875 . In 1896 František Křižík opened the first electric tram between Prague, Libeň and Vysočany. On September 1, 1897, the first electric railway on the left bank of the Vltava , the Letná tram, followed with the connection to the municipality of Kosire, now part of Prague . The same day also marks the date the company was founded today. In 1898 all horse trams in the city were taken over by the transport company and electrified by 1905. In the following years the network grew from 55.2 kilometers in 1908 over 77 kilometers in 1913, 104 in 1929 to 133 in 1939.

The Second World War hardly caused any damage to the railway, so that operations could be resumed on May 8, 1945 after a brief standstill. By 1957 the network had been expanded to 172 kilometers. Due to some shutdowns, the current network is only 136 kilometers in length. The 34 lines operating on this network have a total line length of 540.6 kilometers and in 2004 transported 356.834 million passengers. Today the tram takes on around 1/3 of the total public transport volume in the city.

A historic tram line runs between April 1st and November 19th on weekends and on public holidays. It has had number 41 since spring 2017. It had to give up the previous number 91, which was taken over by a night line.

omnibus

The transport company operates 176 bus routes in the city. In 2008, they carried around 308.112 million passengers.

trolleybus

Trolleybus lines operated in Prague for the first time between 1936 and 1972, but these were discontinued in favor of the expansion of the underground and new tram lines.

A test for a new trolley bus system was started on October 15, 2017. Unlike classic trolleybus systems, only certain sections are electrified; apart from these, the buses run on batteries. Based on this test operation, the first regular trolleybus line, line 58 between Palmovka and Letňany, opened on July 1, 2018. After further expansion of the overhead lines, line 58 should Template: future / in 2 yearscompletely replace the diesel bus line 140 (Palmovka - Miškovice) around 2022 . The conversion of another five diesel bus routes is also Template: future / in 5 yearsplanned by 2025 .

Cable car

Main articles: Petřín funicular , Letná funicular

The Petřín funicular , opened in 1891, runs every 10 minutes in summer and every 15 minutes in winter between 9.15 a.m. and 8.45 p.m. It goes from the Újezd station to the Nebozízek stop on the Petřín hill . It is a total of 510 m long and overcomes a difference in altitude of 130 m with a gradient of up to 29.5 percent and a speed of up to 4 m / s.

There was also a second of its kind, the Letná funicular , which also opened in 1891 but has been out of service since 1916.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Homepage of the Prague Public Transport Company ( Memento from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Kristýna Léblová: Pražané chtějí zpět trolejbusy, tvrdí Dopravní podnik a zahájil zkušební provoz elektrobusu. Novinky , October 15, 2017, accessed August 11, 2020 (Czech).
  3. ^ Ondřej Matěj Hrubeš: Trolejbusová linka 58 vyjede do ostrého provozu. MHD86.cz, June 27, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 (Czech).
  4. ^ Jan Šindelář: Trolejbusy na letiště: Plán nebude zdržovat dlouhý proces EIA. August 5, 2020, accessed August 11, 2020 (Czech).
  5. ↑ Jan Sůra: DPP začal jezdit po Praze s vlastním trolejbusem, patnáct let staré vozidlo z Plzně má nový lak. July 28, 2020, accessed August 11, 2020 (Czech).
  6. ↑ DPP: Praha zavede trolejbusy na stávající autobusové linky č. 131, 137, 176 a 191. Nilisty Parliament , June 9, 2020, accessed August 11, 2020 (Czech).

Web links

Commons : Prague City Transport Authority  - collection of images