PRAGUE Transport (DPP) has opened two extensions to its conventional tram network. These comprise an extension west from Holyně to Slivenec, located in the suburb of Sídliště Barrandov, on October 13, followed on October 22 by the opening of an extension from Divoká Šárka to Dědina.
The Slivenec extension is just 415m long with a gradient of 5.3% but has a reversing loop which means unidirectional LRVs can now operate on this line. The terminus has two tracks with a capacity for 19 30m-long articulated LRVs.
The opening completes the second and final phase of the tram extension in the west of the Czech capital. The cost of constructing this phase was Koruna 233.1m ($US 10m).
The double-track extension to Dědina has five stops and is 2.23km long. The extension serves the northwestern outskirts of Prague. It cost Koruna 839m to build and was partly funded by the European Union.
"This year, we have put into operation three tram lines in Prague with a total length of almost 5km, which is the largest amount in the past 20 years,” says Mr Petr Witowski, chairman of the board and CEO of DPP. “Next year, however, we are awaiting the start of a much more demanding project, namely the construction of a new tram line in the centre of Prague on Wenceslas Square.”
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