Praha hl.n.

Essential renovation of the platforms, underpasses, overhead power lines and the main departures and arrivals hall is continuing at Prague's main railway station. Only the new east underpass linking the furthest platforms to the main building is currently in use- all the platforms located beneath the historical art nouveau arches have been dismantled.

How will this work affect services for tourists?

from June 15:

• some long-distance trains will not call at Prague's main station during the summer holidays and terminate at other stations in the city (Holešovice, Masarykovo, Vršovice, Smíchov)
  

• these arrangements mostly affect EuroCity trains between Prague and cities in northern Germany
• services to and from Berlin and Hamburg will begin and terminate at Holešovice
• the EuroNight services from Basle and Amsterdam will also be affected

Arrival and departure times will not, however, be affected.

The following services will be affected:

EC 179 Berlin - Prague-Holešovice (21:18)
EC 371 Ostseebad Binz - Berlin - Prague-Holešovice (19:18)
EC 176 Prague-Holešovice (8:36) - Berlin - Hamburg
EC 178 Prague-Holešovice (6:36) - Berlin
EN 352 Prague-Holešovice (20:36) - Dresden - Leipzig - Basel
EN 378 Prague-Holešovice (19:02) - Berlin - Amsterdam

from June 17 until December 2008

• on the Pilsen - Cheb line the section between Stříbro and Planá u Mariánských Lázní will be closed until the winter timetable comes into effect in December
  

• all train services will be replaced by coaches
• reservations will be required for bicycles on most expresses

from June 30 until August 31 

• The line between Prague main railway station and Prague-Smíchov will be closed

• all trains from Pilsen and Beroun will end at Prague-Smíchov  (except the EuroNight Galileo Galilei  Františkovy Lázně - Budapest which will be diverted to another station in Prague)

• yellow metro line B goes from Prague-Smíchov  station to Můstek (9 minutes) with services running every three minutes at peak times.

from June 30 until September 10

• expresses between Prague and Hradec Králové will not call at Prague main station or Prague-Vršovice,
• all trains will begin and terminate at Prague Masarykovo station / Náměstí republiky station on yellow metro line B,