Opatov is a locality in Jižní Město in Prague 11 with a metro station of the same name, where a park-and-ride car park for 495 cars was opened in October 2026.
Opatov is a locality in Jižní Město in Prague 11, home to the metro station of the same name on line C. It lies close to the D1 motorway and Chilská Street.[1][3]
Park-and-ride car park
On Wednesday, 7 October 2026, a Park & Ride car park with a capacity of 495 spaces was ceremonially opened at Opatov.[3] Construction in Chilská Street was begun in June 2025, on behalf of the Capital City of Prague, by a consortium of the companies BAK stavební společnost, Metrostav DIZ and Geosan Group.[1][2] The construction cost CZK 663.8 million excluding VAT.[3] Prague city councillors approved the construction in March 2025, with an estimated price then of more than CZK 660 million.[1][2]
The car park serves mainly drivers arriving in Prague on the D1 motorway, who can leave their car here and continue by metro or bus.[1][3] The Deputy Mayor for Transport Jaromír Beránek (Czech Pirate Party) said that a capacity of almost five hundred spaces with connections to the metro and buses offers drivers a “comfortable and quick way to switch to public transport and continue to the centre without standing in traffic jams”.[1][3]
Of the total number of spaces, ten are reserved for people with disabilities and 43 for vehicles running on CNG or LPG, and the building has room for 32 bicycles.[1][3] Level P5 has spaces reserved for electric cars with charging stations.[3] One hundred spaces may be rented at a reduced price by residents of Prague 11; according to mayor Martin Sedeke (ODS), more than fifty of them have used this option since September 2025.[1][3] Parking costs CZK 50 per 24 hours, which, according to the director general of Technická správa komunikací hlavního města Prahy, Filip Hájek, allows local residents to park there too at night, when the car park is little used.[1][3]
The mayor of Prague 11, Martin Sedeke, said that the car park is something “we need like salt”, because the district has long been dealing with parking problems.[3] The Prague 11 councillor for transport, Ondřej Nováček, added that the remaining capacity of the car park will hold hundreds of cars that might otherwise park in the surrounding streets.[3]
Further work and related projects
After completion of the car park itself, work is to continue on the surroundings, according to Prague City Hall, including the creation of a park on the building's roof, which is also to serve the neighbouring home for seniors, as well as completing pavements and planting greenery.[1][2][3]
Prague is also building or planning similar P+R car parks at Zličín metro station and Depo Hostivař metro station and as part of a planned transport terminal at Smíchov railway station.[1][2]
Sources
- Pražský deník — 7 October 2026
- iDNES.cz — 7 October 2026
- Pražský patriot — 7 October 2026