The Prague Public Transit Company (DPP) has begun preparatory work for the complete modernisation of Hradčanská metro station on Line A. According to a press release cited by the Czech News Agency on 2 November 2026, the work takes place while the station remains in operation and is to last until about mid-January 2027 [1][2].
From Saturday 16 January 2027 the station, including its concourse and underpass, will be closed. Trains are to pass through at reduced speed, and the station is to reopen at the end of 2027. Because of the closure, tram lines in the Prague 6 area will be reinforced, and passengers can also use trains from the nearby Praha-Dejvice railway station [1][2]. The modernisation is carried out by an association of the firms Metrostav CZ and Geosan Group, and the cost is CZK 1.134 billion excluding VAT [1][2][3].
Preparatory work
The contractors are dismantling the cladding of the pillars, the central hall of the platform and the walls behind the tracks, removing suspended ceilings in the concourse, taking out unneeded cables and building temporary power distribution. According to Lukáš Radil, head of engineering construction operations at Metrostav CZ, they can work only from midnight to 3:00 a.m., so that the work does not disturb metro operations [2][3].
Scope of the modernisation
After the station closes, the contractors are to uninstall the existing escalators together with the machine room and remove the original load-bearing reinforced-concrete structures and side service staircases in the escalator tunnel. The plans include remediation of water leaks on all levels, new cable trays, replacement of cable and ventilation systems, and new lighting. The aluminium cladding cassettes are to be refurbished, the stone cladding and paving cleaned and damaged parts replaced. Four retail units and the public toilets in the underpass are also to be renewed [2].
The station was put into operation in 1978. According to Daniel Veverka, head of the Metro Investment Department at DPP, it has not undergone a complete reconstruction since then, and the remediation of the most critical places together with the replacement of the escalators took place thirty years ago, in 1996 [2].
Step-free access and Flora station
Step-free access is not part of the current modernisation. DPP is preparing it as a separate investment project in coordination with Správa železnic and the modernisation of the Prague–Kladno railway line, with the aim of linking the two stations by lifts. The Prague 6 district council earlier criticised that lifts are not part of the reconstruction [1][2].
The start of the modernisation was originally to follow the opening of Flora station, which DPP has been repairing since February 2026. The contractors there found the girders in the ceiling part of the platform in worse condition than expected, and the opening of Flora was postponed to February 2027. For about a month, trains on Line A will therefore pass through two stations without stopping [1].
Deputy Mayor of Prague for transport Jaromír Beránek (Czech Pirate Party) said that Hradčanská is next in line after the reconstructions of Českomoravská, Pankrác and Jiřího z Poděbrad stations, alongside Flora, which is being repaired now [3].
Chronology
- — The Prague Public Transit Company began preparatory works for a complete modernisation of the Hradčanská metro station on Line A, which will be fully closed from 16 January 2027 until the end of 2027. Zdopravy.cz Novinky.cz
Sources
- Zdopravy.cz — 2 November 2026
- ČTK / České noviny — 2 November 2026
- Novinky.cz — 2 November 2026