Transport

The metro, trams and roads that keep Prague moving.

27 entries · updated 3 October 2026

Opening of the circular electric tramway in Vinohrady, 18 September 1897

Arson Attack on a Rolls-Royce in Smíchov Event
In Prague's Smíchov, in the street Na Valentince, an unknown perpetrator set fire to a parked luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost. The damage caused by the fire…
Bus fire in Lutonina (29 September 2026) Event
On 29 September 2026, shortly before 4 p.m., a bus carrying around fifty passengers caught fire in Lutonina in the Zlín area. All of them left the…
Closure of the D2 to D1 ramp in Brno (October 2026) Event
From 3 October to 28 November 2026, the ramp from the D2 from Bratislava to the D1 towards Ostrava is closed at the interchange of the D1 and D2…
Collision of lorries on the D11 motorway near Poděbrady on 29 September 2026 Event
On 29 September 2026, at around nine o'clock in the morning, two lorries collided on the D11 motorway near Poděbrady in the direction of Prague. The…
Competition for Riverside Improvements in Braník Event
Prague City Hall has announced a tender for improvements to part of the Vltava riverside near Ledárny in Braník. The estimated cost is 64.2 million…
D3 motorway Object
The D3 motorway is to link Prague with České Budějovice and the Austrian border; the Central Bohemian section is still missing and its construction is…
Hurricane-force wind on Sněžka on 1 October 2026 Event
On 1 October 2026, hurricane-force wind hit Sněžka, the highest Czech mountain, in the Giant Mountains. In the morning, the measuring station at the…
Introduction of a Fuel Price Cap Event
On 1 October 2026 a price regulation of fuels set by the Ministry of Finance took effect in Czechia. The maximum price of diesel was set at 48.72…
Introduction of a mobile noise meter by Prague police (2026) Event
Prague police presented on 29 September 2026 a mobile noise meter for measuring the noise of stationary vehicles. The device is meant to help detect…
Metro D from plans to construction Object
Line D is the fourth line of the Prague Metro. Section I.D is to run from Náměstí Míru via Pankrác and Krč to Depo Písnice at the southern edge of the…
Night traffic restrictions in the Lochkov and Cholupice tunnels (October 2026) Event
The Road and Motorway Directorate has restricted traffic at night in the Lochkov and Cholupice tunnels on the Prague Ring Road, because of routine…
Overturning of a tractor with trailer at Traktoriáda Dluhonice (2026) Event
The overturning of a tractor with a trailer took place on the afternoon of Saturday 26 September 2026 in the street K Nadjezdu in Přerov-Dluhonice, on…
Police Close Investigation of Filip Turek's Accident Event
On 1 October 2026 Prague police announced that no crime had been committed in the traffic accident between the MP Filip Turek (for the Motorists) and…
Postponement of construction of the D1 exit to Černovická terasa (2026) Event
Construction of the new exit from the D1 motorway to Černovická terasa in Brno is being postponed to spring, according to the road builders.
Prague Metro Object
The Prague Metro is the underground railway of Prague and the backbone of the city's public transport. It is operated by the Prague Public Transit…
Prague Metro Line C Place
The oldest line of the Prague Metro, opened on 9 May 1974; it runs from Letňany through the centre and across the Nusle Bridge to Háje.
Prague Police Noise Meter Object
The noise meter is a mobile certified device for measuring the noise of stationary vehicles, which traffic police officers in Prague have used since…
Prague Public Transit Company Organisation
The Prague Public Transit Company is a joint-stock company whose sole shareholder is the City of Prague. It operates the Prague metro, trams, buses…
Prague Ring Road Place
The Prague Ring Road (D0 motorway) is a motorway that, once completed, will encircle Prague and connect nine motorway-standard roads leading out of…
Railway Museum in Jemnice Place
The railway museum is located in the railway station building in Jemnice in the Třebíč area. It was opened on 26 September 2026 during celebrations of…
Start of construction of the relocation of road II/137 between Tábor and Slapy Event
On Wednesday 30 September 2026 the South Bohemian Region ceremonially started construction of the relocation of road II/137 between Tábor and Slapy.…
Start of tunnelling of the Žofie exploratory gallery near Václavice (2026) Event
Tunnelling of an exploratory gallery for the future Prostřední Vrch tunnel on the D3 motorway began near Václavice in the Benešov area on 1 October…
Tender for the Line D Libuš metro station (2026) Event
On 2 October 2026 the Prague Public Transit Company announced a tender for the construction of the Libuš station on metro Line D.
Traffic moved onto the new overpass at the Plotiště interchange on the D35 Event
On the construction of the D35 motorway between Sadová and Plotiště in the Hradec Králové Region, the Road and Motorway Directorate has moved traffic…
Tuning meeting in Čakovice (2026) Event
The tuning meeting in Čakovice was an unauthorised gathering of enthusiasts of modified cars held on 2 October 2026 in the car park of the Globus…
Unsuccessful tender for the Brno – Frankfurt am Main air route (2026) Event
No carrier applied in the tender for a direct air route from Brno to Frankfurt am Main, which the city of Brno sought together with the South Moravian…
Volkswagen Group steering recall (2026) Event
According to the German newspaper Handelsblatt, citing its own sources, the Volkswagen Group is to recall around four million vehicles worldwide over…

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Opening of the circular electric tramway in Vinohrady, 18 September 1897 — Photo: Jindřich Eckert (1833–1905), 1897 · public domain · Wikimedia Commons