Due to coronavirus infection spreading, any cross-border and long-distance international passenger railway transport is stopped as of Saturday 14 March
the Government f o r b i d s
any transport of passengers across the border of the Czech Republic to all carriers of international passenger railway transport, effective as of 14 March 2020 from 00:00 AM.
This decision of the Government of the Czech Republic orders all carriers in international passenger railway transport to exclude transport of passengers across the border of the Czech Republic, effective as of the date mentioned above. Trainsets running from and to neighbouring countries can ensure transport of passengers in a domestic line section.
Carriers in international passenger railway transport having their seat in the Czech Republic as well as carriers having their seat outside the Czech Republic are allowed to carry their empty trainsets without passengers into/outside the Czech Republic.
Správa železnic will inform passengers by bulletin boards at railway stations, according to time possibilities by repeated exceptional operative station radio announcements or by publishing this text on information boards.
By decision of the Slovak Republic Crisis Headquarters, railway transport between Slovakia and the Czech Republic is stopped already on Friday 13 March since morning hours.
Správa železnic ensures increased exceptional cleaning and disinfection at its railway stations, both in public areas and in the social facilities. Up to this day, it has had installed 272 disinfection racks / wall disinfections at 202 railway stations. These are especially stations in regional capitals and in the Capital City of Prague, or stations near the state border with higher frequency of passengers. Information boards with instructions and information related to coronavirus infection spreading on our territory are situated at railway stations.
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