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The second busiest railway station in Brno is about to change its face. In about two years it will offer more comfortable travelling thanks to a modern station building, which will also serve as a background for the adjacent passenger terminal. The track facility will also be rebuilt and all platforms will be barrier-free. The existing underpass will be expanded and will also connect the station forecourt with Myslínova Street.

This weekend, Správa železnic festively opens the reconstructed premises of the historic Fanta building at Prague Main Station. The Art Nouveau interiors have blossomed under the hands of builders and restorers and have regained their original splendour. Next year, regular guided tours for the wide public will begin to take place here. A café, for which Správa železnic looks for an operator now, will also open. The Grand halls will be used for cultural and social events.

Is it necessary to modernise the railway traffic, or should we take into account the heritage protection instead? Is it better to build a new bridge at Výtoň or to repair the old one? These and other opinions of the public were surveyed by Správa železnic in a representative opinion poll, which was attended by over 1,500 respondents from Prague and Central Bohemia. The results showed that only one fifth of the respondents prefer to repair the old bridge, while almost two thirds support the construction of a new bridge.

The year 2024 will be marked by reconstruction of large stations on the Czech railway network. Správa železnic will have a budget of CZK 57.5 billion next year. In addition to the reconstruction of the Masaryk and Smíchov railway stations in the capital city, a complete modernisation of the railway station Brno-Královo Pole will also begin. However, construction will also begin in several other places across the country, with thirty new constructions starting. The design of high-speed lines will also proceed to the next stage of preparation; 100 km of new lines will be worked on.

The first vending machine for quality filtered water in your own bottle was launched today at Prague Main Station. This is the first of twelve filtration stations that Správa železnic, together with the startup Lokni, will install at railway stations in the Czech Republic as part of the project Plastic-Free Railway. Instead of buying bottled water, you can get sparkling or still water from a trusted source. Thanks to the new tariff Nádraží (Station), every passenger can get half a litre of still water a day for free.

Správa železnic has progressed in the preparation of the process of funding the modernisation and construction of the line to Václav Havel Airport in the form of a Public Private Partnership (PPP). Jiří Svoboda, Director General of Správa železnic and Mark Davis, Director for Central Europe of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), today signed an agreement on the provision of consultancy services. Based on this agreement, EBRD will provide a transaction advisor for the PPP project, who will prepare documents for the public tender for the concessionaire of the entire construction.

Správa železnic today presented to the councillors and representatives of the Capital City of Prague the current form of the architectural study of the new railway bridge at Prague Výtoň. In the future, it should replace the old bridge from 1901, which is already beyond its service life and its capacity is insufficient for the increasing demands of railway service. The deputies were thus able to get acquainted for the first time with the changes to the proposal that resulted from the meeting of an expert group consisting of representatives of Správa železnic, the Capital City of Prague, National Heritage Institute, and other concerned subjects.

The pan-European ETCS system ensures safe operation on another part of the third corridor. Správa železnic has completed its installation in the section from Plzeň to Cheb. The construction also included the construction of new interlocking equipment at Cheb station. The works have been underway since the end of 2019 and the total investment costs exceeded CZK 1 billion.

Správa železnic has launched the operation of one of the largest and most technically advanced cybersecurity workplaces in the state administration. The new surveillance centre will significantly strengthen the protection of the railway network against steadily increasing cyber-attacks. This is particularly important since it is part of the country's critical infrastructure.

An analysis by the international consulting group JASPERS, which is part of the European Investment Bank, has confirmed that a new three-track bridge is the most economically and technically advantageous option to solve the problem of the obsolete railway bridge at Prague's Výtoň.