Transportation connections from the Liberec Region to the Central Bohemian Region and Prague will undergo changes

Public transportation authorities in the Liberec Region (KORID LK), the Central Bohemian Region (IDSK), and Prague (Ropid) have developed a new concept for interregional routes aimed at improving accessibility via public transportation. What will these changes, effective December 12 of this year, bring from the perspective of the Liberec Region?

The jointly planned inter-regional routes will be integrated into both integrated transport systems: IDOL in the Liberec Region and PID in the Central Bohemian Region and Prague. “Passengers will thus be able to combine tickets from both integrated transport systems and take advantage of time-based or network tickets,” says Jan Sviták, the statutory deputy governor in charge of the transportation department.

The backbone of the entire network will be long-distance routes connecting various locations in the Liberec Region with Prague. For example, routes from the Českolipsko area, Jablonec nad Nisou, or Turnov will run to Prague roughly every hour. Selected services will then continue from Turnov toward Tanvald or Semily and on to the mountains (to Harrachov or Mísečky). From Jablonec, some services will continue toward Harrachov and Rokytnice nad Jizerou.

The connection between Liberec and Mladá Boleslav will also undergo changes. On the one hand, service will be expanded, but at the same time, most connections will run all the way to Prague. “The goal is not to compete with commercial carriers’ express services, not even on price. However, in cooperation with the Central Bohemian Region, we want to effectively connect the routes from Liberec to Mladá Boleslav and from Mnichovo Hradiště to Prague,” explains Otto Pospíšil, managing director of KORID LK. The integration of these routes will offer better connections between towns between Liberec and Mladá Boleslav and Prague. For passengers from Liberec, however, an interesting new feature will be the early morning and late-night connections from Prague before 4 a.m. and after midnight. Most routes will be served by partially low-floor buses. “At the same time, we also believe that people with limited mobility and orientation will use these services. After all, we have received feedback to that effect in the past,” added Pospíšil. Comfortable 15-meter buses, which passengers are accustomed to, will continue to operate on routes to Škoda Auto.

Passengers can also look forward to improved service on regional routes, such as those between Mnichovo Hradiště and Turnov, or Český Dub. “We are very pleased that this project, which we have been preparing since 2019, is nearing a successful conclusion. At the same time, we believe that these improved connections will also help people in the ‘post-COVID’ era, perhaps by making it easier for them to travel to work or to visit their relatives,” concludes Sviták.

Passengers can find complete information, including proposed schedules, on the Liberec Region Integrated Transport website at www.iidol.cz.

Mgr. Filip Trdla
Spokesperson for the Region and the Regional Office
filip.trdla@kraj-lbc.cz
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