Monday, 5 October 2026
Prague is moving ahead with a major transport investment at Smíchov after city councillors approved a seven-company construction consortium for a new terminal connecting the capital’s rail and urban transport networks.
The consortium, led by SMP Construction, submitted a price of CZK 6.197 billion excluding VAT. Prague had originally estimated the construction contract at CZK 7.124 billion, putting the selected offer around CZK 927 million, or 13%, below the initial figure.
The project will reorganise transport around Smíchov railway station by bringing regional and long-distance bus services into the main station complex. Buses currently using Na Knížecí are planned to move to a new facility constructed above the railway platforms, creating closer connections with trains, metro services, trams and the city’s bus network.
A P+R parking facility will be developed west of the station, while new connections will be created towards Dobříšská Street. The programme also covers changes to existing station structures and the redevelopment of public space on the Nádražní Street side of the complex. Individual elements are planned to enter operation in stages.
Construction of the terminal is expected to begin during 2027, once structural work being carried out alongside the railway reconstruction has progressed sufficiently. Prague currently expects the terminal to be completed in 2033.
The city’s investment is being coordinated with the separate reconstruction of Smíchov railway station by Správa železnic. That programme represents investment of approximately CZK 5.12 billion and includes extensive work on the tracks, platforms and passenger infrastructure. Completion of the railway works is scheduled for the end of 2028.
The transport investment comes as the surrounding part of Smíchov undergoes extensive redevelopment. Former railway and industrial sites are being converted to residential, office and mixed-use districts, increasing the importance of public transport capacity and connections between new development and the established city.
The changes could also have longer-term implications for the area around Na Knížecí once regional and long-distance bus operations are transferred to the new terminal. Concentrating these services at the railway station will alter passenger flows through the district while allowing transport infrastructure to be more closely integrated with the new urban development taking place around it.
Together, the CZK 6.2 billion terminal and the separate CZK 5.12 billion railway reconstruction represent more than CZK 11 billion of major transport investment at Smíchov. Although the projects have different clients and construction scopes, their coordination is turning the station into a central piece of infrastructure for the wider regeneration of this part of Prague.
