Czech PM: Czechia will speed up modernization of rail route to Bavaria

The Czech Republic plans to significantly speed up rail transport from Prague via Plzeň and Domažlice to the border with Germany, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on a working visit to Bavaria on Monday. The Czech head of government said the modernisation of the Plzeň-Domažlice line would start next year, when the line will be gradually electrified, with the aim to increase the speed on this important transport artery to 200 kilometers per hour by 2030.

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder said he would urge the federal government to earmark money for the German section of the rail route Schwandorf- Nuremberg-Munich for a high-quality electrified and double-track cross-border East-West link, rather than focusing only on the north-south rail line that leads to Italy.

The two sides signed agreements on cross-border cooperation in the field of tourism, emergency services and health.