Prague launches new rail connection

Prague has launched a new railway line connecting the city’s Hlavní nádraží or Main Station with the suburban rail services through a new tunnel under Vítkov Hill in the Prague district of Žižkov. The new connection, which has been under construction since 2004 and cost 9 billion crowns (around 530 million US dollars), was launched on Monday morning. Its main aim is to shorten travel times for people commuting to Prague and make people use trains in the city more frequently. Experts say it is the biggest railway project in the capital in the last 100 years.