Prague - The Prague Public Transport Company is looking for a company to process the project documentation for the construction of metro line D. The estimated value of the contract is 450 million crowns excluding VAT, according to the tender documentation available to ČTK. Interested parties can apply until mid-November. Metro line D will connect the city center with the southern part of the city. The construction of the first section is expected to be completed by 2022. The designers preliminarily estimate the costs to be around 50 billion crowns. Prague aims to draw funding from European grants for the construction. The transport company (DPP) is currently addressing the purchase of land. The route of metro line D will lead from Náměstí Míru to Písnice. The first section to be constructed will be from Pankrác to the Depo Písnice station, followed by the section from Pankrác to Náměstí Míru. In total, there will be ten new stations. City councilors recently decided that the new line will feature driverless trains. New stations on metro line A to Motol were recently opened for passengers at a cost of about 20 billion crowns.
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