Overview

• A collapsed high-voltage line at noon cut power across five of the country’s 14 districts and brought Prague’s trains and trams to a halt.
• Prague’s transport authority said subway lines A and C were back in service within 15 minutes and line B resumed operations after 30 minutes.
• Most tram routes and regional train services were restored under the same rapid-response protocols within half an hour of the outage.
• Grid operator CEPS and government investigators have excluded cyber or terrorist attacks and are examining the physical cause of the line’s failure.
• Officials warn the incident underscores vulnerabilities in Europe’s interconnected power networks and the need for strengthened resilience measures.