Czech Post to Close 35 Branches in Prague

Czech Post will shut 56 offices in the Moravian-Silesian Region by the middle of this year, followed by Prague, which will lose 35 branches.

Česká pošta will shut between 13 and 24 branches in the remaining areas. In total, the number of branches is to be reduced by 300 to 2,900 by 1 July.

The cuts are necessitated by a sharp decline in demand for postal services.

According to newly approved regulations every municipality of over 2,500 people must have a post office within a distance of three kilometers, not two which was the previous norm.

The move has raised concern among elderly people living in small villages whose branch is due to close.

Opava Mayor Tomáš Navrátil (ANO) considers the plan an outrage. “The situation is even worse because we learned about it from the media. No one from the management or the ministry discussed this matter with us. We do not agree with this step and will initiate negotiations with the post office,” he said, adding that he did not yet know which Opava branches would be closed.

“I have promised that the mayors will be the first to know which branch of the post office will be closed in their area. And because partial information is leaking to the media, I have asked the post office to communicate this information to the mayors today,” replied Interior Minister Vít Rakušan.

Branches in Prague to close by July 1:

Praha 43 Benkova 340/2, Chodov, 14900

Praha 612 Parléřova 681/8, Střešovice, 16900

Praha 617 Vaníčkova 1911/5, Břevnov, 16900

Praha 91 Horní Hrdlořezská 69/2, Hrdlořezy, 19000

Praha 49 Podolská 322/21, Podolí, 14700

Praha 51 Újezd 415/15, Malá Strana, 15000

Praha 02 Na Florenci 2116/15, Nové Město, 11000

Praha 89 Čimická 780/61, Čimice, 18100

Praha 23 Bruselská 519/18, Vinohrady, 12000

Praha 42 Rabasova 1081/1, Krč, 14000

Praha 65 Kladenská 538/18, Vokovice, 16000

Praha 34 Koněvova 2496/223, Žižkov, 13000

Praha 94 Poděbradská 489/116, Hloubětín, 19800

Praha 33 náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad 848/17, 13000

Praha 419 Opatovská 874/25, Háje, 14900

Praha 85 U třešňovky 492/1, Kobylisy, 18200

Praha 108 Počernická 518/55, Malešice, 10800

Praha 57 U Trezorky 921/2, Jinonice, 15800

Praha 35 Kubelíkova 1155/44, Žižkov, 13000

Praha 105 Litevská 1282/1, Vršovice, 10000

Praha 32 Roháčova 263/23, Žižkov, 13000

Praha 45 U plynárny 757/6, Michle, 14000

Praha 100 Vršovická 1527/68b, Vršovice, 10000

Praha 54 Archeologická 2256/1, Stodůlky, 15500

Praha 87 Karolinská 654/2, Karlín, 18600

Praha 102 plukovníka Mráze 1182/24, Hostivař, 10200

Praha 24 Italská 384/3, Vinohrady, 12000

Praha 47 Jiskrova 750/5, Braník, 14700

Praha 46 Vyskočilova 1100/2, Michle, 14000

Praha 68 Aviatická 1048/12, Ruzyně, 16100

Praha 31 Chrudimská 2526/2a, Vinohrady, 13000

Praha 614 Vlastina 888/34, Ruzyně, 16100

Praha 58 Sluneční náměstí 2567/8, Stodůlky, 15800

Praha 86 Karlínské náměstí 145/1, Karlín, 18600

Praha 01 Kaprova 40/12, Staré Město, 11000