Metro Line C (Prague)
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The metro line C is indicated in red line of the subway in Prague . It is 22.7 kilometers long and has 20 stations.
course
Beginning with the Letňany , Prosek and Střížkov stops in the north-eastern part of the city and via the Ládví and Kobylisy metro stations , the tunnels lead under the Vltava in a large arc for the first time and, with the Holešovice station, connect the metro network with the suburban railway network ( S. -Bahn ) of the Czech Railways . Shortly after the next station, Vltavská, the line tunnels under the Vltava a second time and reaches the Florenc transfer point; further in the city center, it takes the inner-city north-south expressway to the station Hlavní nádraží ( main train station ), and then to Muzeum. With the further guidance under the named expressway the route to IP Pavlova arrives in the new town. Then it is led below the Nuselský most expressway bridge to Vyšehrad to the station of the same name , which also serves Nusle well. Here the metro line leaves the expressway and reaches the district of the same name in a south-easterly direction via the stations Pražského povstání, Pankrác, Budějovická and Kačerov. The last four stops Roztyly, Chodov, Opatov and Háje serve the largest residential area in the Czech Republic in the south of the city, which was built in the 1970s and accommodates more than 100,000 people.
From the Ládví underground station on line C, which opened in the summer of 2004, it has been running since May 8, 2008 via the two intermediate stations Střížkov and Prosek further northeast to Letňany. The 4.6-kilometer route opens up the densely built-up areas in Prosek, in the north of the city. Line C is now 22.41 kilometers long, and the costs for the mining construction phase IV.C2 totaled 620 million euros. When it went into operation, the bus network in the northeast of Prague was completely changed, and more than 40 bus routes were adapted to the new conditions.
The three new underground stations have barrier-free access. All three stations have a new kind of light strip made of light-emitting diodes that indicates the safety zone at the edge of the platform. A large bus station was built at the Letňany station together with the opening of the metro . At the same time, a large park-and-ride car park with 687 spaces is intended to motivate drivers to use local public transport.
history
Line segment | Installation | length |
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Florenc - Kačerov | May 9, 1974 | 6.6 km |
Kačerov - Háje | November 11, 1980 | 5.3 km |
Florenc - Nádraží Holešovice | 3rd November 1984 | 2.2 km |
Nádraží Holešovice - Ládví | June 26, 2004 | 4.0 km |
Ládví - Letňany | May 8, 2008 | 4.6 km |
Total: | 20 stations | 22.7 km |
Change of station names
After the Velvet Revolution , some station names were changed.
station | former name | Years |
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Florenc | Sokolovská | 1974-1990 |
Vysehrad | Gottwaldova | 1974-1990 |
Pankrác | Mládežnická | 1974-1990 |
Roztyly | Primátora Vacka | 1980-1990 |
Chodov | Budovatelů | 1980-1990 |
Opatov | Družby | 1980-1990 |
Háje | Cosmonautů | 1980-1990 |
Nádraží Holešovice | Fučíkova | 1984-1990 |
Web links
- German-language website of the Prague public transport company
- Architectural photo series of all stations on Line C of the Prague Metro
Individual evidence
- ^ Aleš Pokorný: Prague metro extended . In: city traffic . June 2008, p. 44 .