Metro Line C (Prague)

Line C
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	750 V  =
Letňany Prosek Střížkov Ládví Kobylisy Nádraží Holešovice Vltavská Florenc B Hlavní nádraží Muzeum A IP Pavlova Vysehrad Pražského povstání Pankrác ( D planned) Budějovická Kačerov Roztyly Chodov Opatov Háje

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
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

Hlavní nádraží (main train station)

After the Velvet Revolution , some station names were changed.

station	former name	Years
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

Střížkov station

Web links

Commons : Subway Line C  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• German-language website of the Prague public transport company
• Architectural photo series of all stations on Line C of the Prague Metro

Individual evidence

1. ^ Aleš Pokorný: Prague metro extended . In: city ​​traffic . June 2008, p. 44 .