Českomoravská () is a

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on Line B. It was opened on 22 November 1990 as the eastern terminus of the extension from

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. It is under Drahobejlova street in

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. Českomoravská remained a

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until the extension of Line B to

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on 8 November 1998. The station was built using the TBM method and has a platform below ground level. There is one exit through an

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tunnel. An adjacent

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serves as a terminal for some urban and suburban lines in the northeast of Prague. The multifunctional

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, formerly Sazka Arena, built in 2004, is next to the Českomoravská station. The shopping center Galerie Harfa is also in the immediate vicinity of the station. ''Zápotockého'' was the originally intended name for this station (after Czech

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politician

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), but this idea was abandoned after the

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in 1989. The current name ''Českomoravská'' (literally: '' Bohemo-

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n'') derives from the large Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk engineering company, once based nearby. The station was closed on January 6, 2025 for a year for renovations.

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