Hlavní nádraží () is a
Prague Metro station on
Line C. The metro station serves
Praha hlavní nádraží
Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic.
It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Stati ...
, Prague's principal mainline
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
. The metro station is situated underground, below the railway station.
History
Hlavní nádraží is one of the oldest stations on the Prague Metro network. It was originally designed for underground
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s and construction was started in 1966. The project was changed later to
metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
trains, but the station was almost complete. The station was opened on May 9, 1974, with the first section of Prague Metro, between
Sokolovská and
Kačerov.
References
External links
Gallery and information
Prague Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1974
1974 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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