Nemocnice Motol ( en,
Motol Hospital) is a
Prague Metro station on
Line A. The station was opened on 6 April 2015 as part of the extension from
Dejvická and is the western terminus of this line. The station is located in
Prague 5
Prague 5, formally the Prague Municipal District (''Městská čast Praha 5''), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of municipal districts Prague 5 and Slivenec.
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and is named after the nearby
Motol University Hospital
Motol University Hospital ( cs, Fakultní nemocnice v Motole) is a large teaching hospital in the Motol area of Prague. It is the largest medical facility in the Czech Republic and one of the largest in Europe. It is a major teaching base for stu ...
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General information
The station's original planned name was simply Motol after the
area of the same name. Nevertheless, the name was finally changed to better reflect the actual location of the station next to the
Motol Hospital, the largest medical facility in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
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The station was built as a surface station and was designed by the architect Pavel Sýs.
Gallery
Image:NemocniceMotol (14).jpg, Station building.
Image:DOD metro Nemocnice Motol 2014 (07).jpg, The station, still unfinished, on its first day of service.
References
Prague Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2015
2015 establishments in the Czech Republic
Railway stations in the Czech Republic opened in the 21st century
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