Petřiny (Prague Metro)

Petřiny is a station on the Prague Metro. It is one of four stations opened on 6 April 2015 as part of a project to extend Line A, together with Bořislavka, Nádraží Veleslavín and Nemocnice Motol.

Petřiny
Prague Metro
LocationBrunclíkova street
Petřiny, Prague 6
Prague
Czech Republic
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
Opened6 April 2015 (2015-04-06)
Services
Preceding station Prague Metro Following station
Nemocnice Motol
Terminus
 Line A Nádraží Veleslavín
toward Depo Hostivař

General information

Petřiny station is located under Brunclíkova street in Břevnov, Prague 6, next to the Petřiny housing estate, with a connection to a tram and bus stop and the shopping centre and a K+R at Na Petřinách street.[1] In 5 minutes by walk, quite near, there's also Gymnázium nad Alejí, ZŠ Petřiny jih and ZŠ Petřiny sever schools.

The station's tunnel is the largest underground construction on the Prague Metro, at 217m long, 16m high and 22m wide, located 40m below the surface.[2] The station was designed by architect Jiří Pešata.[3]

  • Station platform
  • Station under construction in January 2013

References
  1. "Stanice Petřiny" (in Czech). Metroprojekt a.s. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  2. Jančar, Rosťa (11 December 2012). "V novém metru nebude průvan. Každých 200 metrů je totiž "odfuk"". Technet.cz. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  3. "Architektura nových stanic Áčka se drží vyjetých kolejí". Česká televize (in Czech). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2020.


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