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Želivského (Prague Metro)

Prague metro station

Field	Value
name	Želivského
style	Prague Metro
style2	A
type	Prague Metro
image	Želivského loď 2.jpg
address	Vinohradská, Olšany
Prague 3
borough	Prague
country	Czech Republic
structure	Underground
depth	26,6 metres
platforms	1 island platform
tracks	2
opened
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=Prague Metro
line1	A	left1=Flora	right1=Strašnická}}

Prague 3 Želivského () is a station on Line A of the Prague Metro. The station is located under Vinohradská street next to the Olšany Cemetery. It is named after the Jana Želivského street, which is itself named after Jan Želivský. The station was opened on 19 December 1980 as the eastern terminus of the extension of the line from Náměstí Míru. On 11 July 1987 the line was extended to Strašnická.

Characteristics

The station is a three-bore buttressed tunnel with ten pairs of boarding and deboarding accesses. It is 148 meters long in total, but the boarding platform spans only 100 meters. The walls of the station are covered with brown and gold, anodized, aluminum mouldings. The single lobby under Vinohradská Avenue is 5.6 meters underground. The lobby is connected to the street by three exits with escalators and to the platform by one long tunnel with escalators running in both directions. Behind the station are two hold yards and one reverse track capable of storing an entire train. Extension of the A-line to the Strašnická Station was achieved by boring tunnels from these auxiliary spaces. The reverse track is still used for reversing and storing trains even though the Želivského Station is no longer the terminus of the line. The construction of the station in 1980 cost approximately 301 million Czech crowns.

The station has not been renovated since its construction and therefore still exhibits the original design of the first versions of the A-line. The system of overhead lighting units in the escalator tunnel along with the aluminum paneled walls function as a damper against the sound of the escalators which are loud by design. The lower spaces of the station have been subject to leaks which have in turn caused rust on the aluminum panels.

Gallery

Image:ZelivskehoStationName.jpg|The interior of Želivského Station Image:Jan Želivský a jeho doba 2, Jiřina Adamcová 1979.jpg|Mosaic by Jiřina Adamcová at the station

References

"Praha". urbanrail.

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