Nádraží Veleslavín (Prague Metro)

Nádraží Veleslavín, part of a platform

Clock at the end of the station platform

Nádraží Veleslavín is a station on Line A of the Prague Metro.^[1] In early March 2015 it was put into trial operation and opened on 6 April 2015,^[2] together with Bořislavka, Petřiny and Nemocnice Motol stations.

The station is adjacent to the eponymic railway station and a bus terminal which became the new end of the 119 bus line from Václav Havel Airport and regional buses, e.g. Kladno. The station is 20m below ground level. In 2000-2006 three ministers of the Czech republic government promised that the "High Speed Line Prague-Airport-Kladno" (Czech term "rychlodráha") will be finished before or by the time as the metro extension. The name "High Speed Line" is not so correct, because, according to the plans, at the Prague part of the railway, maximum speed is going to be 80 km (50 mi) per hour.^[3] Today, there's non-electrified railway (only Prague-Kladno, not includes the airport) in one track with maximum speed about 60 km/h (37 mph).

References

1. Berný, Aleš (12 June 2012). "Bořislavka, Veleslavín, Petřiny a Motol. Radní pojmenovali stanice metra". iDnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
2. Hubertová, Kateřina (1 March 2015). "Architektura nových stanic Áčka se drží vyjetých kolejí". Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
3. http://www.praha-kladno.cz/

← direction Nemocnice Motol	Prague Metro – line A	direction Depo Hostivař →
Petřiny	Nádraží Veleslavín	Bořislavka
Nemocnice Motol  – Petřiny  – Nádraží Veleslavín  – Bořislavka  – Dejvická  – Hradčanská – Malostranská – Staroměstská – Můstek  B  – Muzeum  C    – Náměstí Míru – Jiřího z Poděbrad – Flora – Želivského – Strašnická  – Skalka  - Depo Hostivař

Coordinates: 50°05′45″N 14°20′51″E / 50.0959°N 14.3474°E