Námestí Míru
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Prague Metro
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station on Line A
Line A (Prague Metro)
Line A is a line of the Prague Metro, serving the Czech Republic capital. Chronologically the second line in the system, it was first opened in 1978 and has expanded mostly during the 1980s...
. It is located in Vinohrady
Vinohrady
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district under Korunní Street and has one exit through an escalator
Escalator
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tunnel with a sub-surface vestibule
Vestibule (architecture)
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under the plaza of the same name. The station was completed along with the first section of Line A in 1978 and served as a terminus
Terminal Station
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for some time until the extension of Line A to Želivského station
Želivského
The Želivského Station of the Prague Metro system is located under Vinohradská Avenue next to the Olšany Cemetery. It was opened at the end of 1980 on the A-line and is named after Jan Želivský.- Characteristics :...
in 1980.
Náměstí Míru is the deepest station of the Prague Metro. Its platform is situated 53 metres below surface. As a consequence the station is equipped with one of the longest escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
s in Europe (length 87 m, vertical span 43 m, 533 steps, taking 2 minutes and 15 seconds to ascend or descend without walking). Náměstí Míru, however, is not the deepest point within the Prague Metro network; this record belongs to the tunnel between Hradčanská
Hradcanská
Hradčanská is a Prague Metro station on Line A.-Exits:This station has only one exit toward Milady Horákové, where plenty of tram transfers are available. A second exit was not built, though it was planned.- External links :...
and Malostranská
Malostranská
Malostranská is a Prague Metro station on Line A.-History:The station was opened on August 12, 1978 as the entire «Dejvicka » — «Namesti Miru» Line.-Exits:...
stations (68 m below surface).
The name of the station, which literally means Square of Peace, derives from the town square
Town square
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where the station is located.