Anděl (, meaning "Angel") is a Prague Metro station on Line B, located in

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. The station was built between 1977 and 1985, designed in the

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style, by Soviet architects and dedicated to the Czechoslovak–Soviet friendship. It was opened on 2 November 1985, as part of the inaugural section of Line B between Sokolovská and Smíchovské nádraží. The station was renamed in 1990 to Anděl, after the nearby Anděl neighborhood. At present it is one of the busiest stations on line B. Its original name was ''Moskevská'', after the city of

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. In the same year the Czechoslovak Metrostav designed the station Prazhskaya, named after Prague, it was opened on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the

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, which resembles the ceramic-tiled stations on the C line's Jižní Město segment. The Anděl station still contains one of the last pieces of propaganda art promoting Czechoslovak-Soviet friendship. Anděl station has two exits, leading to the two underground vestibules. One vestibule is directly in the Anděl neighborhood, next to the shopping mall and the other is at "Na Knížecí", a large bus station serving as a terminus for local and intercity buses. The station was renovated in 2015.

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Metro Anděl - vstup1.JPG, Entrance building Prague 07-2016 Metro img5 LineB Andel.jpg, Platform hall Metro Andel 2005-03-26 03.jpeg, Escalators Metro Anděl - turnikety.JPG, Southern vestibule with Moscow–Prague relief, referring to its former name Praha, Anděl mozaika západ IV-IV.jpg, A propaganda relief in Anděl station

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