Nemocnice Motol ( en, Motol Hospital) is a Prague Metro station on Line A. The station was opened on 6 April 2015 as part of the extension from Dejvická and is the western terminus of this line. The station is located in

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and is named after the nearby

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General information

The station's original planned name was simply Motol after the area of the same name. Nevertheless, the name was finally changed to better reflect the actual location of the station next to the Motol Hospital, the largest medical facility in the

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. The station was built as a surface station and was designed by the architect Pavel Sýs.

Gallery

Image:NemocniceMotol (14).jpg, Station building. Image:DOD metro Nemocnice Motol 2014 (07).jpg, The station, still unfinished, on its first day of service.

References

Prague Metro stations Railway stations opened in 2015 2015 establishments in the Czech Republic Railway stations in the Czech Republic opened in the 21st century {{Prague-metro-stub