Editing Prague (section)

====Prague Metro====
{{Main|Prague Metro}}
[[File:Praha - Metro - Staroměstská (7503784584).jpg|thumb|[[Staroměstská (Prague Metro)|Staroměstská]] metro station of Prague Metro]]
The [[Rapid transit|Metro]] has three major lines extending throughout the city: [[Line A (Prague Metro)|A]] (green), [[Line B (Prague Metro)|B]] (yellow) and [[Line C (Prague Metro)|C]] (red). A fourth Metro [[Line D (Prague Metro)|line D]] is under construction, which will connect the city centre to southern parts of the city (as of 2022, the completion is expected in 2028).<ref>{{cite web |title=Prague Metro, Czech Republic |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/prague_metro/ |publisher=railwaytechnology.com |access-date=30 May 2011 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607061924/http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/prague_metro/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro D |url=https://dpp.cz/metro-d |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy, akciová společnost |language=cs |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417105857/https://www.dpp.cz/metro-d}}</ref> The Prague Metro system served 589.2 million passengers in 2012,<ref name="annual-report-2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.dpp.cz/download-file/6145/annual_report_2012_en.pdf |title=Annual Report 2012 |publisher=Public Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague |date=2012 |page=66 |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053507/http://www.dpp.cz/download-file/6145/annual_report_2012_en.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> making it the [[List of metro systems|fifth busiest metro system in Europe]] and the most-patronised in the world on a per capita basis. The first section of the Prague metro was put into operation in 1974. It was the stretch between stations [[Kačerov]] and [[Florenc (Prague Metro)|Florenc]] on the current [[line C (Prague Metro)|line C]]. The first part of [[line A (Prague Metro)|Line A]] was opened in 1978 ([[Dejvická]] – [[Náměstí Míru]]), the first part of [[line B (Prague Metro)|line B]] in 1985 ([[Anděl (Prague Metro)|Anděl]] – [[Florenc (Prague Metro)|Florenc]]).

In April 2015, construction finished to extend the green line A further into the northwest corner of Prague closer to the airport.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hold |first=Gabriella |title=Metro Extension on the Right Track |url=http://www.praguepost.com/news/4900-metro-extension-on-right-track.html |website=The Prague Post |location=Czech Republic |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=30 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114111627/http://www.praguepost.com/news/4900-metro-extension-on-right-track.html |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> A new interchange station for the bus in the direction of the airport is the station [[Nádraží Veleslavín (Prague Metro)|Nádraží Veleslavín]]. The final station of the green line is [[Nemocnice Motol]] ([[Motol University Hospital|Motol Hospital]]), giving people direct public transportation access to the largest medical facility in the Czech Republic and one of the largest in Europe. A railway connection to the airport is planned.

In operation there are two kinds of units: "81-71M" which is modernized variant of the Soviet [[Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714|Metrovagonmash 81-71]] (completely modernized between 1995 and 2003) and new "[[Metro M1 (Prague)|Metro M1]]" trains (since 2000), manufactured by consortium consisting of [[Siemens]], [[ČKD (company)|ČKD Praha]] and [[ADtranz]]. The minimum interval between two trains is 90 seconds.

The original Soviet vehicles "[[Metrovagonmash Ečs|Ečs]]" were excluded in 1997, but one vehicle is placed in public transport museum in depot [[Střešovice]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metroweb.cz/metro/Ecs/Ecs.htm |title=Historická souprava Ečs |publisher=Metroweb.cz |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019170008/http://metroweb.cz/metro/Ecs/Ecs.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Náměstí Míru]] metro station is the deepest station and is equipped with the longest [[escalator]] in [[European Union]]. The [[Prague metro]] is generally considered very safe.