Strížkov Station / Stanice Strížkov (Prague Metro)
N 50° 07.572 E 014° 29.373
33U E 463513 N 5552787
One of the most impressive modern stations of Prague Metro (and one of the most beautiful stations of public transport in European context) is station Strízkov on line C (The red line). The station's unusual shape exceeds also from aerial view...
Waymark Code: WM7K5K
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/03/2009
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The Metro station Strízkov is a distinctive architectonic object, beautiful not only from ground but also from aerial/space view, was designed by renowned Czech architect Patrik Kotas.
Strízkov is a surface (excavated) station, in which the bottom construction is solved as a classic ferroconcrete construction. The most distinct part of the construction is the steel set of hogging girders (span approx. 160 m), suspended glazed roof and glazed façade. The station project includes terrain alteration of the entrance area with elevated footbridges for pedestrians and water cascades. Park-and-ride yard were also constructed here... It is the 1st station of about 50 Prague metro stations, which is built as fully glassed-in. The roof level is about 5 m above ground space (the top of the structure is 20 m above ground space) and the tracks are positioned 7 m under the ground level. The whole station area has a length of more than 120 m is without internal columns. The idea of the architect Kotas was that the glass hall of the station will shine at night to the open up to the neighbourhood and daylight will throw light on the boarding point.
The station was opened for public use in spring 2008 as the part of the new extension of the Prague's metro C-line to the large residential area of Prosek (North Town of Prague).