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Prague 9 is both a municipal and an administrative district in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague 9 administrative districts takes care mainly of districts of Vysočany, Prosek, Hrdlořezy, and partly of Hloubětín, Libeň, Střížkov a Malešice. O2 Arena (Prague) is located in Prague 9 on the edge of Libeň and Vysočany districts.
Most of Prague's panelák estates that were built between the 1960s and 1980s have names that incorporate the Czech word sídliště, which refers to a post-World War 2 eastern bloc housing estate. Many local names originated from names of historic villages in today's Prague area.
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Praha-Libeň station. Praha-Libeň railway station (Czech: Nádraží Praha-Libeň) is a mainline railway station located in the Libeň district of Prague 9.It is situated on Line 11, which links Prague to Český Brod and Kolín as well as forming part of the main railway corridor connecting the Czech capital to Brno and Olomouc.
Previously, the Prague mass transit system was simply called IDS (integrovaný dopravní systém).The modern name PID (pražská integrovaná doprava) was first used in 1993 as a part of the name of the ROPID organisation, which has also started using this name for the transport system itself.
Na Příkopě street leads on the site of former 10-meter-wide and 8-meter-deep moat from 1234, which led along the medieval walls of the Old Town. Water flowed directly from the Vltava river and when the moat was filled, the Old Town formed a closed island. The moat was covered in 1760.
Prague 5, formally the Prague 5 Municipal District (Městská čast Praha 5), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. The administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name consists of municipal districts Prague 5 and Slivenec. Prague 5 is one of the largest districts of Prague located at the west side of the Vltava river.
The Prague tramway network is the largest tram network in the Czech Republic, consisting of 144 km (89 mi) of standard gauge (1,435 mm) track, [4] [5] 882 tram vehicles (one of the largest fleets in the world) [6] and 26 daytime routes, 2 historical and 10 night routes [1] with a total route length of 518 km (322 mi). [1]