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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]
Prague 6, officially known as the Municipal District of Prague 6 (Městská část Praha 6), is the largest district in Prague. Located in the northwest, it covers 41.54 km 2 and had a population of 100,600 as of 31 December 2008.
Ruzyně is a district of Prague city, part of Prague 6. It has been a part of Prague since 1960. [citation needed] Václav Havel Airport is located in this district. Czech Airlines has its head office on the grounds of the airport. [2] Travel Service Airlines and its low cost subsidiary Smart Wings have their head office on the airport property.
The total length of the train is 96.11 metres (315 ft 4 in), and the acceleration is identical to that of the Metro M1 cars, at 1.3 m/s 2 (4.3 ft/s 2). Similar reconstructions were also made on the Tbilisi Metro and Yerevan Metro , as well as a near-identical version exported to Kyiv from Metrowagonmash as part of the Slavutich project ...
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.
A Catholic nun was arrested by Italian police on Thursday for bringing messages for the mafia to prisoners, police said in a news statement. Sister Anna Donelli acted on several occasions as an ...
View out towards Prague from Petřín Tower Petřín Lookout Tower at night. The Petřín Hill is roughly a half-hour walk up paths and the tower is also quite an arduous climb; however, the hill is served by a frequent Petřín funicular and the tower has an elevator for elderly and disabled people. In 2014 the tower was visited by more than ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's centre-left government said on Thursday it planned new rules that would charge big tech firms millions of dollars if they did not pay Australian media companies for ...