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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 Integrated Transport ( Czech: Pražská integrovaná doprava, PID) is an integrated public transport system providing services in Prague and within the Central Bohemian Region. It is run by a city-owned transit authority called Regional Organiser of Prague Integrated Transport (ROPID). Prague Integrated Transport includes metro, tram ...
Brno main railway station ( Czech: Brno hlavní nádraží, abbreviated as Brno hl. n.) is the principal railway station in Brno, the largest city in Moravia and the second largest in the Czech Republic. The railway station is situated in the city centre on the site of the former city walls. It is one of the oldest railway stations in the Czech ...
Praha hlavní nádraží (IATA: XYG) is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic. It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station , after Franz Joseph I of Austria . During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Station ( Czech : Wilsonovo nádraží ), after the former President of the United States ...
Prague Metro. The Prague Metro ( Czech: Pražské metro) is the rapid transit network of Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1974, [3] the system consists of three lines ( A, B and C) serving 61 stations [Note 1] (predominantly with island platforms), and is 65.2 kilometres (40.5 mi) long. [1] The system served 568 million passengers in 2021 ...
A magnetohydrodynamic generator ( MHD generator) is a magnetohydrodynamic converter that transforms thermal energy and kinetic energy directly into electricity. An MHD generator, like a conventional generator, relies on moving a conductor through a magnetic field to generate electric current. The MHD generator uses hot conductive ionized gas (a ...
The first working full-scale MHD ship. A magnetohydrodynamic drive or MHD accelerator is a method for propelling vehicles using only electric and magnetic fields with no moving parts, accelerating an electrically conductive propellant ( liquid or gas) with magnetohydrodynamics. The fluid is directed to the rear and as a reaction, the vehicle ...
Holešovice ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦolɛʃovɪtsɛ]) is a district in the north of Prague situated on a meander of the River Vltava, which makes up the main part of the district Prague 7 (an insignificant part belongs to Prague 1 ). In the past Holešovice was a heavily industrial suburb; today it is home to the main site of the Prague's ...