Prague - Masarykovo railway station, that daily sees hundreds of people bustling around to catch their trains, could soon be full of people shopping and going home or to work.
Masarykovo nádraží, the oldest railway station in Prague dating back to 1845, is to vanish within a few years. In its places, new streets with office buildings, hotels, flats and shops should appear.
In what could be called a rapid procedure, Prague City Council approved a list of places which should be (re)developed in the near future. Apart from Masarykovo nádraží, the list includes the Smíchov, Bubny and Žižkov railway stations.
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Work on the first projects could begin in less than a year.
"Yes, the council approved the list today. Now it has to be approved by the municipal authority that will discuss the plan in September," Civic Democrat Councillor for regional development Martin Langmajer told Aktuálně.cz.
"It is logical that Opletalova street should be extended to the current railyard and connected with Na Florenci street," said Civic Democrat MP Jan Bürgemeister, who is behind the idea to demolish Masarykovo railway station.
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V Celnici street should be extended as well. "This would help expand the broader city centre for pedestrians. People would finally be able to cross the Prague thoroughfare to Karlín without problems," he added.
Trains that terminate at Masarykovo nádraží today will be redirected to the Main Train Station. "The station would become a major transport junction. It has a C-line metro station, and in the future it should be on the D-line too. At the same time, InterCity trains would stop there," says Bürgemeister.
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