ABSTRACT
After more than thirty years of operation of subway in Prague, we can consider as proven that the underground high-speed railway has besides the basic transport effect also urbanistic significance – city-making. I am going to prove this thesis on an example of several subway stations. Prague has unique specifications in the terrain configuration, geological conditions, but mainly in cultural and historical value of its historical centre, whose total area is almost 900 ha. It has been declared by UNESCO organization as the world cultural heritage for its thousand year’s continuity, exceptional well-preservance and integrity and quality of monument sets. This heritage binds for systematic caution and modesty when executing any construction activity and therefore its makers have to deal not only with technical problems.
