I. P. Pavlova is a station of the Prague metro on line C. The track lies 19.0 m below the street and the station has been open since 9 May 1974.

How deep is I. P. Pavlova
The track at I. P. Pavlova lies 19.0 m below the street. It is the 28th deepest of 61 platforms. That is roughly a 6-storey building below the pavement.
Elevation: street 236 m a.s.l., track 217 m a.s.l. Depth is measured from the ground above the station to the track.
Escalators at I. P. Pavlova
The longest escalator climbs about 16 m, which at a 30° slope means a run of about 32 m. The escalator tunnel has 4 escalators.
Escalators from OpenStreetMap, heights computed in the 3D model, length from the 30° slope.
Step-free access
Step-free: lift or level access all the way to the platformStep-free entrances from the street: 1 of 5. Source: PID open data.
Entrances from the street: 5
- E1Escalator + stairs · 38 steps
- E2Stairs · 35 steps
- E3Escalator + stairs · 36 steps
- E4Stairs · 32 steps
- E5Liftstep-free
Official entrance names and step counts from PID.
Ridership
One ordinary Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 5 am to midnight (PID and DPP survey). No newer per-station data has been published.
About I. P. Pavlova
I. P. Pavlova is a Prague Metro station on Line C. It is in the Vinohrady district of Prague. Above the station is I. P. Pavlov Square , which is named after Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. Both the station and the square are shortened by locals to diminutive names such as Ípák, Pavlák or Ípáč.
I. P. Pavlova is the busiest station on the Prague Metro, serving daily more than 118,000 people as of 2008.
I. P. Pavlova station was opened on 9 May 1974, with the first section of Prague Metro, between Sokolovská and Kačerov. During construction of the station, the remains of a decorative sculpture of a Baroque bastion were found. This sculpture can now be seen next to the ticket office inside the station.
Text: English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Technical data
CLine C
- Depth
- 19.0 m below ground
- Track
- 217 m a.s.l.
- Street above
- 236 m a.s.l.
- Construction
- Cut-and-cover
- Opened
- 9 May 1974
- Architect
- Otakar Maděra
Neighbouring stations
The whole station in 3D: escalators, passages, halls and entrances at their true depth beneath Prague.
Open in 3D