Prague City Halls approves metro extension to Ruzyně airport

Prague City Hall approved on Thursday the extension of the city’s metro to Ruzyně airport. The new route of the A line from Dejvická to Ruzyně will be 13 kilometres long and have 9 new stations along the way. Costs are estimated at some 20 billion crowns, or more than 1.2 billion US dollars. Construction is to begin next year and the extension is to be completed by 2018.