1 Mai metro station

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1 Mai
1maistation.JPG
LocationClabucet square,
Sector 1, Bucharest
Romania
Platforms2 - One island platform
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedMarch 2000
Services
Preceding station   Bucharest Metro   Following station
toward Străulești
Line M4
toward Gara de Nord

1 Mai is a metro station in northern Bucharest, serving line M4.[1] It is situated in Chibrit or Clăbucet Square, at the intersection of Griviţa Way, Ion Mihalache Avenue and Bucureştii Noi Road.

The station itself was opened on 1 March 2000, as part of Stage I of M4 line.

The station was built in a manner similar to Griviţa and Gara de Nord II, employing a wide central platform, a blue-grey, dark color scheme using black granite floors, blue and grey synthetic walls and chrome and aluminum metal insertions.

Name[edit]

The name of the station was chosen based on the former name of Ion Mihalache Avenue — 1 Mai Avenue. This has proven controversial — firstly, because most inhabitants associate "1 Mai" with the 1 Mai Market located almost 3 km away from the metro station and secondly because the name 1 Mai Avenue had been already given to another street in Western Bucharest when the subway station opened. Incidentally, that avenue will also probably host a metro station in the future.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Metrorex Metro Map" (PDF). Metrorex. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

Coordinates: 44°28′16.35″N 26°3′2″E / 44.4712083°N 26.05056°E / 44.4712083; 26.05056