Piața Romană metro station
Piața Romană | |||||||||||
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Location | Roman Square Sector 1, Bucharest Romania | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 28 November 1988 | ||||||||||
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Piața Romană (Romanian for "Roman Square") is a metro station in central Bucharest, located in the square with the same name, on the main north-south axis of the city centre. It was not included in the initial plans of the network and was added at a later stage due to increasing demand. Because of this, the platforms are asymmetrical, very narrow (less than 1.5 m wide) and the waiting area is in a corridor separated by thick walls from the platforms in order to sustain the station's structure in the sandy soil, on which a number of 1920s high-rises are also situated.
The station was opened on 28 November 1987.[1][2] It was added to the previously opened extension from Piața Unirii to Pipera.[2]
References
- ^ "Istoric Metroul bucureștean" [History of Bucharest Metro]. metroubucuresti.webs.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
- ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "București". urbanrail.
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