Serdika Metro Station

Serdika
Coordinates	42°41′52″N 23°19′17″E / 42.69778°N 23.32139°ECoordinates: 42°41′52″N 23°19′17″E / 42.69778°N 23.32139°E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	3013; 3014
History
Opened	31-Oct-2000
Services
Preceding station   Sofia Metro   Following station Opalchenska toward Obelya Line 1 SU St. Kliment Ohridski toward Sofia Airport Lavov most toward Obelya Line 2 Transfer at: Serdika II NDK toward James Bourchier
Location

RED line – M1
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Legend
RED line – BLUE line 0' Obelya Kakach Moderno predgradie (proposed) National Rail to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya   ↑Opened 2003↑ to Depot   ↓Opened 1998↓ 3' Slivnitsa 6' Lyulin 8' Zapaden Park Suhodolska National Rail to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil 10' Vardar 12' Konstantin Velichkov   ↓Opened 1999↓ Vladayska 14' Opalchenska   ↓Opened 2000↓ 16' Serdika Serdika II BLUE line to Obelya/James Bourchier   ↓Opened 2009↓ 19' Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Perlovska 21' Vasil Levski Stadium 24' Joliot-Curie WTC Novachitsa 26' G.M.Dimitrov 28' Musagenitsa Darvenishka 30' Mladost 1 00' Airport branch 00'   ↓Opened 2012↓   32' Mladost 3 34' Inter Expo Center - Tsarigradsko shose   ↓Opened 2015↓ 36' Druzhba 39' Iskarsko shose National Rail to Ihtiman/Karlovo 41' Sofiyska Sveta gora 43' Sofia Airport Airport branch end 00' Mladost branch 00'   ↓Opened 2015↓   Aleksandar Malinov Akademik Aleksandar Teodorov - Balan Banishka Business Park Sofia Mladost branch end   ↓Opening ca. 2018↓ Sofia Park Simeonovo line end

BLUE line – M2
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Legend
BLUE line – RED line 0' Obelya opened 2003 on RED line   ↓Opened 2012↓ Kakach 2' Lomsko shose 4' Beli Dunav 6' Nadezhda Suhodolska 8' Han Kubrat Future extension proposed Depot Iliyantsi Iliyansko shose Svoboda Lev Tolstoy BDŽ National Rail to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya BDŽ National Rail to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil 10' Knyaginya Maria Luiza 11' Central Railway Station 13' Lavov most Vladayska 15' Serdika II Serdika RED line to Obelya/Tsarigradsko shose 17' NDK built 1981 opened 2012 Perlovska 19' European Union built 1981 opened 2012 20' James Bourchier ↓Opening ca. 2016↓ Vitosha future line end

Serdika Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Сердика“) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It was put into operation on October 31, 2000. With the opening of Serdika II on August 31, 2012 the station became a transfer station between the Red and Blue lines. However it is not a true transfer station (such as platofrms 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Canning Town station in London), but an interconnected station, in a similar manner to the Washington Metro's two Farragut stations.^[1][2]

The station is named after the ancient city of Serdica, as it lies in the very centre of the hitherto unearthed ruins of that city.^[3] These are located about 20 feet below ground and, along with the opening of Serdika II station, a large section of the old city has been exposed and is in full view both around and inside the two stations. ^[4]

Public transportation links

• Tramway service: 12, 18

Gallery

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References

1. M3 Web - http://m3web.bg (2012-08-31). "Bulgaria: Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". Novinite.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
2. "Jose Manuel Barroso: Sofia subway’s new line is an example of what can be expected from Europe - FOCUS Information Agency". Focus-fen.net. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
3. , UlpiaSerdica.com, Retrieved Dec 2012.
4. Sofianites are setting off along the streets of Ulpia Serdica, Stendart News (in Bulgarian), 8 Aug 2012. Retrieved Dec 2012.

External links

Media related to Serdika Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• 360 degrees panorama from inside the station
• Sofia Metropolitan
• Unofficial site