Serdika Metro Station

Serdika Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Сердика“) is an M1 and M4 lines station of Sofia Metro. It was put into operation on 31 October 2000. With the opening of Serdika II on 31 August 2012 the station became an interchange between the Red and Blue lines. However it is not a true interchange (such as platforms 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Canning Town station in London), but an interconnected station, in a similar manner to the Washington Metro's two Farragut stations.[1][2]

Serdika
Coordinates42°41′52″N 23°19′17″E
Owned bySofia Municipality
Platformsisland
Tracks2
ConnectionsM2 via Serdika II Metro Station
Construction
Structure typesub-surface
Platform levels2
ParkingYes
Other information
Station code3013; 3014
History
Opened31 October 2000 (2000-10-31)
Services
Preceding station   Sofia Metro   Following station
toward Slivnitsa
M1 line
toward Obelya
M4 line
M1 line
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Obelya Depot
Slivnitsa
Lyulin
Zapaden Park
Suhodolska River
Vardar
Konstantin Velichkov
Opalchenska
Serdika
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
Vasil Levski Stadium
Joliot-Curie
Novachitsa River
G.M.Dimitrov
Musagenitsa
Darvenishka River
Mladost 1
Aleksandar Malinov
Akademik Aleksandar
Teodorov - Balan
Banishka River
Business Park Sofia
Sofia Park
Banishka River
Malinova Dolina
Station names in italics
are not confirmed.
Detailed track map
M1M4
Moderno predgradie
(proposed)
National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
 
↑Opened 2003↑
to Depot
 
↓Opened 1998↓
0'
Slivnitsa
2'
Lyulin
4'
Zapaden Park
Suhodolska
National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
7'
Vardar
9'
Konstantin Velichkov
 
↓Opened 1999↓
11'
Opalchenska
 
↓Opened 2000↓
13'
Serdika
Serdika II
M2 to Obelya/Vitosha
 
 
↓Opened 2009↓
15'
17'
Vasil Levski Stadium
21'
Joliot-Curie
WTC
Novachitsa
23'
G.M.Dimitrov
24'
Musagenitsa
Darvenishka
26'
Mladost 1
00'
00'
 
↓Opened 2012↓
 
29'
Mladost 3
31'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
33'
Druzhba
36'
Iskarsko shose
National Rail
to Ihtiman/Karlovo
38'
Sofiyska Sveta gora
40'
Sofia Airport
Terminal 2
Airport branch end
00'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
 
28'
Aleksandar Malinov
30'
Banishka
32'
Business Park Sofia
Mladost branch end
M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Moderno predgradie
(proposed)
Obelya
Lomsko shose
cont. as M2
cont. as M4
Slivnitsa
Beli Dunav
Lyulin
Nadezhda
Zapaden Park
Han Kubrat
Vardar
Knyaginya Maria Luiza
Konstantin Velichkov
Central Railway
Opalchenska
Lavov most
Serdika
Serdika II
NDK
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
European Union
Vasil Levski Stadium
James Bourchier
Joliot-Curie
Vitosha
G.M.Dimitrov
Musagenitsa
Mladost 1
M1
Aleksandar Malinov
Mladost 3
Akademik Aleksandar
Teodorov - Balan
Inter Expo Center –
Tsarigradsko shose
Business Park Sofia
Druzhba
Iskarsko shose
Sofiyska Sveta gora
Sofia Airport
Detailed track map
line end
-8'
Vitosha
 
↑Opened 2016↑
-6'
James Bourchier
-4'
European Union
built 1981
opened 2012
-2'
NDK
built 1981
opened 2012
Serdika
M1 to Slivnitsa/Business Park Sofia
 
0'
Serdika II
2'
Lavov most
3'
Central Railway Station
5'
Knyaginya Maria Luiza
BDŽ National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
BDŽ National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
00'
Future extension
 
00'
Ilyantsi branch
Lev Tolstoy
Svoboda
Iliyansko shose
Ilyantsi
Ilyanysi branch end
7'
Han Kubrat
Suhodolska
9'
Nadezhda
11'
Beli Dunav
13'
Lomsko shose
↑Opened 2012↑
 
15'
Obelya
Kakach
Moderno predgradie
(proposed)
National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
 
↑Opened 2003↑
RED line
to Depot
 
↓Opened 1998↓
-13'
Slivnitsa
-11'
Lyulin
-8'
Zapaden Park
Suhodolska
National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
-6'
Vardar
-4'
Konstantin Velichkov
 
↓Opened 1999↓
-2'
Opalchenska
 
↓Opened 2000↓
0'
Serdika
Serdika II
M2 to Obelya/Vitosha
 
 
↓Opened 2009↓
3'
5'
Vasil Levski Stadium
8'
Joliot-Curie
WTC
Novachitsa
10'
G.M.Dimitrov
12'
Musagenitsa
Darvenishka
14'
Mladost 1
00'
00'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
 
16'
Aleksandar Malinov
18'
Banishka
20'
Business Park Sofia
Mladost branch end
00'
 
↓Opened 2012↓
 
16'
Mladost 3
18'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
20'
Druzhba
23'
Iskarsko shose
National Rail
to Ihtiman/Karlovo
25'
Sofiyska Sveta gora
27'
Sofia Airport
Terminal 2
Airport branch end

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 six meters (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]

Serdika is one of only three metro stations in the world where the same line passes through the station twice in a pretzel configuration, the others being the Monument Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and Voorweg RandstadRail station on the Randstadrail in The Hague, Netherlands.

Interchange with other public transport

References

  1. "Bulgaria: Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". Novinite.com. 2012-08-31. 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.

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