Bucharest Metro Line M4

Line M4
 Străulești
 Laminorului
 Parc Bazilescu
 Jiului
 1 Mai
 Grivița
Line M1
BasarabMainline rail interchange
Gara de NordMainline rail interchange

M4 is one of the 4 lines of the Bucharest Metro. It is currently the shortest, at 8.3 km (5.2 mi) long and also the newest. It runs from Gara de Nord to Străulești, following the Griviței and Bucureștii Noi avenues.

History

Construction of the line started in 1989, shortly before the Romanian Revolution. The tunnels were built up to where Parc Bazilescu is today. Construction was abandoned afterwards and was resumed later on in the 90's. The first section of the M4 opened on 1 March 2000 from Gara de Nord to 1 Mai. After many years of delays the next section to Parc Bazilescu was finally opened on 1 July 2011. Parc Bazilescu was not in the initial plan and was only built to open the section quicker.[1]

In 2013, construction started on the final 1.6 km (1.0 mi) section of the M4 to Străulești, along with Străulești depot. On 3 September 2015 tunneling work was completed.[2] The service was extended with two more stations, Laminorului and Străulești, which opened on 31 March 2017.[3]

Rolling stock

Despite being the newest line on the network, the M4 is the only line to run Astra IVA trains. They're going to be replaced after Metrorex replaces the signalling system from Dimetronic with ones from Bombardier.

Parc Bazilescu station

References

  1. ↑ "Prezentare generală M4". forum.construim-romania.ro. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Progrese la Magistrala 4: Cand vom avea metrou pana la Lacul Străulești". Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  3. ↑ Antena 3. "Metrorex a deschis circulaţia în staţiile de metrou Laminorului şi Străuleşti" [Metrorex has opened traffic in the metro stations Laminorului and Străuleşti]. Antena 3 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2017-03-31.
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