Constantin Brâncoveanu metro station

Constantin Brâncoveanu is a metro station in Bucharest. It is named after Constantin Brâncoveanu, a Wallachian prince (1654–1714).

Constantin Brâncoveanu
Location,
Sector 4, Bucharest
Romania
Platforms2 - One island platform
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened5 December 1988[1][2]
Services
Preceding station   Bucharest Metro   Following station
Piaţa Sudului
toward Berceni
Line M2
Eroii Revoluţiei
toward Pipera

It is located at the junction of the Olteniței road (Șoseaua Olteniței) and the Constantin Brâncoveanu boulevard (Bd. Constantin Brâncoveanu), right next to the southern entrance into Tineretului Park, providing easy access to the Sala Polivalentă (Polivalenta Hall, a frequent host to sport events and concerts). Here you can find "Oraselul copiilor"(City of the kids) the greatest amusement park in Romania.

Since the fall of communism the platform has been dominated by a statue of Constantin Brâncoveanu and his sons, replacing the old statue of Ion Popescu-Puturi, a communist leader.

The station opened on 5 December 1988, 2 years after the southern section of the M2 opened,[3][2]likely due to lack of demand for the station in the area, when the line opened at first.

References

  1. "Istoric Metroul bucureştean" (in Romanian). metroubucuresti.webs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Bucureşti". urbanrail.
  3. "Bucharest". Michele Tarozzi.


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