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1 Mai(1st of May in Romanian) is a metro station in northern Bucharest, serving line M4.[2] It is situated in Chibrit or Clăbucet Square, at the intersection of Calea Griviței, Ion Mihalache Boulevard, and Bucureștii Noi Road.It will be serving the M6 line to the airport at Otopeni.
1 Mai | |||||||||||
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 Metro station in 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Clăbucet square Sector 1, Bucharest Romania | ||||||||||
| Platforms | One island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 March 2000[1] | ||||||||||
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History
editThe works on line 4, which 1 Mai station is part of, started in December 1989 but were stopped because of budgetary deficiencies in 1994. In the following period the only operations that took place were of evacuating water accumulated from seepage from the unfinished walls, which were subsequently stopped in order to prevent the deformation of the tunnels.[3]
In 1997 a loan was obtained from the European Investment Bank for co-financing the "Modernizarea metroului din București – etapa I" project which restarted the works.[3] The station was opened on 1 March 2000 together with the initial section of line 4: Gara de Nord II – 1 Mai.[4] The station has suffered modifications over the years.
Line M6
editLine M6 will be a new metro line in Bucharest that will connect Gara de Nord and Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport. M6 is expected to have 12 stations, the first of which to be 1 Mai.[5]
The deadline until the Line M6 was supposed to be functional was 2021.[5] The construction work on the line only started in December 2023.[6]
Architecture
editThe station was built in a manner similar to Grivița and Gara de Nord II stations, having a wide central platform and the same color scheme. The station has suffered modifications over the years.
Initially, the station had a blue-grey, white and dark color scheme. The station has grey granite floors, white granite columns, chrome and aluminium metal insertions, and its synthetic walls were initially blue and grey. Several years later, the walls were painted in a yellow and dark blue model, which did not have any apparent connection to the already existing architecture. The walls got deteriorated in time because of seepage. In March 2023, the walls were repainted in yellow (although a different shade) and dark blue, but no measure was taken in order to stop future seepage.
Tactile paving was mounted towards the end of 2022 for visually impaired people.
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1 Mai station in 2007 -
1 Mai station in March 2023 -
1 Mai station in August 2023
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1 Mai station in March 2023 -
1 Mai station in August 2023
Name
editThe name of the station was chosen based on the former name of Ion Mihalache Boulevard – 1 Mai Boulevard. This has proven controversial – firstly, because most inhabitants associate "1 Mai" with the 1 Mai Market located almost 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the metro station, and secondly because the name 1 Mai Avenue had been already given to another street in Western Bucharest when the subway station opened. Incidentally, that avenue may also host a metro station in the future.
References
edit- ^ "Istoric Metrorex".
- ^ "Metrorex Metro Map" (PDF). Metrorex S.A. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Metrorex". 2007-06-29. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ "METROREX". www.metrorex.ro. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ a b "Magistrala 6 de metrou – Gara de Nord – Aeroport Otopeni – indicatorii tehnico-economici au fost aprobați". gov.ro. Guvernul României. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ "Încep lucrările la Magistrala 6 de metrou, care va lega Gara de Nord de Aeroportul Otopeni. Când va fi dată în folosință". Adevărul (in Romanian). 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
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