NDK Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Национален дворец на културата“ / Метростанция „НДК“, Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata, ‘National Palace of Culture’) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money. [1][2] On 26 August 2020, transfer to NDK II on M3 line was opened.[3]
National Palace of Culture Национален дворец на културата | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1463 Pette Kyosheta Sq., Sofia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°41′14.06″N 23°19′9.77″E / 42.6872389°N 23.3193806°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sofia Municipality | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metropoliten JSC | ||||||||||
| Platforms | island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | |||||||||||
 | 1, 6, 7 | ||||||||||
 | 3 via NDK II Metro Station | ||||||||||
 | 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | sub-surface | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | no | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | no | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Elena and Farid Paktiawal | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 2981; 2982 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 31 August 2012 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 385,000 | ||||||||||
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Interchange with other public transport
editNorth side:
- Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
South side:
- Tramway service: 1, 6, 7
- Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
Location
editThe station is serving the National Palace of Culture and the south end of Vitosha Boulevard.
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ "Bulgaria: Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased". Novinite.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ "Jose Manuel Barroso: Sofia subway's new line is an example of what can be expected from Europe". Focus-fen.net. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Sofia". urbanrail.
External links
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Media related to NDK Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sofia Metropolitan (Official site)
- More info in Bulgarian
- SofiaMetro@UrbanRail
- Sofia Urban Mobility Center
- Sofia Metro station projects
- 360 degree panorama from outside the station (south end)
- Sofia Metropolitan
- Project Slide
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