Plac Wilsona (English: Wilson Square) is a station on Line M1 of the Warsaw Metro. It is located below Wilson Square in the Żoliborz district in northern Warsaw.[1]
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| Coordinates | 52°16′9″N 20°59′3″E / 52.26917°N 20.98417°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  114, 116, 122, 157, 181, 185, 303, 518 N44, N46  6, 15, 36 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | A-18 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 April 2005 | ||||||||||
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The station was opened on 8 April 2005 as the northern terminus of the extension from Dworzec Gdański. On 29 December 2006 the line was extended further north to Marymont as shuttle service, and on 20 March 2008 as normal service.[2]
On 7 April 2008 during the Metrorail convention it won a Metro award for the best recently constructed station.[3] It was designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński.[4]
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Interior detail
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See also
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edit- ^ "Plac Wilsona Metro Station selected as most beautiful in the world !". polishforums.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Warszawa". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Congratulations to the winners of the Metro Awards 2008!". The Metros. Terapinn. 2008. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Andrzej Chołdzyński – architekt, właściciel, AMC Chołdzyński". www.propertydesign.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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