Piața Romană
Metro station in 2018
General information
LocationRoman Square
Sector 1, Bucharest
Romania
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened28 November 1988
Services
Preceding station Bucharest Metro Following station
Universitate
towards Tudor Arghezi
 Line M2 Piața Victoriei
towards Pipera

Piața Romană (Romanian for "Roman Square") is a metro station in central Bucharest, located in the square with the same name, on the main north–south axis of the city centre.

According to Sorin Călinescu, one the three planners of the station, when shown the plans for the Line M2 in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu reportedly demanded the station's removal. According to some of the people who worked on the station, Ceaușescu was supposedly concerned that workers and students were starting to gain weight and needed more exercise. The engineers realized the station would be necessary, and Sorin Călinescu claimed they have built it in secret.[1] Because of this, the platforms are somewhat asymmetrical, very narrow (less than 1.5 m wide) and the waiting area is in a corridor separated by thick walls from the platforms in order to sustain the station's structure.

While subways ran past without stopping for about a year, thousands of residents reportedly wrote to petition for a station,[1] which was opened on 28 November 1988.[2][3] It was added to the previously opened extension from Piața Unirii to Pipera.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Romanian) Cătălina Slujitoru, Maria Apostol, “Staţia Piaţa Romană, construită în secret de frica Elenei Ceauşescu”, Historia, June 7, 2020
  2. ↑ "Istoric Metroul bucureștean" [History of Bucharest Metro]. metroubucuresti.webs.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  3. 1 2 Schwandl, Robert. "București". urbanrail.

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