Opalchenska Metro Station

Opalchenska
Opalchenska
Coordinates	42°42′00″N 23°18′36″E / 42.70000°N 23.31000°ECoordinates: 42°42′00″N 23°18′36″E / 42.70000°N 23.31000°E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	2
Other information
Station code	3011; 3012
History
Opened	17 September 1999
Services

M1 line

All stations are wheelchair accessible

Legend

M4

Obelya Depot

Suhodolska River

Vladayska River

M2

Serdika

M2

SU St. Kliment Ohridski

Perlovska River

Vasil Levski Stadium

Joliot-Curie

Novachitsa River

Darvenishka River

M4

Banishka River

Banishka River

Station names in italics
are not confirmed.

Detailed track map

M1 – M4

(proposed)

National Rail

to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya

↑Opened 2003↑

to Depot

↓Opened 1998↓

0'

Slivnitsa

2'

Lyulin

4'

Zapaden Park

Suhodolska

National Rail

to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil

7'

Vardar

9'

Konstantin Velichkov

↓Opened 1999↓

Vladayska

11'

Opalchenska

↓Opened 2000↓

13'

Serdika

Serdika II

M2 to Obelya/Vitosha

↓Opened 2009↓

15'

Sofia University
St. Kliment Ohridski

Perlovska

17'

Vasil Levski Stadium

21'

Joliot-Curie

WTC

Novachitsa

23'

G.M.Dimitrov

24'

Musagenitsa

Darvenishka

26'

Mladost 1

00'

M4 to Sofia Airport

00'

↓Opened 2012↓

29'

Mladost 3

31'

Inter Expo Center –
Tsarigradsko shose

↓Opened 2015↓

33'

Druzhba

36'

Iskarsko shose

National Rail

to Ihtiman/Karlovo

38'

Sofiyska Sveta gora

40'

Sofia Airport

Terminal 2

Airport branch end

00'

↓Opened 2015↓

28'

Aleksandar Malinov

30'

Akademik Aleksandar
Teodorov - Balan

Banishka

32'

Business Park Sofia

Mladost branch end

M2 and M4 lines

All stations are wheelchair accessible

Legend

Moderno predgradie

(proposed)

Obelya

Lomsko shose

cont. as M2

cont. as M4

Knyaginya Maria Luiza

Konstantin Velichkov

Central Railway

Opalchenska

Lavov most

↖Serdika↘

↙Serdika II↗

NDK

SU St. Kliment Ohridski

M1

Detailed track map

line end

-8'

Vitosha

↑Opened 2016↑

-6'

James Bourchier

-4'

European Union

built 1981

opened 2012

Perlovska

-2'

NDK

built 1981

opened 2012

Serdika

M1 to Slivnitsa/Business Park Sofia

0'

Serdika II

Vladayska

2'

Lavov most

3'

Central Railway Station

5'

Knyaginya Maria Luiza

BDŽ National Rail

to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil

BDŽ National Rail

to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya

00'

Future extension

00'

Ilyantsi branch

Ilyanysi branch end

7'

Han Kubrat

Suhodolska

9'

Nadezhda

11'

Beli Dunav

13'

Lomsko shose

↑Opened 2012↑

15'

Obelya

Kakach

(proposed)

National Rail

to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya

↑Opened 2003↑

RED line

to Depot

↓Opened 1998↓

-13'

Slivnitsa

-11'

Lyulin

-8'

Zapaden Park

Suhodolska

National Rail

to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil

-6'

Vardar

-4'

Konstantin Velichkov

↓Opened 1999↓

Vladayska

-2'

Opalchenska

↓Opened 2000↓

0'

Serdika

Serdika II

M2 to Obelya/Vitosha

↓Opened 2009↓

3'

Sofia University
St. Kliment Ohridski

Perlovska

5'

Vasil Levski Stadium

8'

Joliot-Curie

WTC

Novachitsa

10'

G.M.Dimitrov

12'

Musagenitsa

Darvenishka

14'

Mladost 1

00'

M1 to Business Park

00'

↓Opened 2015↓

16'

Aleksandar Malinov

18'

Akademik Aleksandar
Teodorov - Balan

Banishka

20'

Business Park Sofia

Mladost branch end

00'

↓Opened 2012↓

16'

Mladost 3

18'

Inter Expo Center –
Tsarigradsko shose

↓Opened 2015↓

20'

Druzhba

23'

Iskarsko shose

National Rail

to Ihtiman/Karlovo

25'

Sofiyska Sveta gora

27'

Sofia Airport

Terminal 2

Airport branch end

Opalchenska Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Опълченска“) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 17 September 1999.

Location[]

The metro station lies under between and . The west vestibule has 4 entries on the intersection of Todor Alexandrov Boulevard and Opalchenska Street and the east vestibule has 2 entries on the intersection of Todor Alexandrov Boulevard and .

Architecture[]

The platform and the concourses have a modern design. The platform is a non-column type. The floors are lined with ceramic panels in brown-beige and green color corresponding to the outlook of the ceiling. The ceiling at the platform is made of vertical aluminum frames, forming figures with color stripes at the edges, placed above the lamps along the axis of the station. Groups of stainless steel benches are placed around the lamps. Sloping metal panels framed with blue and green stripes are put on the walls of the platform. The main lighting fixture is installed into inclined milk-white panels, placed at both ends of the platform. In the concourses it is installed into the suspended ceilings. The concourses are lined with granite and aluminum plates, while the underpasses are implemented with mineral masonry, forming geometric shapes. The suspended ceilings are white, made of 30 cm components of Hunter Douglas type, longitudinally arranged with colored stripes. The entrances are lined with beige marble and poly-carbonate arch-shaped coverings.^[1]

The architectural layout is created by architects I. Stanishev and Kr. Andreev. A draft, created by the same authors and put up to competitive procedure is serving as a base of the final design.

Automatic Platform Screen Door (APSD)[]

In September 2020, Automatic Platform screen doors started to operate at Opalchenska Metro station after a month such barriers were launched at the Vasil Levski Stadium Metro Station of the Sofia Metro. By 2022, this RSD (Rope-type Screen Door) system will be implemented at the busiest 12 stations of the Line 1 and Line 2 of the Sofia Metro. ^[2]

APSD Gallery[]

Interchange with other public transport[]

Tramway service: 3, 8, 10, 20, 22
Trolleybus service: 1, 3, 5,7
Bus service: 60, 74

References[]

External links[]

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[1] "Opalchenska - Metropolitan Sofia".

[2] "От "Левски-Г" до центъра ще се стига за 12 минути".

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