Plac Wilsona metro station

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Line M1 Plac Wilsona
Warsaw 07-13 img37 Plac Wilsona metro.jpg
Coordinates52°16′9″N 20°59′3″E / 52.26917°N 20.98417°E / 52.26917; 20.98417Coordinates: 52°16′9″N 20°59′3″E / 52.26917°N 20.98417°E / 52.26917; 20.98417
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsDay routes 114, 116, 122, 157, 181, 185, 303, 321, 385, 518
Night routes N44, N46
BSicon TRAM.svg 6, 15
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station codeA-18
Fare zone1
History
Opened8 April 2005
Services
Preceding station   Warsaw Metro   Following station
towards Młociny
Line 1
towards Kabaty

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]

The station was opened on 20 December 2003 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]

Gallery[]

  • Entrance to the station

  • Entrance to the station

  • Main platform

  • Interior detail

See also[]

  • Plac Wilsona

References[]

  1. ^ "Plac Wilsona Metro Station selected as most beautiful in the world !". polishforums.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Warszawa". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Congratulations to the winners of the Metro Awards 2008!". The Metros. Terapinn. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  4. ^ "Andrzej Chołdzyński - architekt, właściciel, AMC Chołdzyński". www.propertydesign.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.

External links[]

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