Serdika Metro Station

Serdica Сердика
General information
Location	1000 Sofia Center, Sofia
Coordinates	42°41′52″N 23°19′17″E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Operated by	Metropoliten JSC
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Bus routes	4
Connections
Tram	1, 5, 8, 12, 18, 27
Metro	2 via Serdika II Metro Station
Bus	N1, N2, N3, N4
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	2
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	no
Accessible	an elevator to platforms
Architect	Krasen Andreev
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	3013; 3014
Website	Official website
History
Opened	31 October 2000 (2000-10-31)
Passengers
2020	814,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station Opalchenska towards Slivnitsa M1 line SU St. Kliment Ohridski towards Business Park Sofia Opalchenska towards Obelya M4 line SU St. Kliment Ohridski towards Sofia Airport
Location

M1 line
All stations are wheelchair accessible
4 To Obelya Obelya Depot Slivnitsa Lyulin Zapaden Park Suhodolska River Vardar Konstantin Velichkov Vladayska River Opalchenska Serdika2 SU St. Kliment Ohridski3 Perlovska River Vasil Levski Stadium Joliot-Curie Novachitsa River G.M.Dimitrov Musagenitsa Darvenishka River Mladost 1 4 To Sofia Airport Aleksandar Malinov Akademik Aleksandar Teodorov - Balan Banishka River Business Park Sofia Mladost 6 Simeonovo Station names in italics are not confirmed.
Detailed track map 1 – 4 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 2   ↓Opened 2009↓ 15' Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Orlov Most 3 Perlovska 17' Vasil Levski Stadium 21' Joliot-Curie WTC Novachitsa 23' G.M.Dimitrov 24' Musagenitsa Darvenishka 26' Mladost 1 00' 4 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

Serdika Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Сердика“) is an M1 and M4 lines station of Sofia Metro. It was put into operation on 31 October 2000. With the opening of Serdika II on 31 August 2012 the station became an interchange between the Red and Blue lines. However it is not a true interchange (such as platforms 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Canning Town station in London), but an interconnected station, in a similar manner to the Washington Metro’s Farragut West and Farragut North stations.

The station is named after the ancient city of Serdica, as it lies in the very centre of the hitherto unearthed ruins of that city. These are located about six meters (20 feet) below ground and, along with the opening of Serdika II station, a large section of the old city has been exposed and is in full view both around and inside the two stations.

Serdica is one of only three metro stations in the world where the same line passes through the station twice in a pretzel configuration, the others being the Monument Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and Voorweg RandstadRail station on the Randstadrail of The Hague, Netherlands.

Interchange with other public transport

• Bus service: N1, N2, N3, N4
• Tramway service: 1, 5, 8, 12, 18, 27

Gallery

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External links

Media related to Serdika Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• 360 degrees panorama from inside the station
• Sofia Metropolitan
• Unofficial site