Apărătorii Patriei metro station

Apărătorii Patriei
Apărătorii Patriei in the 1980s
General information
Location	Sector 4, Bucharest Romania
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	24 January 1986
Services
Preceding station Bucharest Metro Following station Dimitrie Leonida towards Tudor Arghezi Line M2 Piaţa Sudului towards Pipera

Apărătorii Patriei (Defenders of the Fatherland in English) is a metro station in Bucharest, designed to serve the Olteniței housing estate.

The station was opened on 24 January 1986 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Piața Unirii to Depoul IMGB. In January 2012, construction workers who were doing foundation work at the nearby Apărătorii Patriei market accidentally discovered one of the original exits, which was part of the original plans of the station. Due to design issues with it, it was covered, and a set of new exits was built.