Opalchenska Metro Station

Opalchenska Опълченска
General information
Location	1000 Sofia Center, Sofia
Coordinates	42°42′00″N 23°18′36″E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Operated by	Metropoliten JSC
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Bus routes	3
Connections
Tram	3, 8, 10, 20, 21, 22
Trolleybus	1, 3, 5, 7
Bus	60, 74, N1
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	2
Parking	no
Bicycle facilities	no
Accessible	an elevator to platforms
Architect	I. Stanishev Krasen Andreev
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	3011; 3012
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 September 1999 (1999-09-17)
Passengers
2020	405,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station Konstantin Velichkov towards Slivnitsa M1 line Serdika towards Business Park Sofia Konstantin Velichkov towards Obelya M4 line Serdika 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

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 Todor Alexandrov Boulevard between Opalchenska Street and Hristo Botev Boulevard. 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 Strandzha Street.

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.

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.

Interchange with other public transport

• Tramway service: 3, 8, 10, 20, 21, 22
• Trolleybus service: 1, 3, 5, 7
• Bus service: 60, 74

External links

Media related to Opalchenska Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• 360 degrees panorama from inside the station
• Sofia Metropolitan (Official site)
• Unofficial site
• 360 degree panorama from outside the station (west end)