NDK Metro Station

National Palace of Culture

Национален дворец на културата
General information
Location1463 Pette Kyosheta Sq., Sofia
Coordinates42°41′14.06″N 23°19′9.77″E / 42.6872389°N 23.3193806°E / 42.6872389; 23.3193806
Owned bySofia Municipality
Operated byMetropoliten JSC
Platformsisland
Tracks2
Connections
Tram
Tram
1, 6, 7
Metro
Metro
3 via NDK II Metro Station
Trolleybus
Trolleybus
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
Construction
Structure typesub-surface
Platform levels2
Parkingno
Bicycle facilitiesno
AccessibleYes
ArchitectElena and Farid Paktiawal
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code2981; 2982
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
Passengers
2020385,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station
European Union
towards Vitosha
 M2 line Serdika II
towards Obelya
Location
Map
M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Legend
Obelya
Lomsko shose
Up arrow cont. as 2
Mainline rail interchange
Pancho Vladigerov
(under construction)
Down arrow cont. as 4
1 Slivnitsa
Beli Dunav
Lyulin
Nadezhda
Zapaden Park
Han Kubrat
Vardar
Knyaginya Maria Luiza
Konstantin Velichkov
Central Railway Mainline rail interchange
Opalchenska
Lavov most
↖Serdika↘
↙Serdika II↗
3NDK II Metro StationNDK
SU St. Kliment OhridskiOrlov Most Metro Station3
European Union
Vasil Levski Stadium
James Bourchier
Joliot-Curie
Vitosha
G.M.Dimitrov
2 To Dragalevtsi
Musagenitsa
Mladost 1
1 To Business park
Mladost 3
Inter Expo Center –
Tsarigradsko shose
 Druzhba
Iskarsko shose Mainline rail interchange
Sofiyska Sveta gora
Sofia Airport Sofia Airport
Station names in italics
are not confirmed.
Detailed track map
Line end
-8'
 Vitosha Paradise Mall parking
 
↑Opened 2016↑
-6'
 James Bourchier Parking
-4'
 European Union CCS Mall parking
built 1981
opened 2012
Perlovska
-2'
 NDK NDK parking
built 1981
opened 2012
NDK II
3
 
Serdika Bulbank parking
1 and 4
0'
 Serdika II
Vladayska
2'
 Lavov most
3'
 Central Railway Station
Parking Sofia Central Station Central Bus Station Sofia
5'
 Knyaginya Maria Luiza
BDŽ National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
BDŽ National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
00'
Future extension
00'
M5 Ilyantsi branch
Lev Tolstoy
Svoboda
Iliyansko shose
Ilyantsi Parking
Ilyantsi branch end
7'
 Han Kubrat
Suhodolska
9'
 Nadezhda
11'
 Beli Dunav Parking
13'
 Lomsko shose
↑Opened 2012↑
 
15'
 Obelya Open-air parking Public buses in Sofia
Kakach
Pancho Vladigerov Mainline rail interchange
(under construction)
National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
 
↑Opened 2003↑
 Down arrow 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 Bulbank parking
Serdika II
2
 
↓Opened 2009↓
3'
Orlov Most
3
Perlovska
5'
 Vasil Levski Stadium Stadium parking
8'
 Joliot-Curie Interpred parking
WTC
Novachitsa
10'
 G.M.Dimitrov
12'
 Musagenitsa
Darvenishka
14'
 Mladost 1
00'
1 to Business Park
 
↓Opened 2015↓
 
16'
 Aleksandar Malinov
18'
Banishka
20'
 Business Park Sofia Parking
Mladost branch end
00'
 
↓Opened 2012↓
 
16'
 Mladost 3
18'
Parking
 
↓Opened 2015↓
20'
 Druzhba
23'
 Iskarsko shose Train station parking Mainline rail interchange
National Rail
to Ihtiman/Karlovo
25'
 Sofiyska Sveta gora
27'
 Sofia Airport Airport parking Sofia Airport
Terminal 2
Airport branch end

NDK Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Национален дворец на културата“ / Метростанция „НДК“, Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata, ‘National Palace of Culture’) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money. [1][2] On 26 August 2020, transfer to NDK II on M3 line was opened.[3]

Interchange with other public transport

North side:

South side:

Location

The station is serving the National Palace of Culture and the south end of Vitosha Boulevard.

References

  1. ^ "Bulgaria: Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased". Novinite.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. ^ "Jose Manuel Barroso: Sofia subway's new line is an example of what can be expected from Europe". Focus-fen.net. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Sofia". urbanrail.

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