Sofia Metro
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| Basic data | |
| Country |
 Bulgaria
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|---|---|
| city | Sofia |
| opening | January 28, 1998 |
| Lines | 3 |
| Route length | 48 km |
| Stations | 42 |
| Tunnel stations | 37 |
| Long-distance train stations | 2 |
| use | |
| Shortest cycle | 3 |
| Passengers | 450,000 per day (2013) |
| vehicles | 72 |
| operator | Metropolitan EAD |
| Gauge | 1435 mm |
| Power system | 825 V DC track and 1500 V overhead line b |
The Metro Sofia ( Bulgarian Метрополитен София / transcription: Metropoliten Sofija , colloquially: Софийско метро / Sofijsko metro ) was opened on January 28, 1998. The three lines with a total of 42 stations are 48 kilometers long. It is used by 450,000 passengers every day.
history
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As there was an increasing volume of traffic in Sofia , the government approved the plan to build a subway network with three lines. As was customary in cities under socialist rule at the time, a secant network - such as in Prague or Minsk - should be built. The future system should be about 52 km long and have about 47 stations. Line 1 should be 19 km long and have 17 stations.
line 1
In 1978 the construction work began between Slivnitsa (Сливница) and Konstantin Welitschkow (Константин Величков). However, the construction lasted 20 years, and the route called Line 1 with only 5 stations was only opened on January 28, 1998. In addition to a lack of money, among other things, archaeologically significant finds in the excavation pits were responsible for these delays, which led to the subway construction being suspended in the meantime. As early as 1999, the route towards the city center was extended to include the Opaltschenska station (Опълченска). Later, the line was opened in 2000 to Serdika (Сердика) in the city center and in 2003 to Obelja (Обеля) on the northwestern outskirts. According to a study by the VCÖ, around 70,000 passengers used the Sofia Metro in 2007, although at that time only a section of the current Line 1 existed with only eight stations.
On May 8, 2009, the largest extension to date was completed with five new stations between the Vasil Levski Stadium (Стадион Васил Левски) in the center and Mladost 1 (Младост 1) in the southeast. Both sections had to be operated autonomously until the middle section connecting them went into operation on September 8, 2009. The station SU St. Kliment Ohridski (СУ "Св. Климент Охридски"), named after the University of Sofia , is located on this middle route with a length of 2.3 km . On April 25, 2012, two more stations were added to the south-east on the route towards Sofia Airport .
The line is currently 27.8 km long and has 23 stations (Obelja (Обеля) ↔ Sofia Airport (Летище София)) and a branch to Business Park Sofia (Бизнес Парк София). The journey takes 43 minutes. The stations are 120 m long in the first part (Obelja (Обеля) ↔ Serdika (Сердика)) and 102 m in the second (SU St. Kliment Ohridski (СУ "Св. Климент Охридски") ↔ Sofia Airport (Летище София)). The average station distance is 1.1 km and standard gauge is used . The maximum speed is 90 km / h. The above-ground sections of the route, which run under a translucent plastic roof, are particularly striking. Above-ground sections run between the underground stations Joliot Curie and GM Dimitrov and between GM Dimitrov and the above-ground Musagenitza station and from there to the underground station Mladost 1 . In addition, the western and eastern end of the route and the Obelja , Sofijska Sweta Gora and Sofia Airport stations are above ground.
Line 2
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On August 31, 2012, the 2nd line was opened from the existing Obelja station (Обеля) via the Serdika transfer station (Сердика) to the James Bourchier station (Джеймс Баучер, "Dschejms Bautscher") in the Losenez district. The line currently has eleven stations and is 11.5 kilometers long. In 2007/2008 the city administration of Sofia announced the first section of the construction project - 6.4 kilometers between Nadezhda (Надежда) and Cherni Wrach Boulevard (булевард Черни Връх). This section was built with a tunnel boring machine. In order not to endanger the remains of the ancient Serdika , the tunnels are located in the central part of the route at a depth of 24 meters. At the beginning of 2009 the construction of the stations Sofia Central Station - Zentralna Gara Sofia (Централна Гара София) and Hotel Hemus (хотел Хемус) began. Almost all stations have side platforms with a length of 104 meters; only the stations NDK and European Union are equipped with central platforms, as the shell structures were completed in the late 1980s. The line was extended by one station to the south in July 2016.
Line 3
The third line is to run from Vraschdebna (Враждебна) through the city center to Gorna Banja (Горна баня). The first line with a length of 7.2 km and eight stations was opened on August 26, 2020. In contrast to the first two lines, the trains are supplied with electricity by an overhead line and there are platform screen doors at all stations .
vehicles
In 1990, twelve four-part trains of type 81-717 / 714 of Soviet origin (manufacturer: Metrowagonmasch-Werke ) were procured for the Sofia Metro , which were stored until the opening in 1998. For the expansions in 2009 and 2012 as well as the expansion to Sofia Airport - which opened in 2015 - more modern train sets of the type 81-740.1 / 81-741.1 and 81-740.2Б / 81-741.2Б were again purchased from Metrowagonmasch . A total of nine three-part trains of the type 81-740.1 / 81-741.1 and 31 of the type 81-740.2Б / 81-741.2Б are currently in use. The latter are also equipped with air conditioning in the passenger compartment.
For use on Line 3, a consortium of Siemens Austria and Newag ordered twenty three-part Siemens Inspiro metro trains in 2015 , which are to be delivered by 2019. The length of the trains is 60 meters and the width is 2.65 m. The trains will each have 4 double doors with a width of 1.4 meters per car. There is also an option for ten additional sets. In March 2019 this option was drawn and Metro Sofia ordered the trains.
Expansion and planning
After the business park Sofia terminus in the Mladost 4 district , two more stations are planned on line 1. The branch to Sofia Airport, however, is considered completed. A branch to the east with two stations is in preparation.
The second line is to have a branch to Ilijanzi in the north , and four more stations to the south to Studentski Grad . The final route will then be 20 km and 19 stations.
A junction is also being planned on line 3, which should include 7 stations and lead to the Slatina district .
gallery
line 1
Obelja
Slivnitsa
Lyulin
Zapaden Park
Wardar
Konstantin Velichkov
Opaltschenska
Serdika
Serdika
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
Vasil Levski Stadium
GM Dimitrov
Musageniza
Musageniza
Musageniza
Mladost 1
Mladost 1
Mladost 1
Mladost 3
Mladost 3
Zarigradsko Road
Zarigradsko Road
Druzhba
Iskarsko Chaussee
Sofijska Sweta Gora
Sofia airport
Line 2
Lomsko Road
Lomsko Road
Beli Dunaw
Beli Dunaw
Nadezhda
Nadezhda
Han Kubrat
Han Kubrat
Knjaginja Maria Luisa
Knjaginja Maria Luisa
Knjaginja Maria Luisa
Zentralna gara ( Sofia Central Station )
Zentralna gara (Sofia Central Station)
Lawow Most (Lion Bridge)
Serdika II
Serdika II
NDK ( National Palace of Culture )
NDK (National Palace of Culture)
European Union
European Union
James Bourchier
James Bourchier
Vitosha
Web links
- Official website of the operator (Bulgarian and English)
- Metro Sofia at urbanrail.net (English)
- Metro Sofia at public-transport.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://offnews.bg/index.php/255919/internet-v-metroto
- ↑ http://gradat.bg/news/2015/12/21/2673896_stroitelstvoto_na_treti_metrodiametur_zapochva_sled/
- ↑ http://gradat.bg/news/2015/12/21/2673896_stroitelstvoto_na_treti_metrodiametur_zapochva_sled/
- ↑ http://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/bulgaria/2015/01/19/2456572_metropoliten_kupuva_20_novi_vlaka_za_tretiia_luch_na/
- ^ Metro Sofia - 20 three-part metro trains. In: Siemens. Retrieved March 7, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/sofia-orders-additional-inspiro-metro-trains/