SOFIA | Metro

[Homem]

Do you know when metro will arrive in the airport , 2012,2013...?

[JloKyM]

We all hope that the red line will be finished till 2014, including the section toward the airport(station #23 on the map) .

[bench_mark]

It is possible that the whole line to the airport opens in 2012 ot early 2013 whereas the construction of all the stations but 4 is in progress. The last section of 4 stations is the easiest one and half of it passes through unbuilt areas. Another section of 4 lines that passes through one of the densely build-up areas of the city (NAdezhda) would be completed for 2 years (2010-2012).

[ВОДА]

Hope you are right.

[Ivanski]

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Stages of Sofia metro development.


MD1

row1

brick:
stage I
Obelya- Lulyn - St.Nedelya sqr.
status: active
length : 10km
stations: 8
construction: (1979 primary works until early 1980s)mid1990s - 2003
cost: 170-200 mln €

brown:
stage II
St. Nedelya sqr - Yunak (national stadium)
status: active as of sept. 2009
length: 2.3km
stations: 2
construction: 2004-2010
cost: 78 mln €

sandy
stage III
Yunak - Mladost 1
status: active
length: 5.7km
stations: 4
construction: 2005-2009
cost: 60 mln €

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row 2

dark orange
Stage IV
Mladost - blvd.Tsarigradsko
status: U/C
length: 5km
stations: 4
construction: 2009-2011
cost: forecast 95 mln €

red
Stage V
blvd.Tsarigradsko - Sofia airport
status: planned
length: 2.2km
stations: 3
construction 2011-N/A
cost: N/A

beige
Stage VI
Mladost 1- Business park Sofia(Mladost 4)
status: planned
length: 4.1km
stations: 4
construction: N/A
cost: N/A

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row3

MD2

navy blue
Stage I
Junction Nadezhda-Central rail station -St.Nedelya sqr.-blvd.James Bourchier
status: U/C
length: 6.4km
stations: 7
construction: 2008-2012
cost: N/A

blue
Stage II
Obelya- Nadezhda-Junction Nadezhda
status: U/C
length: 4.2km
stations: 4
construction: 2009-2011
cost: N/A

light blue
Stage III
blvd.James Bourchier - blvd.Todor Kableshkov
status: planned
length: 2.5km
stations: 2
construction: 2010-N/A
cost: N/A

* the cost for the whole MD2 is considered about 247mln €

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MD3

gray
data: N/A

* MD3 is still in project phase with a possibility to be replaced by other LRT system.

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black
extension to Ilientsi
data: N/A


sources: Asya Koleva, capital.bg ; metropolitan.bg

[Ivanski]

There was some inaccuracy on the scheme description regarding Stage II and Stage III of MD1 , which i think are fixed now. Daily ridership data seems to be wrong ,too so i cut it.

[JloKyM]

The newest metro station near the University of Sofia

[Ivanski]

neat

Some random pics of MD1 from metropolitan.bg which is now finally updated and with better design. English version is still u/c though.

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[Ivanski]

Various stages of MD1 construction:

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[Ivanski]

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some really cool 360° panoramas from the new official site of the metro in order north to south:

Konstantin Velichkov station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/6.htm

Opalchenska station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/5.htm

Serdika station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/4.htm

Stadium Vasil Levski station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/3.htm

Musagenitsa station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/2.htm

Mladost 1 station:
http://metropolitan.bg/panoramas/1.htm

[zzibit]

MD1 open for business from Obelia to Mladost 1 stations

daily ridership expected to be 150-200k

expect pics soon

[hkskyline]

Sofia opens long-delay subway, 30 years after starting works
7 September 2009
Agence France Presse

Sofia on Monday opened the full stretch of its sole subway line, 30 years after groundbreaking construction work in 1979.

Separate shorter sections of the line, running south and west from the city centre to its most crowded neighbourhoods, had opened in 1998 and May this year.

The missing two-station 2.3-kilometre downtown link between the two sections was delayed but finally opened at 5:00 am (0300 GMT) Monday, authorities said.

It will allow 180,000 people to travel between Mladost and Lyulin in just 20 minutes, while ground transport between the two quarters still takes hours in heavy traffic.

Prime Minister and former Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov was scheduled to officially open the line Monday.

But the ceremony was postponed as the country observed a day of nationwide mourning for 15 Bulgarians who drowned over the weekend in a boat accident on neighbouring Macedonia's Lake Ohrid.

By 2012, Sofia authorities plan to build another line and have a total of 27 stations over 31 kilometres (19 miles), compared to the current 14 stations.

Sofia, which has an estimated population of over two million people, is the first Bulgarian city to have a subway.

Plans for the underground date back to 1967. They were approved by the government in 1977 and construction work started in 1979.

Financing problems, however, delayed the project which aims to relieve heavy traffic in the city centre where whole stretches of road are almost permanently jammed on weekdays.

[paF4uko]

Originally Posted by zzibit

MD1 open for business from Obelia to Mladost 1 stations

daily ridership expected to be 150-200k

expect pics soon

Line 2 is under construction to Obelja and not to Ilijanci as shown on the map. The red dotted line after Obelja shoud be a blue dashed one. Besides the southern end of line 2 is under construction to James Baucher, and not to Hladilnika.

[venom6]

Great update! Thx for the pictures!
Ive never been to Bulgaria, but if once i visit it i wont miss Sofia! Dont know when it will be, but i will check the metro construction for sure, or i will travel on it

[Ivanski]

Some photos by oko_sokolovo of Sofia University station surroundings and entrances

Originally Posted by oko sokolovo

[Qtya]

Good for Sofia! Great work! BEST WISHES FROM LUND!

[Ivanski]

10x Qtya

Blue trains interior:

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[garcia.calavera]

the university station looks great , keep it up

[Qtya]

What is the reason of the use of the "moving pavements"?

Originally Posted by Thunderer

[RS]

More comfort