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Sofia Airport metro station

Coordinates: 42°41′16″N 23°24′58″E / 42.68778°N 23.41611°E / 42.68778; 23.41611
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Sofia Airport

Летище София
The two platforms of the metro station
General information
Location1528 Sofia Airport, Sofia
Coordinates42°41′16″N 23°24′58″E / 42.68778°N 23.41611°E / 42.68778; 23.41611
Elevation531 m
Owned bySofia Municipality
Operated byMetropoliten JSC
Platformsisland
Tracks2
Bus routes2
Connections
Bus
Bus
84, 184
Airport
Airport
Sofia Airport (Terminal 2)
Construction
Structure typeoverground
Depth16 m
Platform levels1
Parkingyes
Bicycle facilitiesno
Architect
  • Radomir Serafimov
  • Irene Derlipanska
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code3037; 3038
IATA codeSOF
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station
Sofiyska Sveta gora
towards Obelya
M4 line Terminus
Location
Map
M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
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
-2'
NDK NDK parking
built 1981
opened 2012
NDK II
3
 
Serdika Bulbank parking
1 and 4
0'
Serdika II
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↓
-2'
Opalchenska
 
↓Opened 2000↓
0'
Serdika Bulbank parking
Serdika II
2
 
↓Opened 2009↓
3'
Orlov Most
3
5'
Vasil Levski Stadium Stadium parking
8'
Joliot-Curie Interpred parking
WTC
Novachitsa
10'
G.M.Dimitrov
12'
Musagenitsa
Darvenishka
14'
Mladost 1
00'
 
↓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

Sofia Airport Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Летище София“) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It started operation on April 2, 2015.[1]

Public Transportation

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Location and architectural design

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Sofia Airport Metro Station is the final station of Line M4 of the Sofia Metro and serves the airport directly, being located in close proximity to Terminal 2. The station is located on a reinforced concrete bridge structure. By positioning it at ground level next to the passenger terminal, direct pedestrian access to it is provided at the nearest possible point to the check-in hall.

The station itself rises 16 meters from the ground. The lifting was carried out with the help of massive reinforced concrete foundations by round piles with a diameter of 1200 mm and a length of 16 m, united in groups with reinforced concrete beams. A total of 96 reinforced concrete piles have been made under the 6 foundations. The upper load-bearing structure consists of longitudinal and transverse beams with a connecting plate, on which the load-bearing steel vault structure of the coating is mounted.

The station is 5-8 meters high and 143 meters long. It is formed by a vestibule in its northern part and a centrally located island platform, 123 meters long. The airport is a high-tech site where everything happens in the air, and this is embedded in the design concept of the station - air, light, space, speed and dynamics. The steel cladding of the station is open and harmoniously combined with the side windows, from which light streams all day long. Flowers in huge pots create the feeling of life and continuous rebirth of nature. Above each green corner on the ceiling there is an artificial sky.

The attraction of the station is the impressive figure of the ancient Thracian singer Orpheus, an iconic figure for the Bulgarian lands. The bronze figure of the famous Thracian, who lived in ancient times in the Bulgarian lands, rises 3.5 meters in the center of the entrance hall and weighs an impressive 1000 kilograms. It is the work of the prominent sculptor Krum Damyanov and in a short time it became a favorite place for photos of all guests of the capital.

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References

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  1. ^ "Subway Trains to Sofia Airport Start Running at 1 pm on April 2". novinite.com. 2 April 2015.
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