NDK Metro Station

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]

National Palace of Culture Национален дворец на културата
General information
Location	1463 Pette Kyosheta Sq., Sofia
Coordinates	42°41′14.06″N 23°19′9.77″E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Operated by	Metropoliten JSC
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Connections
Tram	1, 6, 7
Metro	3 via NDK II Metro Station
Trolleybus	1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	2
Parking	no
Bicycle facilities	no
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Elena and Farid Paktiawal
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	2981; 2982
Website	Official website
History
Opened	31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
Passengers
2020	385,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station European Union towards Vitosha M2 line Serdika II towards Obelya
Location

v t e M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Legend
Obelya Lomsko shose cont. as 2 Pancho Vladigerov (under construction) cont. as 4 1 Slivnitsa Beli Dunav Lyulin Nadezhda Zapaden Park Han Kubrat Vardar Knyaginya Maria Luiza Konstantin Velichkov Central Railway Opalchenska Lavov most ↖Serdika↘ ↙Serdika II↗ 3NDK SU St. Kliment Ohridski3 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 Sofiyska Sveta gora Sofia Airport Station names in italics are not confirmed.
Detailed track map Line end -8' Vitosha   ↑Opened 2016↑ -6' James Bourchier -4' European Union built 1981 opened 2012 Perlovska -2' NDK built 1981 opened 2012 NDK II 3   Serdika 1 and 4 0' Serdika II Vladayska 2' Lavov most 3' Central Railway Station 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 Ilyantsi branch end 7' Han Kubrat Suhodolska 9' Nadezhda 11' Beli Dunav 13' Lomsko shose ↑Opened 2012↑   15' Obelya Kakach Pancho Vladigerov (under construction) National Rail to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya   ↑Opened 2003↑ 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 Serdika II 2   ↓Opened 2009↓ 3' Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Orlov Most 3 Perlovska 5' Vasil Levski Stadium 8' Joliot-Curie WTC Novachitsa 10' G.M.Dimitrov 12' Musagenitsa Darvenishka 14' Mladost 1 00' 1 to Business Park   ↓Opened 2015↓   16' Aleksandar Malinov 18' Akademik Aleksandar Teodorov - Balan Banishka 20' Business Park Sofia Mladost branch end 00'   ↓Opened 2012↓   16' Mladost 3 18' Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose   ↓Opened 2015↓ 20' Druzhba 23' Iskarsko shose National Rail to Ihtiman/Karlovo 25' Sofiyska Sveta gora 27' Sofia Airport Terminal 2 Airport branch end

Interchange with other public transport

North side:

• Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9

South side:

• Tramway service: 1, 6, 7
• Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9

Location

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

Gallery

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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.

External links

Media related to NDK Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Sofia Metropolitan (Official site)
• More info in Bulgarian
• SofiaMetro@UrbanRail
• Sofia Urban Mobility Center
• Sofia Metro station projects
• 360 degree panorama from outside the station (south end)
• Sofia Metropolitan
• Project Slide