Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station

Centrum Nauki Kopernik is a station on the central part of Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro.

Centrum Nauki Kopernik
General information
Coordinates	52°14′24″N 21°1′54″E
Owned by	ZTM Warszawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	100, 118, 127, 162, 185, 302 N14, N64
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	C-13
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	8 March 2015; 9 years ago (8 March 2015)
Previous names	Powiśle (During planning phase)
Services
Preceding station Warsaw Metro Following station Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet towards Bemowo M2 line Stadion Narodowy towards Bródno
Location Centrum Nauki Kopernik Location within Warsaw Show map of Warsaw Centrum Nauki Kopernik Centrum Nauki Kopernik (Masovian Voivodeship) Show map of Masovian Voivodeship

The station fully opened for passenger use on 8 March 2015 as part of the inaugural stretch of Line M2 between Rondo Daszyńskiego and Dworzec Wileński.^[1][2] It was designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński and constructed by Metroprojekt.^[3] Murals were created by Wojciech Fangor, artist of the Polish School of Posters.

The station is near the Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie street, very close to the bank of the Vistula river and the Copernicus Science Centre (Polish: Centrum Nauki Kopernik) which it is named after,^[4] as well as the Elektrownia Powiśle [pl] former power station-turned shopping mall.

Gallery

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  The longest in Poland 40 meters escalator to the platform
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  Entrance to the station
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  Entrance to the station
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  Main platform
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  Interior detail, murals designed by Wojciech Fangor^[5]
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  Side detail of platform

References

1. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Warszawa". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. "Wyborcza.pl".
3. "Andrzej Chołdzyński - architekt, właściciel, AMC Chołdzyński". www.propertydesign.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.
4. "Station Master Plan". Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
5. Poreda, Luiza (2014-03-07). "Prace Wojciecha Fangora ozdobią stacje metra". wawalove.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.

External links

• Media related to Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station at Wikimedia Commons
• ZTM Municipal Transport Authority website - Warsaw Metro page