The Bucharest metro Română
Platform of Academia Militară station

Bucharest metro station

Academia Militară

M5Opened 15 September 2020

Photo: Strainu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where the name comes from

An institution

The Carol I National Defence University, popularly known as the Military Academy.

The station takes its name from the nearby Carol I National Defence University, also known as the Military Academy.

Worth knowing

  • The two M5 tunnel-boring machines started from here.
  • On 12 December 2015, during work between Academia Militară and Eroilor, part of Eroilor Boulevard collapsed; some residents were evacuated.
  • The M5 tunnels were bored by two TBMs named Varvara and Filofteia, at an average depth of 16 m.

On the line

Where it sits in the network

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Sources

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