Bucharest metro station
Basarab
Photo: Mihnea Lazăr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Where the name comes from
A place or district
Basarab railway station, the Gara de Nord annex next to the station.
The metro station stands beside Basarab railway station, served by local trains and linked to the metro by a tunnel. Historia says Basarab 2 takes its name from the railway station it serves. The station was built to connect M1 and M4.
Worth knowing
- It has four tracks on one level: two central ones for M1 and two outer ones for M4.
- Its lights can be seen from the Gara de Nord 2 platforms.
- Metrorex director Costin Georgian died the day before it opened.
On the line
Where it sits in the network
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Sources
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