The Bucharest metro RO
Platform of Brâncuși station during fit-out, before the M5 opening

Bucharest metro station

Constantin Brâncuși

M5Opened 15 September 2020

Photo: Ionuț Ciurea, Asociația Pro Infrastructura, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where the name comes from

A person

Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957), the Romanian-French sculptor.

The station is named after the sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. West of Drumul Taberei lies the Brâncuși district; whether the station is named after the district or directly after the sculptor is not known.

Names that never reached the platform

  • Brâncuși working name · 2010
  • Valea Argeșului working name · 2013-08-20 – 2013-08-20

Worth knowing

  • It is the penultimate station on the Râul Doamnei branch.
  • 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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