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Platform of Favorit station

Bucharest metro station

Favorit

M5Opened 15 September 2020

Photo: Andrei Bucur, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where the name comes from

A place or district

The former Favorit shopping complex, one of the planned centres of the Drumul Taberei district.

Drumul Taberei was planned with shopping "complexes" that served as the cores of neighbourhood life: Orizont, Favorit, Drumul Taberei 34. Why the planners chose the word "Favorit" is not known.

How the name travelled

  1. FavoritBucharest metro station
  2. the former Favorit shopping complex in Drumul Tabereiprobable
  3. why "Favorit"unknown

Worth knowing

  • The Favorit complex appears in a 1962 photograph and the cinema in one from 1965.
  • The new Favorit cultural centre is designed by architect Radu Teacă.
  • A former staffer quoted by HotNews, relaying designers' accounts, says Ceaușescu did not want a metro in Drumul Taberei because the district was not his creation.

On the line

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Valea IalomițeiRâul DoamneiConstantin BrâncușiRomancierilorParc Drumul TabereiTudor VladimirescuFavoritOrizontAcademia MilitarăEroilorRâul DoamneiEroilorValea Ialomiței

Where it sits in the network

Where it sits in the network: FavoritPantelimonRepublicaCostin GeorgianTitanNicolae GrigorescuDristorMihai BravuTimpuri NoiPiața UniriiIzvorEroilorGrozăveștiPetrache PoenaruCrângașiBasarabGara de NordPiața VictorieiȘtefan cel MareOborPiața IanculuiPiața MunciiTudor ArgheziBerceniDimitrie LeonidaApărătorii PatrieiPiața SuduluiConstantin BrâncoveanuEroii RevoluțieiTineretuluiUniversitatePiața RomanăAviatorilorAurel VlaicuPiperaPrecizieiPăciiGorjuluiLujeruluiPolitehnica1 Decembrie 1918Nicolae TecluAnghel SalignyGrivița1 MaiJiuluiParc BazilescuLaminoruluiStrăuleștiAcademia MilitarăOrizontTudor VladimirescuParc Drumul TabereiRomancierilorValea IalomițeiConstantin BrâncușiRâul Doamnei

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