Pantelimon

Where the name comes from

A place or district

The Pantelimon district and road, named after the neighbouring town of Pantelimon, itself named after Saint Panteleimon.

The district is named after its main road, which takes its name from the town of Pantelimon, named after the patron saint of a former monastery there. The station is the eastern end of M1, next to the Pantelimon depot. Informally, it was first called Antilopa, after the nearby shoe factory.

Earlier names

• Antilopa informal name

Antilopa was the nearby shoe factory.

Worth knowing

• The station has a single track; only some M1 trains run this far, the rest turn back at Republica.
• The Pantelimon depot lies about 200 m from the station.
• Metrorex gives the Republica–Pantelimon section as 0.68 km; other accounts give 1.4 km.