Piața Romană metro station

Piața Romană

Metro station in 2018

General information

Location

Roman Square
Sector 1, Bucharest
Romania

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Underground

History

Opened

28 November 1988

Services

Preceding station	Bucharest Metro			Following station
Universitate towards Tudor Arghezi		Line M2		Piața Victoriei towards Pipera

Piața Romană (Romanian for "Roman Square") is a metro station in central Bucharest, located in the square with the same name, on the main north–south axis of the city centre.

According to Sorin Călinescu, one the three planners of the station, when shown the plans for the Line M2 in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu reportedly demanded the station's removal. According to some of the people who worked on the station, Ceaușescu was supposedly concerned that workers and students were starting to gain weight and needed more exercise. The engineers realized the station would be necessary, and Sorin Călinescu claimed they have built it in secret.^[1] Because of this, the platforms are somewhat asymmetrical, very narrow (less than 1.5 m wide) and the waiting area is in a corridor separated by thick walls from the platforms in order to sustain the station's structure.

While subways ran past without stopping for about a year, thousands of residents reportedly wrote to petition for a station,^[1] which was opened on 28 November 1988.^[2]^[3] It was added to the previously opened extension from Piața Unirii to Pipera.^[3]

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References

^ ^a ^b (in Romanian) Cătălina Slujitoru, Maria Apostol, “Staţia Piaţa Romană, construită în secret de frica Elenei Ceauşescu”, Historia, June 7, 2020
^ "Istoric Metroul bucureștean" [History of Bucharest Metro]. metroubucuresti.webs.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
^ ^a ^b Schwandl, Robert. "București". urbanrail.

v t e Bucharest Metro
Line M1	Dristor 2 Piața Muncii Piața Iancului Obor Ștefan cel Mare Piața Victoriei Gara de Nord Basarab Crângași Petrache Poenaru Grozăvești Eroilor Izvor Piața Unirii Timpuri Noi Mihai Bravu Dristor 1 Nicolae Grigorescu Titan Costin Georgian Republica Pantelimon
Line M2	Pipera Aurel Vlaicu Aviatorilor Piața Victoriei Piața Romană Universitate Piața Unirii Tineretului Eroii Revoluției Constantin Brâncoveanu Piața Sudului Apărătorii Patriei Dimitrie Leonida Berceni Tudor Arghezi
Line M3	Preciziei Păcii Gorjului Lujerului Politehnica Eroilor Izvor Piața Unirii Timpuri Noi Mihai Bravu Dristor 1 Nicolae Grigorescu 1 Decembrie 1918 Nicolae Teclu Anghel Saligny
Line M4	Străulești Laminorului Parc Bazilescu Jiului 1 Mai Grivița Basarab Gara de Nord
Line M5	Râul Doamnei Constantin Brâncuși Valea Ialomiței Romancierilor Parc Drumul Taberei Tudor Vladimirescu Favorit Orizont Academia Militară Eroilor
Planned lines Line M5 extension towards Pantelimon Line M6 Stations and lines in italics are planned or under construction.

Transport in Bucharest

Operators

Metro	Metrorex
Bus	STB Serviciul Transport Voluntari (STV)
Tram and Trolleybus	STB

Mass transit

Metro	M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 (planned) <span style="color:white"><b> M7 </b></span> (planned) List of Bucharest metro stations
Bus	List of bus routes in Bucharest Night Buses
Tram	List of tram routes in Bucharest Bucharest Light rail
Trolleybus	List of trolleybus routes in Bucharest

Rail

Stations	Bucharest North Basarab Băneasa Bucharest South/Cățelu Titan Sud Bucharest Carpați Bucharest East/Obor Bucharest Triaj Bucharest West Bucureștii Noi Pajura Pantelimon South Progresul
Operators	Astra Trans Carpatic CFR Călători Regio Călători Softrans Transferoviar Călători

Roads

Motorways	A0 (under construction) A1 A2 A3
Expressways	DEx2 (planned)
National roads	DN1 DN1A DN2 DN3 DN4 DN5 DN5A DN6 DN7 DN71
Ring roads	Centura București (DNCB) Autostrada Centura București (A0) (planned)
County roads	DJ200 DJ200A DJ200B DJ300 DJ301 DJ301A DJ301B DJ401 DJ401D DJ503 DJ601 DJ601A DJ602
Local roads	DC13 DC18 DC21 DC22 DC24 DC27 DC55 DC77A DC101 DC121 DC122
European routes	E60 E70 E81 E85

Air

Airports	Henri Coandă International Airport Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (private jets and some charters) Clinceni Airfield (leisure and air-school)