Grozăvești is a metro station in

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, on the Metro Line M1. It is located on the banks of the

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, next to

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and the Grozăvești student campuses, the CET Grozăvești thermal

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, the

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Orhideea shopping centre, and the impressive Basarab overpass. Grozăvești was inaugurated on 19 November 1979 as part of the first line of the

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, between Semănătoarea and

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, and is currently servicing the M1 metro line. The station was built employing a two-platform system, with the tracks in the center, and with exits at each end of the station, leading to a higher underground platform used as a vestibule. The station's theme colour is dark green, with walls covered in light and dark green mosaic pieces arranged at random as to not form any patterns.

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