''Piața Romană'' (
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
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Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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Square") is a metro station in central
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, 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.
[ Cătălina Slujitoru, Maria Apostol]
“Staţia Piaţa Romană, construită în secret de frica Elenei Ceauşescu”
''Historia'', June 7, 2020 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,
which was opened on 28 November 1988.
It was added to the previously opened extension from
Piața Unirii
Piața Unirii (; ''Unification Square'' or ''Union Square'' in English) is one of the largest squares in central Bucharest, Romania, located in the center of the city where Sectors 1, 2, 3, and 4 meet. Part of the Civic Centre, it is bisected by U ...
to
Pipera.
References
Romana
Railway stations opened in 1988
1988 establishments in Romania
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