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Bucharest Metro Line M1 (Dristor 2 – Pantelimon)

The oldest line of the Bucharest Metro, handed over on 16 November 1979 between Semănătoarea (now Petrache Poenaru) and Timpuri Noi. Five further sections opened by 1989 closed it into a loop around the city centre, and a single-track spur from Republica to Pantelimon followed in 1991. Metrorex records the line as 31.01 km with 22 stations. Since 4 July 2009 the 8.67 km between Eroilor and Nicolae Grigorescu have carried line M3 as well.

Total length
32 km
Open today
32 km
Sections
6
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Sections

Sections of Bucharest Metro Line M1 (Dristor 2 – Pantelimon): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Section I: Semănătoarea – Timpuri Noi

First section of the network: 8.63 km and 6 stations along the Dâmbovița, from the Semănătoarea works to Timpuri Noi, with the depot at Ciurel. Works on the metro began in 1975, the first train ran for passengers on 19 November 1979 and the formal inauguration followed on 19 December 1979

Opened9 km
  1. Sep 1975Construction start
  2. Nov 16, 1979Opened
Section II: Timpuri Noi – Republica

Eastern extension of 10.1 km and 6 stations to the Republica works, opened on 28 December 1981. Nicolae Grigorescu was named Leontin Sălăjan until 1990 and Costin Georgian was named Muncii until 1992

Opened10 km
  1. Dec 28, 1981Opened
Semănătoarea – Crângași

0.97 km and one station, the first piece of the northern arc that would close the loop. Planned in 1974 as a branch from Semănătoarea to Podul Grant, a station later replaced by Crângași

Opened1 km
  1. Dec 22, 1984Opened
Crângași – Gara de Nord 1

2.83 km and one station to the main railway station. Basarab was added as an infill station on 26 August 1992 and is the interchange with line M4, because Gara de Nord 1 and Gara de Nord 2 are separate stations outside the paid area

Opened3 km
  1. Dec 24, 1987Opened
Gara de Nord 1 – Dristor 2

7.8 km and 6 stations across the north and east of the centre, closing the loop at Dristor 2. Opened as line M3 and the last metro investment of the communist government; it was later renumbered into M1, and the Eroilor – Preciziei branch took the M3 number instead

Opened8 km
  1. Aug 17, 1989Opened
Republica – Pantelimon

1.43 km spur to the depot with a single station, named Antilopa until 1992. It is single track with one usable platform, so only about one train in three runs beyond Republica. Dated 7 July 1991 by the newspaper Tineretul Liber; Metrorex's own history gives May 1991 and its 2014 activity report January 1990

Opened1 km
  1. Jul 7, 1991Opened

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Metroul din București
  2. Wikipedia: Bucharest Metro Line M1
  3. UrbanRail.Net: Bucharest Metro
  4. OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)