James Bourchier Metro Station

James Bourchier Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция "Джеймс Баучер") is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria, named after James David Bourchier. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money.[1][2] The initial project name of the Metro Station was Lozenets named after the neighbourhood Lozenets.

James Bourchier
Coordinates42°40′12.50″N 23°19′12.50″E
Owned bySofia Municipality
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typesub-surface
Platform levels4 and 5
Parking650 parking lots
Other information
Station code2977; 2978
History
Opened31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
Previous namesLozenets / Cherni vrah Blvd.
Services
Preceding station   Sofia Metro   Following station
Terminus
Line 2
Location
Line 2
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Moderno predgradie
(proposed)
Obelya
Lomsko shose
Slivnitsa
Beli Dunav
Lyulin
Nadezhda
Zapaden Park
Han Kubrat
Vardar
Knyaginya Maria Luiza
Konstantin Velichkov
Central Railway
Opalchenska
Lavov most
↖Serdika↘
↙Serdika II↗
NDK
SU St. Kliment Ohridski
European Union
Vasil Levski Stadium
James Bourchier
Joliot-Curie
Vitosha
G.M.Dimitrov
 Musagenitsa
 Mladost 1
Line 1
Aleksandar Malinov
Mladost 3
Akademik Aleksandar
Teodorov - Balan
Inter Expo Center –
Tsarigradsko shose
Business Park Sofia
Druzhba
 Iskarsko shose
Sofiyska Sveta gora
 Sofia Airport
Detailed track map
line end
-8'
 Vitosha
 
↑Opened 2016↑
-6'
 James Bourchier
-4'
 European Union
built 1981
opened 2012
Perlovska
-2'
 NDK
built 1981
opened 2012
Serdika
RED line M1
to Slivnitsa/Business Park Sofia
0'
 Serdika II
Vladayska
2'
 Lavov most
3'
 Central Railway Station
5'
 Knyaginya Maria Luiza
BDŽ National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
BDŽ National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
00'
Future extension
 
00'
Ilyantsi branch
Lev Tolstoy
Svoboda
Iliyansko shose
Ilyantsi
Ilyanysi branch end
7'
 Han Kubrat
Suhodolska
9'
 Nadezhda
11'
 Beli Dunav
13'
 Lomsko shose
↑Opened 2012↑
 
15'
 Obelya
Kakach
Moderno predgradie
(proposed)
National Rail
to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya
 
↑Opened 2003↑
 RED line
to Depot
 
↓Opened 1998↓
-13'
 Slivnitsa
-11'
 Lyulin
-8'
 Zapaden Park
Suhodolska
National Rail
to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil
-6'
 Vardar
-4'
 Konstantin Velichkov
 
↓Opened 1999↓
Vladayska
-2'
 Opalchenska
 
↓Opened 2000↓
0'
 Serdika
Serdika II
BLUE line M2
to Obelya/Vitosha
 
↓Opened 2009↓
3'
Perlovska
5'
 Vasil Levski Stadium
8'
 Joliot-Curie
WTC
Novachitsa
10'
 G.M.Dimitrov
12'
 Musagenitsa
Darvenishka
14'
 Mladost 1
00'
to Business Park
 
00'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
 
16'
 Aleksandar Malinov
18'
Banishka
20'
 Business Park Sofia
Mladost branch end
00'
 
↓Opened 2012↓
 
16'
 Mladost 3
18'
 
↓Opened 2015↓
20'
 Druzhba
23'
 Iskarsko shose
National Rail
to Ihtiman/Karlovo
25'
 Sofiyska Sveta gora
27'
 Sofia Airport
Terminal 2
Airport branch end

A park-and-ride underground facility with 650 parking lots was built along with the construction of the James Bourchier Station.[3]

Interchange with other public transport

Location
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References
  1. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142808
  2. http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n286275
  3. "Завършен е и третият буферен паркинг по линията на метрото" (in Bulgarian). infrastructure.bg. 15 November 2012.

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