Plac Wilsona metro station

Plac Wilsona (English: Wilson Square) is a station on Line M1 of the Warsaw Metro. It is located below Plac Wilsona in the Żoliborz district in northern Warsaw.[1]

Plac Wilsona
Coordinates52°16′9″N 20°59′3″E
Owned byZTM Warszawa
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections 114, 116, 122, 157, 181, 185, 303, 321, 385, 518
N44, N46
6, 15
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station codeA-18
Fare zone1
History
Opened8 April 2005
Services
Preceding station   Warsaw Metro   Following station
towards Młociny
Line 1
towards Kabaty

The station was opened on 20 December 2003 as the northern terminus of the extension from Dworzec Gdański. On 29 December 2006 the line was extended further north to Marymont as shuttle service, and on 20 March 2008 as normal service.[2]

On 7 April 2008 during the Metrorail convention it won a Metro award for the best recently constructed station.[3] It was designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński.[4]

  • Entrance to the station
  • Entrance to the station
  • Main platform
  • Interior detail
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See also
  • Plac Wilsona

References
  1. "Plac Wilsona Metro Station selected as most beautiful in the world !". polishforums.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Warszawa". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. "Congratulations to the winners of the Metro Awards 2008!". The Metros. Terapinn. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  4. "Andrzej Chołdzyński - architekt, właściciel, AMC Chołdzyński". www.propertydesign.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.

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