Piaţa Unirii metro station

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Piaţa Unirii

Preceding station Lines Following station Izvor toward Industriilor   Line M1   Timpuri Noi toward Pantelimon Izvor toward Dristor   Line M3   Tineretului toward Depou IMGB   Line M2   Universitate toward Pipera Location Place Unirii Square Sector Sector 2 Sector 3 Sector 4 and Sector 5 Statistics Type of station Underground Platforms in use 4 Platform arrangement Two interconnected island platforms on different levels. History Opening date January 1986 Bucharest Metro

Piaţa Unirii is a major metro station in Bucharest. It is located in the southern part of the city centre, in Unirii Square (Piaţa Unirii in Romanian) and it is one of the busiest stations of the Bucharest Metro. It is made up of two terminals, one on the M1 and M3 lines and another on the M2 line, linked by a passage. A McDonald's fast-food restaurant is located in the vestibule above the M2 line terminal. The station also features kiosks selling from newspapers to stationery, a diversity of shops, a large police station (with a list of mugshots at the entrance) and mobile-phone servicing points. Due to the numerous entrances located in and around Piaţa Unirii square to the two metro terminals that make up the entire Piaţa Unirii station, it is located in Sectors 2, 3 4 and 5 of Bucharest.