Semănătoarea metro station

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Semănătoarea is a metro station in Bucharest. It is named after Semănătoarea, an agricultural machinery factory located in the vicinity. It services both what is left of the factory (that was severely downsized a number of times), and part of the Regie student campus located in the vicinity.

The station was designed with relatively little traffic in mind - it has a central-track design with two narrow platforms on each side of the tracks. The station was opened on November 19, 1979, initially as a temporary terminus of the first subway line of Bucharest, making it one of the initial 6 stations of the Bucharest Metro to enter commercial service. It is also located close to the Semănătoarea Metro Depot. The walls of the station are made of yellow and beige tiles with the floor being built in uniform yellow mosaic pieces.

However, there are plans to move the factory outside the city and use the terrain for a residential complex, which would include about 1200 apartments and a mall, in a €700 million-investment.