Centrum is a station on
Line M1 of the
Warsaw Metro
The Warsaw Metro ( pl, Metro Warszawskie) is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north-south Line M1 which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and sou ...
, located under ''
Plac Defilad
''Parade Square'' ( pl, Plac Defilad w Warszawie) is a square in downtown Warsaw. Located between ulica '' Świętokrzyska'' (Holy Cross Street) in the north, '' Aleje Jerozolimskie'' (Jerusalem Avenues) in the south, ulica '' Marszałkowska'' ...
'', a square in the borough of
Śródmieście, next to the
Dmowski
Roman Stanisław Dmowski (Polish: , 9 August 1864 – 2 January 1939) was a Polish politician, statesman, and co-founder and chief ideologue of the National Democracy (abbreviated "ND": in Polish, "''Endecja''") political movement. He saw the ...
roundabout, where the two main streets,
Marszałkowska and
Aleje Jerozolimskie
Jerusalem Avenue ( pl, Aleje Jerozolimskie) is one of the principal streets of the capital city of Warsaw in Poland. It runs through the City Centre along the East-West axis, linking the western borough of Wola with the bridge on the Vistula Riv ...
, intersect. It is located close to the
Palace of Culture and Science
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and connections can be made, via
Pasaż Wisławy Szymborskiej and Aleje Jerozolimskie at ground level, to
Warszawa Śródmieście railway station
Warszawa Śródmieście railway station (Polish pronunciation: ) is a railway station in Warsaw, Poland, in the district of Śródmieście. The station serves the suburban (southern) tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line and is used by regional tr ...
which is in turn directly connected to
Warszawa Centralna railway station
Warszawa Centralna, in English known as Warsaw Central Station, is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1975, the station is located on the Warsaw Cross-City Line and features four underground island platforms with eight t ...
. It has two levels: the lower one contains the platforms and the upper one is a shopping mall.
The station was opened on 26 May 1998 as the northern terminus of the extension from
Politechnika. On 11 May 2001, the line was extended north to
Ratusz
A ''Ratusz'' () (german: Rathaus; russian: Ратуша, ''Ratusha''; lt, Rotušė) is a historic administrative building in countries that adopted the Magdeburg rights such as the Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and others. I ...
.
See also
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Plac Konstytucji
Plac Konstytucji (Polish pronunciation: ), or Constitution Square in English, is a major square situated in the central Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.
Overview
The square was constructed in the initial post-war years on the Marsza ...
: a planned station south of Centrum
References
External links
Line 1 (Warsaw Metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1998
Śródmieście, Warsaw
1998 establishments in Poland
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