Joliot-Curie Metro Station
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Joliot-Curie Metro Station is a station on the Sofia Metro
Sofia Metro
The Sofia Metropolitan is the underground urban railway network servicing the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It is the first and only network of this kind in Bulgaria...

 in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. It was put into operation on May 8, 2009.

Location and layout

The station is under the Dragan Tsankov Blvd at the junction with Frederic Joliot-Curie Str. It is located next to the World Trade Center - Sofia
Interpred World Trade Center Sofia
The Interpred World Trade Center Sofia is an office building in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was built in the beginning of 1980s and has leasable space of about 12,750 sq.m. on 10 floors. It has 150 covered and 170 open parking slots and is served by the nearby Joliot-Curie Metro Station. The company is a...

and near the Russian Embassy.
Metro area to serve the East Residential District and the existing East Bus Station. Is determined by a central entrance vestibule with subways links on both sides of the boulevard and the residential areas around it.
The entrance vestibule and ramp of the station are covered with slabs of granite tiles and suspended ceilings Type Hunter Douglas. The entire station was designed in colorful colors: the platforms were covered with colored granite tiles, and panels on the walls is a mosaic of red on white. The very walls are covered with small tiles in light blue color. The station would look even more attractive if he had sought a brighter light.
Because of the route in its end of the station platforms are entering a maximum curve.

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