James Bourchier Metro Station

James Bourchier Джеймс Баучер
General information
Location	1407 Lozenets, Sofia
Coordinates	42°40′12.50″N 23°19′12.50″E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Operated by	Metropoliten JSC
Platforms	side
Tracks	2
Bus routes	1
Connections
Tram	10
Bus	X9
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Depth	28 m
Platform levels	4 and 5
Parking	yes (650 parking lots)
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Konstantin Kosev
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	2977; 2978
Website	Official website
History
Opened	31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
Passengers
2020	275,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station Vitosha Terminus M2 line European Union towards Obelya
Location

v t e M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Obelya Lomsko shose cont. as 2 Pancho Vladigerov (under construction) cont. as 4 1 Slivnitsa Beli Dunav Lyulin Nadezhda Zapaden Park Han Kubrat Vardar Knyaginya Maria Luiza Konstantin Velichkov Central Railway Opalchenska Lavov most ↖Serdika↘ ↙Serdika II↗ 3NDK SU St. Kliment Ohridski3 European Union Vasil Levski Stadium James Bourchier Joliot-Curie Vitosha G.M.Dimitrov 2 To Dragalevtsi Musagenitsa Mladost 1 1 To Business park Mladost 3 Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose Druzhba Iskarsko shose Sofiyska Sveta gora Sofia Airport Station names in italics are not confirmed.
Detailed track map Line end -8' Vitosha   ↑Opened 2016↑ -6' James Bourchier -4' European Union built 1981 opened 2012 Perlovska -2' NDK built 1981 opened 2012 NDK II 3   Serdika 1 and 4 0' Serdika II Vladayska 2' Lavov most 3' Central Railway Station 5' Knyaginya Maria Luiza BDŽ National Rail to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil BDŽ National Rail to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya 00' Future extension 00' M5 Ilyantsi branch Lev Tolstoy Svoboda Iliyansko shose Ilyantsi Ilyantsi branch end 7' Han Kubrat Suhodolska 9' Nadezhda 11' Beli Dunav 13' Lomsko shose ↑Opened 2012↑   15' Obelya Kakach Pancho Vladigerov (under construction) National Rail to Dragoman/Radomir/Bankya   ↑Opened 2003↑ RED line to Depot   ↓Opened 1998↓ -13' Slivnitsa -11' Lyulin -8' Zapaden Park Suhodolska National Rail to Pernik-Kulata/Kyustendil -6' Vardar -4' Konstantin Velichkov   ↓Opened 1999↓ Vladayska -2' Opalchenska   ↓Opened 2000↓ 0' Serdika Serdika II 2   ↓Opened 2009↓ 3' Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Orlov Most 3 Perlovska 5' Vasil Levski Stadium 8' Joliot-Curie WTC Novachitsa 10' G.M.Dimitrov 12' Musagenitsa Darvenishka 14' Mladost 1 00' 1 to Business Park   ↓Opened 2015↓   16' Aleksandar Malinov 18' Akademik Aleksandar Teodorov - Balan Banishka 20' Business Park Sofia Mladost branch end 00'   ↓Opened 2012↓   16' Mladost 3 18' Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose   ↓Opened 2015↓ 20' Druzhba 23' Iskarsko shose National Rail to Ihtiman/Karlovo 25' Sofiyska Sveta gora 27' Sofia Airport Terminal 2 Airport branch end

James Bourchier Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция "Джеймс Баучер") is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria, named after James David Bourchier. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money.^[1][2] The initial project name of the Metro Station was Lozenets named after the neighbourhood Lozenets.

A park-and-ride underground facility with 650 parking lots was built along with the construction of the James Bourchier Station.^[3]

Interchange with other public transport

• Tramway service: 10
• Bus service: 109

Location

The station is located on Cherni Vrah Blvd., between its intersections with Zlatni Rog St. and Elin Vrah St., with an entrance from James Bourchier Blvd.

Gallery

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References

1. "Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased". Sofia, Bulgaria: Novinite.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
2. "Информационна Агенция "Фокус"". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
3. "Завършен е и третият буферен паркинг по линията на метрото" (in Bulgarian). infrastructure.bg. 15 November 2012.

External links

Media related to James Bourchier Metro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Sofia Metropolitan
• More info in Bulgarian
• SofiaMetro@UrbanRail
• Sofia Urban Mobility Center
• Sofia Metropolitan Archived 2016-08-29 at the Wayback Machine