James Bourchier Metro Station

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 Jose 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.

James Bourchier
Coordinates	42°40′12.50″N 23°19′12.50″E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	4 and 5
Parking	650 parking lots
Other information
Station code	2977; 2978
History
Opened	31 August 2012
Previous names	Lozenets / Cherni vrah Blvd.
Services
Preceding station   Sofia Metro   Following station Vitosha Terminus M2 line European Union toward Obelya

M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Moderno predgradie (proposed) Obelya Lomsko shose cont. as M2 cont. as M4 Slivnitsa Beli Dunav Lyulin Nadezhda Zapaden Park Han Kubrat Vardar Knyaginya Maria Luiza Konstantin Velichkov Central Railway Opalchenska Lavov most ↖Serdika↘ ↙Serdika II↗ NDK SU St. Kliment Ohridski European Union Vasil Levski Stadium James Bourchier Joliot-Curie Vitosha G.M.Dimitrov Musagenitsa Mladost 1 M1 Aleksandar Malinov Mladost 3 Akademik Aleksandar Teodorov - Balan Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose Business Park Sofia Druzhba Iskarsko shose Sofiyska Sveta gora Sofia Airport
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 Serdika M1 to Slivnitsa/Business Park Sofia   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' Ilyantsi branch Lev Tolstoy Svoboda Iliyansko shose Ilyantsi Ilyanysi branch end 7' Han Kubrat Suhodolska 9' Nadezhda 11' Beli Dunav 13' Lomsko shose ↑Opened 2012↑   15' Obelya Kakach Moderno predgradie (proposed) 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 M2 to Obelya/Vitosha     ↓Opened 2009↓ 3' Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Perlovska 5' Vasil Levski Stadium 8' Joliot-Curie WTC Novachitsa 10' G.M.Dimitrov 12' Musagenitsa Darvenishka 14' Mladost 1 00' M1 to Business Park   00'   ↓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

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
• Suburban Bus service: 98

Gallery

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References

1. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142808
2. http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n286275
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