European Union Metro Station

European Union
Coordinates	42°40′46.43″N 23°19′17.56″E / 42.6795639°N 23.3215444°E / 42.6795639; 23.3215444Coordinates: 42°40′46.43″N 23°19′17.56″E / 42.6795639°N 23.3215444°E / 42.6795639; 23.3215444
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Platforms	island
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	2
Other information
Station code	2979; 2980
History
Opened	31-Aug-2012
Previous names	St. Naum; Hemus
Services
Preceding station   Sofia Metro   Following station James Bourchier toward Vitosha Line 2 NDK toward Sofia Airport
Location

European Union Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Европейски съюз“ – Evropeyski Sayuz) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It was put into operation on August 31, 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. Barroso expressed his delight that the metro station was named after the European Union.

As the Sofia underground network was planned in the late 1970s, the station, along with the NDK Metro Station, was originally built in the early 1980s, along with the building of the National Palace of Culture. The original project name of the station was "Hemus" (the name of the large hotel next to the station); during the building of Line 2 of the Sofia Metro, it was planned to be called "Sveti Naum" (as it is located at the intersection of the Cherni Vrah and Sv. Naum boulevards). Shortly before the opening of the station, the city council (dominated by the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party) controversially voted to change the name to "European Union". As the timing was so close to the opening of Line 2, many of the maps in the trains still retained the name "St. Naum" even after station was opened to the public.

The European Union Metro Station is situated nearby the Earth and Man National Museum and City Center Sofia.

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