Świętokrzyska metro station

Warsaw metro station

Preceding station	Warsaw Metro			Following station
Ratusz Arsenał towards Młociny		M1 line		Centrum towards Kabaty
Rondo ONZ towards Bemowo		M2 line		Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet towards Bródno

Location
Świętokrzyska Location within Warsaw Show map of Warsaw Świętokrzyska Świętokrzyska (Masovian Voivodeship) Show map of Masovian Voivodeship

Świętokrzyska (Polish pronunciation: [ɕfjɛntɔˈkʂɨska]) is a transfer station on Lines M1 and M2 of the Warsaw Metro, located under the crossing of Świętokrzyska and Marszałkowska streets in the borough of Śródmieście. The station on M1 was opened on 11 May 2001 as part of the extension of M1 north from Centrum to Ratusz. Świętokrzyska has a non-revenue track that connects Lines M1 and M2 in order for M2 rolling stock to access Kabaty depot on M1 while the new Karolin depot on M2 is being built,^[1] and is the only interchange station between M1 and M2 metro lines. The station on the second metro line fully opened for passenger use on 8 March 2015 as part of the inaugural stretch of Line M2 between Rondo Daszyńskiego and Dworzec Wileński.^[1]^[2] It was designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński and constructed by Metroprojekt.^[3] Murals were created by Wojciech Fangor, artist of the Polish School of Posters.

Gallery

Entrance to the station
Entrance to the station
Main platform
Interior detail, murals designed by Wojciech Fangor^[4]
Interior of platform

References

^ ^a ^b Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Warszawa". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ warszawa.gazeta.pl
^ "Andrzej Chołdzyński - architekt, właściciel, AMC Chołdzyński". www.propertydesign.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.
^ Poreda, Luiza (2014-03-07). "Prace Wojciecha Fangora ozdobią stacje metra". wawalove.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-03.