Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose Metro Station

Inter Expo Center – Tsarigradsko shose Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция "Интер Експо Център - Цариградско шосе") is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 25 April 2012. Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money.^[1] It is located on Tsarigradsko shose.^[2]

IEC – Tsarigradsko shose ИЕЦ – Цариградско шосе
General information
Location	Tsarigradsko shose, Sofia
Coordinates	42°38′58.62″N 23°23′37.01″E / 42.6496167°N 23.3936139°E
Owned by	Sofia Municipality
Operated by	Metropoliten JSC
Platforms	side
Tracks	2
Bus routes	5
Connections
	1, 3, 5, 6, X50
Construction
Structure type	sub-surface
Platform levels	3
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	an elevator to entrance
Architect	Konstantin Kosev
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	3029; 3030
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 April 2012
Previous names	Tsarigradsko shose
Passengers
2020	170,000
Services
Preceding station Sofia Metro Following station Mladost 3 towards Obelya M4 line Druzhba towards Sofia Airport
Location

v t e M2 and M4 lines
All stations are wheelchair accessible
Legend
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

• City Bus service: X50
• Suburban Bus service: 1, 3, 5, 6

The metro station is situated immediately next to and named after the Inter Expo Center, whose main entrance is located about 20 m (65 feet) from the pedestrian exit of the station. Capital City, a cluster of high-rise office buildings, including Capital Fort and Sky Fort is located in proximity.

  Media related to IEC - Tsarigradsko shose at Wikimedia Commons

• Sofia Metropolitan
• Park and ride at the station
• Sofia Metropolitan