Line M1
Republica station
Overview
Status	Operational
Termini	Dristor Pantelimon
Stations	22
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bucharest Metro
Operator(s)	Metrorex S.A.
Depot(s)	Ciurel, Pantelimon
Rolling stock	BM2/BM21 (Bombardier,
Ridership	76515000 (2019)[1]
History
Opened	16 November 1979 (1979-11-16)
Technical
Line length	31.01 km (19.27 mi)
Track gauge	1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map Legend Ciurel depot Petrache Poenaru Crângași Grozăvești M4toStrăulești M3toPreciziei BasarabM4 M5Eroilor Gara de Nord Izvor Piața VictorieiM2 M2Piața Unirii Ștefan cel Mare Timpuri Noi Obor Mihai Bravu Iancului Dristor Piața Muncii Nicolae Grigorescu M3toAnghel Saligny Titan Costin Georgian Republica Pantelimon Pantelimon depot This diagram: view talk edit

M1 (31.01 km (19.3 mi)) is the oldest line of theBucharest Metro,^[2] the first section having been opened on 16 November 1979.^[3] The M1 Line runs fromDristor 2 toPantelimon. BetweenNicolae Grigorescu andEroilor it shares 8.67 km (5.39 mi) of tracks with theM3. Due to the single track betweenRepublica and Pantelimon, which has only one operational platform, most trains terminate at Republica and about one in three reaches at Pantelimon.

Construction of the line began in 1975, three years after the Bucharest Metro Committee was formed. The chosen route would run along theDâmbovița river, fromTimpuri Noi to Semănătoarea (todayPetrache Poenaru), with the depot based at Ciurel. The ends of the line were factories, because the initial objective of the system was to transport people to the factories where they worked.

This section was opened on 16 November 1979 and was 8.63 kilometres (5.36 mi) long, however the first train didn't run until the 19th and the "official" opening byNicolae Ceaușescu only happened on 16 December that year.

The second section of the line opened on 28 December 1981 fromTimpuri Noi toRepublica, this time 10.1 kilometres (6.3 mi) long. A few extensions followed, namely the branch line fromEroilor to Industriilor (todayPreciziei) in 1983, from Semănătoarea toCrângași in 1984 and then toGara de Nord in 1987.^[3] In 1989 the section between Gara de Nord andDristor 2 was opened, however at the time this was considered the M3, thus completing the Crângași-Dristor branch. It was also initially supposed to reach thePantelimon housing estate, but these plans were abandoned. This section was later integrated into the M1 and the Eroilor - Industriilor section became the M3.

The newest part of the line is from Republica to Pantelimon, also known as Antilopa station, which was opened in May 1991 as a one-station extension from Republica.^[4] As stated above, due to the size of Pantelimon station only roughly one in three trains terminate there, the rest terminating at Republica. Thus, although part of line M1, some Bucharest city tourist maps show this short section in a different colour from the rest of the line (usually black).

The M1 line usesBombardier Movia trains. These were employed firstly on theM2 in 2000s, until a second batch was introduced on the M1. The line also used to operateAstra IVA trains from its inception until the 2010s when Metrorex started to phase out the old trains.^[5]

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