Warsaw – Metro System (Visiting Every Station)

I obviously need a new project since I only have about 18 ongoing ones….. It’s not a great secret that I have a moderate obsession with trains, metros and trams, although coaches and buses usually annoy me, so I can be picky rather than randomly loving all forms of public transport. The evolution of metro systems also intrigues me, I’ve been on a couple of systems in China which were expanding at an insane rate, and on systems which don’t seem to be getting bigger any time soon.

The Warsaw Metro system (Metro Warszawskie) is the only rapid transit system in Poland and it’s of a manageable size as they only have two lines. After many failed starts to the project, the first section didn’t open until 1995 and a second line has since opened. The first line goes from north to south and is the M1 (the blue line) and the second line goes from east to west and is the M2 (the red line). They cross at just one place, Świętokrzyska, and there are plans to extend the lines and also to open new lines.

So my intention here is to cause mass excitement for my two loyal blog readers with no end of posts about the history of the network, but I’m also going to visit every metro station and try and find something interesting to write about all of them. To check this will sufficiently interest me, I’ve already visited eight of the metro stations and I haven’t lost engagement yet, so I think it’s safe to start posting this. I’m starting with the M2 line, but to get us going, here is a list of all of the stations. I’ll eventually hopefully link to all of them. And, yes, I should probably get out more if I think metro systems are this exciting, but there we go…. I’m not saying this will be fascinating, but it’ll keep me sort of quiet for a little while.

Okay, here is a list of the currently operational stations on the Warsaw Metro system, based on the network status since the last openings in September 2022, grouped by line:

M1 Line (North-South) – 21 stations

• A01 Kabaty
• A02 Natolin
• A03 Imielin
• A04 Stokłosy
• A05 Ursynów
• A06 Służew
• A07 Wilanowska
• A08 Wierzbno
• A09 Racławicka
• A10 Pole Mokotowskie
• A11 Politechnika
• A13 Centrum
• A14 Świętokrzyska
• A15 Ratusz Arsenał
• A17 Dworzec Gdański
• A18 Plac Wilsona
• A19 Marymont
• A20 Słodowiec
• A21 Stare Bielany
• A22 Wawrzyszew
• A23 Młociny  

M2 Line (East-West) – 18 stations

• C04 Bemowo
• C05 Ulrychów
• C06 Księcia Janusza
• C07 Młynów
• C08 Płocka
• C09 Rondo Daszyńskiego
• C10 Rondo ONZ
• C11 Świętokrzyska
• C12 Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet
• C13 Centrum Nauki Kopernik
• C14 Stadion Narodowy
• C15 Dworzec Wileński
• C16 Szwedzka
• C17 Targówek Mieszkaniowy
• C18 Trocka
• C19 Zacisze
• C20 Kondratowicza
• C21 Bródno