Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station

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M2-20px.svg Centrum Nauki Kopernik
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General information
Coordinates 52°14′24″N21°1′54″E / 52.24000°N 21.03167°E / 52.24000; 21.03167
Owned by ZTM Warszawa
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg100, 118, 127, 162, 185, 302
Aiga bus trans.svg N14, N64
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeC-13
Fare zone 1
History
Opened8 March 2015;9 years ago (8 March 2015)
Previous namesPowiśle (During planning phase)
Services
Preceding station Warsaw Metro logo.svg Warsaw Metro Following station
Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet
towards Bemowo
M2 line Stadion Narodowy
towards Bródno
Location
Location map Warsaw central.png
Red pog.svg
M2-20px.svg Centrum Nauki Kopernik
Location within Warsaw
Masovian Voivodeship location map.svg
Red pog.svg
M2-20px.svg Centrum Nauki Kopernik
M2-20px.svg Centrum Nauki Kopernik (Masovian Voivodeship)

Centrum Nauki Kopernik is a station on the central part of Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro.

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The station 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.

The station is near the Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie street, very close to the bank of the Vistula river and the Copernicus Science Centre (Polish : Centrum Nauki Kopernik) which it is named after, [4] as well as the Elektrownia Powiśle  [ pl ] former power station-turned shopping mall.

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