Crângași

The Crângași metro station in northwestern Bucharest opened in 1984 as the terminus of Line M1 and today serves as an important transfer point to surface tram line 41. Architecturally, the station stands out for its unusual three-track layout, one track of which was never used for regular passenger service and instead serves partly as temporary storage for trains. This configuration resulted from revised plans that originally called for a connection to a southern semicircular line. The station was built using the cut-and-cover method and is clad in gray-blue marble with red granite inlays. Because of the dim lighting on the unused side platform, it is considered one of the darker stations in the network.