NDK Metro Station

{{Short description|Sоfia metro station}}

{{Infobox station

| name = National Palace of Culture

| native_name = Национален дворец на културата

| native_name_lang = bg

| style = Sofia Metro

| image = Национален дворец на културата.jpg

| caption =

| address = 1463 Pette Kyosheta Sq., Sofia

| coordinates = {{coord|42|41|14.06|N|23|19|9.77|E|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| owned = Sofia Municipality

| operator = Metropoliten JSC

| distance =

| platforms = island

| tracks = 2

| bus_routes =

| connections = {{Transport connections

| embed = yes

| trolleybus = 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9

| tram = 1, 6, 7

| metro = {{rcb|Sofia Metro|M3|croute}} via NDK II Metro Station

}}

| structure = sub-surface

| depth =

| levels = 2

| parking = no

| bicycle = no

| accessible = yes

| architect = Elena and Farid Paktiawal

| architectural_style =

| status = Staffed

| code = 2981; 2982

| website = {{URL|https://www.metropolitan.bg/en/scheme/operating-metro/national-palace-culture|Official website}}

| opened = {{Start date|2012|08|31|df=y}}

| passengers = 385,000

| pass_year = 2020

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Sofia Metro|line=M2|left=European Union|right=Serdika II}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail}}

}}

{{Sofia Metro Blue line}}

NDK Metro Station ({{langx|bg|Метростанция „Национален дворец на културата“ / Метростанция „НДК“}}, {{transl|bg|Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata}}, ‘National Palace of Culture’) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money. {{cite web|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142808 |title=Bulgaria: Sofia Expands Its Metro, Barroso Pleased |publisher=Novinite.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n286275 |title=Jose Manuel Barroso: Sofia subway's new line is an example of what can be expected from Europe |publisher=Focus-fen.net |date= |accessdate=2012-09-01}} On 26 August 2020, transfer to NDK II on M3 line was opened.{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title=Sofia |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bg/sofia/sofia.htm |publisher=urbanrail}}