Tudor Arghezi metro station

{{Short description|Metro station in Bucharest, Romania}}

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Tudor Arghezi (named for a Romanian writer) is a metro station in Bucharest, Romania. It was opened on 15 November 2023,{{cite web |title=VIDEO Stația de metrou Tudor Arghezi de pe Magistrala M2 s-a deschis / Trenurile circulă la interval de 8 minute, în sistem pendulă |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-administratie_locala-26685433-statia-metrou-tudor-arghezi-magistrala-m2-deschide-miercuri-11-30-trenurile-circula-interval-8-minute-sistem-pendula.htm |website=www.hotnews.ro |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=ro}} and is the newest terminus of the M2 Line from Pipera.

Unlike the other stations on the Bucharest Metro, this one was made by the local government of Sector 4{{cite web |title=Magistrala 2 de metrou se extinde in zona Berceni |url=https://clubferoviar.ro/magistrala-2-de-metrou-se-extinde-in-zona-berceni/ |website=Club Feroviar |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=ro-RO |date=4 December 2018}} to support the development of the area.{{cite web |last1=Tudor |first1=Iulian |title=O nouă staţie de metrou pe Magistrala 2. Primăria Sectorului 4 va semna săptămâna aceasta protocolul de colaborare cu Metrorex |url=https://www.romaniatv.net/o-noua-statie-de-metrou-pe-magistrala-2-primaria-sectorului-4-va-semna-saptamana-aceasta-protocolul-de-colaborare-cu-metrorex_441209.html#n |website=Romania TV |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=ro |date=2 October 2018}} The tender for the design and construction of the station was launched in September 2019,{{cite web |last1=Bărbulescu |first1=Adrian |title=S-a scos la licitație proiectul noii stații de metrou de pe Șoseaua Berceni |url=https://clubferoviar.ro/metrou-de-pe-soseaua-berceni/ |website=Club Feroviar |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=ro-RO |date=11 September 2019}} and the contract was awarded in April 2020 to a consortium led by the company Somet. The construction was worth 50 million euros.{{cite web |title="Stația de metrou "Tudor Arghezi" va fi dată în folosință până la data de 15 noiembrie" |url=https://www.agerpres.ro/administratie/2023/09/22/statia-de-metrou-tudor-arghezi-va-fi-data-in-folosinta-pana-la-data-de-15-noiembrie--1173871 |website=Agerpress |access-date=18 November 2023 |language=Romanian }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Between 15 November 2023 when it was opened and 8 May 2024, all services to Tudor Arghezi ran in a shuttle service from Berceni, because the signalling and automatisation systems were not yet finished.https://clubferoviar.ro/fara-transbordare-intre-statiile-de-metrou-pipera-si-tudor-arghezi/

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