Petrache Poenaru metro station

Petrache Poenaru
General information
LocationPod Semănătoarea/Regie
Sector 6, Bucharest
Romania
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened19 November 1979
Services
Preceding station Bucharest Metro Following station
Crângaşi
towards Dristor 2
Line M1 Grozăveşti
towards Republica

Petrache Poenaru, formerly known as Semănătoarea is a metro station in Bucharest, Romania, servicing the Bucharest Metro Line M1. It was named after Semănătoarea, an agricultural machinery factory located in the vicinity, but it is now named after Petrache Poenaru, a Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era. The metro station services both what is left of the factory (that was severely downsized a number of times), part of the Regie student campus, the Sema Park industrial park, as well as some newly built residential areas. It is also located close to the Semănătoarea (Ciurel) Metro Depot.

It was one of the least used stations in the city at some point, but recently, industrial and residential projects in the area have increased the station's usage.