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Pipera is a metro station in Bucharest, located in the Pipera district. Opened on 24 October 1987 as part of the M2 extension from Piața Unirii, it is the northern terminus of the line.The initial scope of the station was to serve the large Pipera industrial estate. Since the end of industry in Romania however, the station is now used by the new business and residential estates established here. RATB tram lines 16 and 36 stop outside the station building. Night bus N125 also stops here.

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Pipera metro station
Bulevardul Dimitrie Pompeiu, Bucharest

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Bulevardul Dimitrie Pompeiu
020337 Bucharest (Sector 2)
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