Public transport with a feel-good factor – Warsaw Metro

Metro stations and aesthetics: anyone could probably list several cities where the combination of the two seems to be mutually exclusive. In Warsaw, however, you actually experience a unique coexistence of public transport and feel-good atmosphere. With only two lines, the Warsaw metro network is very easy to understand, even for visitors to the city, and the visuals and colour scheme make it a pleasure to move around the stations.

Project overview

Decoupling of air-conditioning units

Waiting area with yellow colour accents on walls, ceilings and lamps in a metro station in Warsaw.

Metro entrance with yellow glass roof between residential and commercial buildings in Warsaw.

Modern waiting area with yellow walls and benches in a metro station in Warsaw.

Interior view of the Rondo One metro station in Warsaw.

Trains arriving at the Rondo One metro station in Warsaw.

Metro station in Warsaw with escalators and various shops.

Red glass roof of a metro entrance in the centre of the Warsaw skyline.

Entrance to the metro station with red glass roof next to modern residential and commercial buildings in Warsaw.

Metro station in Warsaw with red walls next to the tracks and red benches in the waiting area.

Metro entrance with a purple coloured glass roof in Warsaw.

Purple coloured glass roof of a metro entrance in Warsaw between two buildings.

Passing train in a metro station in Warsaw with ceramic tiles in the waiting area and purple-coloured elements on the walls and ceilings.

Metro station in Warsaw with ceramic tiles in the waiting area and a purple wall with colourful lettering next to the tracks.

Escalators in a metro station with a glass dome in Warsaw.

Escalators in a metro station in Warsaw.

Waiting area with ceramic floor and blue benches in a metro station in Warsaw.

Long escalators in a metro station in Warsaw.

Glass roof of a metro entrance in Warsaw.

Metro entrance with escalator and glass roof in Warsaw.

Grey tiled entrance area with access control in a metro in Warsaw.

Avoiding additional noise sources through acoustic decoupling

Even the most beautiful appearance, however, does not make metro stations a quieter place. Trains entering and leaving the station generate vibrations and thus airborne and structure-borne noise. For this reason, the planners were concerned to avoid at least additional sources of noise. Therefore, REGUPOL vibration 300 was used to decouple the air-conditioning ventilation units in the five stations Rondo ONZ, Rondo Daszyńskiego, Świętokrzyska, Centrum Nauki Kopernik and Nowy Świat.