Line 2 (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Line  2 (Moskowsko-Petrogradskaja)
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| Route length: | 30.1 km |
| Gauge : | 1524 mm ( Russian gauge ) |
| Opening: | April 29, 1961 |
| Number of stations: | 18th |
| Total travel time: | 45 minutes |
The line 2 , called Moskowsko-Petrogradskaya Line ( Russian Московско-Петроградская линия ), with over 30 km the longest line of the Saint Petersburg Metro . It runs in the urban area of Saint Petersburg from north to south over the old town, where it crosses, among other things, the Nevsky Prospect with the subway station of the same name . The Moskowsko-Petrogradskaya line is shown in blue on the St. Petersburg Metro line plans.
history
Line 2 was opened on April 29, 1961, a good five years after the commissioning of the first construction phase of the Leningrad metro, which now belongs to line 1 , making it the second oldest line in the metro system of the second largest Russian city. The route completed in 1961 was the section of the line from Technologitscheski Institut to Park Pobedy with five new stations and a route length of 6.5 km. At the Technologitscheski Institut station, which was then the northern terminus of the line , the construction of a platform hall parallel to the existing station of the same name on line 1 and corresponding track connections created a transition between the two lines, where you can change in the same direction without changing platforms. Both stations are served by trains from both lines and have a common entrance building.
On July 1, 1963, the line was extended north to Petrogradskaya and thus passed through downtown Leningrad, including a crossing under the Neva in this area.
During the next extension on December 25, 1969, line 2 was given a further station at its southern end, Moskowskaya . This station is still closest to Pulkowo International Airport , which is why a transfer point to the buses to the airport terminals has been set up here.
On December 25, 1972, the section went into operation up to today's southern terminus Kuptschino . The latter was laid out at ground level in a covered platform hall and provided with direct transfer options to the suburban train station of the same name (e.g. towards Pushkin and Pavlovsk ). The Moskovskoye train depot went into operation south of the Kupchino underground station .
After that, the line was extended several times to the north: on November 6, 1982 the section from Petrogradskaya to Udelnaya (the latter also became a transfer hub between the subway and regional trains) went into operation, followed by Oserki and stations on August 19, 1988 Prospechenia prospectus . To the north of the latter, the Vyborgskoje depot including a 1.3 km long access route was built by February 2000 . On December 22, 2006, the Parnas underground station was built on this route , which, like Kuptschino, was built at ground level in a self-contained structure.
Depot and vehicles
The train depot responsible for the Moskowsko-Petrogradskaja line is Moskowskoje near the Kuptschino station . In the Vyborgskoje depot, built in 2000 at the northern end of the line, trains on line 5, which has not yet had its own depot, are parked and serviced.
The fleet of line 2 consists of trains from the 81-717 / 714 series including a newer modification of the same. Technically, the trains of this type correspond to the vehicles of the same name Metrowagonmash -Werks near Moscow, the Leningrad and later the St. Petersburg Metro but they were in the resident Wagonmasch made -Fabrik.
A special feature of Line 2 is that some of its stations are so-called closed-type stations with a hall separated from the track area by platform screen doors . Only trains consisting of a maximum of six wagons can stop at these stations. Therefore, to this day only six car sets have been running on Line 2, which systematically ensures overcrowded trains despite the extremely high cycle density on the line (90 seconds at peak times).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information for passengers. Saint Petersburg Metro, accessed December 30, 2017 (in Russian).
See also
Web links
- Description and photo gallery (Russian)
- Photos of the line (Russian) ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
