- Milan Metro Line 2
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M2Overview Type Rapid Transit System Milan Metro Status operational Locale Milan, Italy Termini Abbiategrasso
Assago Milanofiori Forum
Gessate
Cologno NordStations 35 Operation Opened 27 September 1969 Operator(s) Azienda Trasporti Milanesi Rolling stock ET245 (1969)
ET245 revamped
AnsaldoBreda MeneghinoTechnical Line length 39.4 km (24.5 mi) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge Milan Metro · GessateCascina Antonietta
Gorgonzola
Villa Pompea
Bussero
Cassina de' Pecchi
Villa Fiorita Cologno Nord
Cernusco sul Naviglio Cologno Centro
Cascina Burrona Cologno Sud
Vimodrone
Urban fare limit ---Cascina Gobba
Crescenzago
Cimiano
Udine
Lambrate FS
Piola
Loreto
Caiazzo
Centrale FS
Gioia
Garibaldi FS
Moscova
Lanza
Cadorna FNM
Sant'Ambrogio
Sant'Agostino
Porta Genova FS
Romolo
Famagosta
Urban fare limit -Abbiategrasso Assago Milanofiori Nord
Assago Milanofiori Forum
The Milan Metro Line 2 (Linea Due in Italian), is a subway line serving Milan, Italy, operated by ATM and part of the Milan Metro. It is also called Green Line, (Linea Verde in Italian), as it is visually identified by green signs.
The line runs from the southern to the north-eastern neighborhoods passing through the city centre, serving the north-eastern metropolitan area with two different branches. The line is 39.4 km long and has 35 stations. Line 2 is the only line in the Milan metro running partially overground. Northern branches run mostly on viaducts and southern Assago branch runs on the surface.
Contents
Timeline
This is a timeline of the opening of stations on the line:
- 27 September 1969: Caiazzo - Cascina Gobba
- 27 April 1970: Caiazzo - Centrale
- 12 July 1971: Centrale - Porta Garibaldi
- 4 December 1972: Cascina Gobba - Gorgonzola
- 3 March 1978: Porta Garibaldi - Cadorna
- 7 June 1981: Cascina Gobba - Cologno Nord
- 30 October 1983: Cadorna - Porta Genova
- 13 April 1985: Gorgonzola - Gessate, Porta Genova - Romolo
- 1 November 1994: Romolo - Famagosta
- 17 March 2005: Famagosta - Abbiategrasso
- 20 February 2011: Famagosta - Milanofiori Forum
Rolling stock
There are 2 types of trains in service on the line. The first type is the ET245, which was introduced in 1969 with the opening of the line and was the first train operated on Line 2. This series came in two different versions for urban and suburban routes. The first had 8 doors and regular seats, while the latter was equipped with only 6 doors and more seats. Original ET245 trains are still in service on the line. Of these, some have been renewed in latest years.
The second type in operation is the new AnsaldoBreda Meneghino train. The first train was introduced in April 2009, and they are going to replace the old trains completely in few years.
Planned extensions
An extension on the north from Cologno to Vimercate is planned.[2].
Notes
- ^ "Schema rete". ATM - Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. http://www.atm-mi.it/it/ViaggiaConNoi/Pagine/SchemaRete.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.urbanfile.it/index.asp?ID=3&SID=459
References
Urban rail transport in Milan
Milan Metro
Line M1 • Line M2 • Line M3 • Line M4 • Line M5 • List of Milan metro stations • AnsaldoBreda MeneghinoSuburban railway
S1 • S2 • S3 • S4 • S5 • S6 • S7 • S8 • S9 • S10 • S11ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi) • Trenord • Milan trams • Railway stations in Milan Categories:- Milan Metro
- Railway lines opened in 1969
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