Line 2 (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Line 2 (Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya)
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerSaint Petersburg Metro
Termini
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemSaint Petersburg Metro
History
Opened1961
Technical
Line length30.1 km (18.7 mi)
Track gauge1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map

Depot 6 Vyborgskoye
Parnas
train deposit sidings
Prospekt Prosvescheniya
Ozerki
maintenance point
Udelnaya
Pionerskaya
Chyornaya Rechka
headshunt
Petrogradskaya
Gorkovskaya
service siding to line 5
Nevsky Prospekt
Sennaya Ploshchad
to track 1 of line 2
Tekhnologichesky Institut
to track 2 of line 1
Frunzenskaya
Moskovskiye Vorota
Elektrosila
Park Pobedy
Moskovskaya
headshunt
Zvyozdnaya
Kupchino
Depot 3 Moskovskoye
Udelnaya station

Line 2 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, also known as Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line (Russian: Моско́вско-Петрогра́дская ли́ния) or Blue Line, is a second oldest rapid transit line in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 1961, which connects city centre with the northern and southern districts. It featured the first cross-platform transfer in the USSR. It was also the first metro line in Saint Petersburg to feature a unique platform type that soon became dubbed as "Horizontal Lift".[1] The line cuts Saint Petersburg on a north-south axis and is generally coloured blue on Metro maps. In 2006, as an extension was opened, it became the longest line on the system.

  1. ^ Khakimova, Yulia (2024-02-07). "Why does the St. Petersburg Metro have stations with 'elevator doors'?". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 2024-08-17.