U2 (Nuremberg U-Bahn)

U2
U2
Overview
Stations	16
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nuremberg U-Bahn
Operator(s)	Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Rolling stock	MVG Class A (until 2010); VAG Class DT1 (until 2010); VAG Class DT2 (until 2010); VAG Class DT3 (since 2008);
History
Opened	28 January 1984
Completed	27 November 1999
Opening of U3 - begin of automatic operation on U2 tracks	June 14, 2008
Conversion to fully automated operation completed	January 2, 2010
Technical
Line length	13.2 km (8.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track except between Ziegelstein station and Flughafen station where a single track stretch exists
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	to Roth
	to Augsburg

The U2 is an underground line in Nuremberg, opened on 28 January 1984 and the last station along the line to open was Flughafen (Airport) in 1999. The line is about 13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi) long and has 16 stations; the termini are Röthenbach and Flughafen. Since 2010 all trains in regular operations have been run driverless. At 2,388 metres (7,835 ft) the stretch between Ziegelstein station and Flughafen station is the longest interval between two stations in the network and the only single track section on any subway line in Germany (both stations have two platform tracks, but the track between the two is a single track without passing loops).