Milan Metro Line 2

M2
Overview
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Milan Metro
Status	operational
Locale	Milan, Italy
Termini	Abbiategrasso Assago Milanofiori Forum Gessate Cologno Nord
Stations	35
Operation
Opened	27 September 1969
Operator(s)	Azienda Trasporti Milanesi
Rolling stock	ET245 (1969) ET245 revamped AnsaldoBreda Meneghino
Technical
Line length	39.4 km (24.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge

Milan Metro ·  Gessate    Cascina Antonietta    Gorgonzola    Villa Pompea    Bussero    Cassina de' Pecchi    Villa Fiorita Cologno Nord   Cernusco sul Naviglio Cologno Centro   Cascina Burrona Cologno Sud   Vimodrone

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 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

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 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.

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

1. ^ "Schema rete". ATM - Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. http://www.atm-mi.it/it/ViaggiaConNoi/Pagine/SchemaRete.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2011. 
2. ^ http://www.urbanfile.it/index.asp?ID=3&SID=459

References

• Milan Metro Network Map
• Milan Metro in Figures