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4 unusual facts about Line 2


Line 2, Beijing Subway

Line 2 encircles the old city center districts of Dongcheng and Xicheng and skirts the western edge of Chaoyang.

Line 2, Ningbo Rail Transit

It stretches from Ningbo Lishe International Airport in the southwest towards Zhenhai in the northeast of the city and will further run into Xiaogang Township, Beilun.

Line 2, Wuhan Metro

The configuration for the two stations is similar to that of Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations in Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway.

Stations of Line 2 provides female only waiting area during hours of operation, following the example of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Tehran and Mexico City, to protect female riders from sexual harassment.


Beijing Subway rolling stock

Currently, all trains on Lines 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, Airport Express and older models on Line 1 are made by Changchun RVC, which is under contract to supply trains for Lines Yizhuang, 9 and 10 (Phase II).

Line 13, Beijing Subway

On a map, Line 13's route is shaped like an inverted U that arcs north of the city and connects residential suburbs in Haidian, Changping and Chaoyang Districts with the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen.

Ming City Wall Relics Park

The Ming City Wall Relics Park is accessible by Beijing Bus to Dongbianmen (Routes 25, 29, 39, 43, 44, 59, 434, 525, 610, 674 and 特2), Chongwenmen East (Routes 12, 25, 39, 43, 44, 525, 610) and Jianguomen South (Routes 25, 39, 43, 44, 52, 122, 434, 637, 638, 750 and 特2); and by Beijing Subway to Chongwenmen (Line 2) and Jianguomen (Lines 1 and 2).

Naucalpan

The northwest end of the Mexico City Metro Line 2 ends here, at a large bus station which is only a couple of blocks from the Toreo.

Paris Métro Line 6

The northern circulator, now Line 2, opened in 1903, while the tracks from Étoile to Trocadéro (referred to as Line 2 Sud) opened on 2 October 1900 as part of a branch of Line 1 meant to serve the World Expo of that year.

People's Square

People's Square may be reached by taking Shanghai Metro Line 1, Line 2 or Line 8 to People's Square station.

Seomyeon, Busan

Seomyeon Station near the Seomyeon road junction is one of the busiest subway stations in Korea and the transfer station between Busan Subway Line 1 and Line 2.

Wall of the Farmers-General

It was 24 kilometers long and roughly followed the route now occupied by the line 2 and line 6 of the metro.

Yuantong Station

Yuantong Station is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro.


see also

Busan Metro Line 2

Part of phase 3, started in 1998, extended Line 2 north from Hopo to the Yangsan city hall.

Busan Metro Line 3

For example, a person living in the Yangsan area would not use the whole line 2 to reach the Haeundae area; instead, he or she would transfer at Deokcheon Station to Line 3, and transfer back to Line 2 at Suyeong Station.

Clemenceau metro station

It opened on 18 June 1993 and was the terminus of line 2 until Delacroix opened in 2006.

DR-1

This project combined with the current construction of Line 2 of Santo Domingo Metro would be of great help for the crosstown commuters that live in Los Alcarrizos and Santo Domingo Oeste and need to travel east into the Distrito Nacional or Santo Domingo Este.

Invergordon railway station

The Sunderland, with a full load of fuel and depth charges then crashed into the railway line 2 miles northeast of Invergordon Railway Station where all 11 of the RCAF crew were killed.

Kolkata Metro Line 2

Line 2, also known as East-West corridor of the Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system under construction which will serve Kolkata, Salt Lake and Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal underneath the Hooghly River.

Lausanne railway station

There is also a network of local services from Lausanne, primarily as part of the Léman RER, and platforms for line 2 of the Lausanne Metro.

Lujiang

Lujiang Station, station of Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro, Guangdong, China

Magyar Televízió

The old headquarters can be reached by a five minutes walk from Kossuth tér where Metro line 2 stops.

Metro Bellas Artes

Inside the station, the platforms in Line 2 show reproductions of Mesoamerican art.

Metro Cuatro Caminos

As of 14 September 1970 Line 2 originally terminated at Metro Tacuba, but on 22 August 1984 the line was extended an additional two stations to reach the municipality of Naucalpan.

Milan Metro

A north extension of Line 3 to Comasina (4 stations) and a new south branch on the Line 2 to Assago (2 stations) opened in early 2011.

Milan Metro Line 2

The interurban sections of Line 2 were originally built as part of a fast tramway, the Linee celeri dell'Adda ("Adda fast lines"), opened in 1968 from Cimiano up to Gorgonzola.

Public transport in Oradea

Line 2 runs from Ioșia quarter via the southern city centre and the heart of the city (Unirii Square) to Cantemir quarter and then Nufărul.

Santa Ana metro station

It was initially a single-line station on the Line 2, subsequently in 1998, the station begins to be adapted to become a transfer station, as a part of the extension of the Line 5 from Baquedano metro station to Santa Ana station, in which was used the New Austrian Tunnelling method.

Santiago Metro Line 2

Since 2009, the Municipality of San Bernardo and the Santiago Metro began planning a future extension of Line 2 to the south, running from La Cisterna to San Bernardo’s central square.

Sofia Metro

The Metro links the highly populated districts of LyulinMladost (Line 1 – Red) and NadezhdaLozenets (Line 2 – Blue).

Xi'an North Railway Station

The station is connected to downtown Xi'an by Line 2 of Xi'an Metro.

Xochimilco Light Rail

For the northern stretch of its run, it travels along the central reservation of the Calzada de Tlalpan, as does Metro Line 2 south of Metro San Antonio Abad – for this reason, it is sometimes seen as a continuation of that line, albeit on a more modest scale.