Line 2 of the

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, also known as ''Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line'' (russian: Моско́вско-Петрогра́дская ли́ния) or ''Blue Line'', is a second oldest

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line in

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, Russia, opened in 1961, which connects city centre with the northern and southern districts. It featured the first cross-platform transfer in the

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. It was also the first metro line in

to feature a unique

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type that soon became dubbed as "Horizontal Lift". The line cuts Saint Petersburg on a north-south axis and is generally coloured

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on Metro maps. In 2006, as an extension was opened, it became the longest line on the system.

Timeline

Name changes

Transfers

The Tekhnologichesky Institut transfer is a cross-platform one.

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Moskovskoe (№ 3) depot, and has 56 six-carriage trains assigned to it. Most of these are of type 81-717/81-714, but some are the .5 standard, built in the 1970s through the 1990s. There are also newer 81-540.1/541.1 and .9 trains running since 2000.

Recent developments and future plans

The line is complete as such, and the recent extension to Parnas means that in the long future no future extensions will be built. However it is very likely that some of the central stations will be receiving much needed repairs internally and externally. {{DEFAULTSORT:Line 2 Of Saint Petersburg Metro Saint Petersburg Metro lines Railway lines opened in 1961