Monday, March 7, 2016

Warsaw: The second metro line is a year transported 35 million passengers – Onet.pl

On this occasion, on Tuesday morning and before noon on the second line of the metro stations for passengers will wait sweet gifts and goodies prepared by the metropolitan subway. On the screens at the station Świętokrzyska the end of March will be presented interesting facts on. The first year of the second metro line, for example. Trains on the central section defeated a distance equal to 28 times around the Earth, the longest escalator in Poland are more than 40 m are at the station Copernicus Science Centre.

the second thread subway was opened after more than five years after signing the contract for design and construction. It has a length of more than 6 km, connects the left- and right-bank Warsaw. It has seven stations. Sequentially from west to east they are: “Rondo Daszyńskiego”, “Rondo ONZ”, “Holy Cross”, “The New World – University”, “Copernicus Science Centre,” “National Stadium” and the “Vilnius Train.”

average weekday carries more than 110 thousand. passengers – provides capital metro. From the first to the second metro line crosses the station “Świętokrzyska”.

On the walls of the platforms II underground lines the graphics with the names of the station. Appearance of the walls has developed a world-renowned Polish artist Wojciech Fangor. Individual stations are different colors.

Station “New World-University” is the deepest station II line. It has four floors, and the platform is located 23 meters underground. This is due to the geology of Warsaw – it was necessary to lead the tunnels second metro line eight meters below the bottom of the river.

” voice “of the second line of the Warsaw underground Maciej Gudowski, one of the most popular teachers in Poland. Gudowskiego supported the candidacy of almost 50 percent. residents who took part in the online vote.

Agreement for the design and construction of the central section of the second line of the subway town hall He signed an agreement with Italian-Turkish-Polish consortium Astaldi, Gulermak and PBDiM Minsk Mazowiecki in October 2009. the cost of the investment amounted to 4.17 billion zł.

the first ground work began in the second half of 2010. in May of 2012. shield “Anna” (bearing the name in honor of the Duchess Anna Mazowiecka) began excavating the tunnel the second metro line.

Originally planned that the construction of the second line will end in October 2013. however, the work was delayed, among others, due to flooding of the construction site station Copernicus Science Centre. In August of 2012. Builders encountered during work on the watercourse, the area of ​​the station was flooded, closed tunnel Wisłostrada and repair work lasted almost a year, until June 2013.

In November of 2014. mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz announced the opening of II line of the underground railway on 14 December. City Hall explained that the delay in handing over the second metro line was caused by a fire batteries at the station “Rondo Daszyńskiego”, which took place on 2 December.

Currently, the city is preparing for the extension of metro line II, first to 2019. has created six stations (stage 3 + 3), and three to the east and west of the central section, and then, until 2022 . the next five stations – three on Targówku and two in the direction of Bemowo.

at the end of October last year. year Metro has chosen the company to follow through stage 3 + 3. Gulermak Turkish company will build three stations in the direction of Bemowo, and the Italian Astaldi three in the Targówek. The first of them valued their services to 1.1 billion zł, and the other 1 billion zł. The two companies previously formed the consortium that built the central section of the second subway line. The first works are expected to begin in the middle of this year.

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