M2 (Copenhagen)

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The M2 Line is a line of the Copenhagen Metro, coloured yellow on the map. It runs from Vanløse to Lergravsparken through the centre of Copenhagen, sharing track with the M1 from Vanløse to Christianshavn. Its main purpose is to connect the eastern part of Amager which isn't covered by S-Trains, with the rest of Metropolitan Copenhagen.

An extension from Lergravsparken to Copenhagen Airport is under construction, and will finish in late 2007.

1 History
2 Intervals
3 Stations
- 3.1 Extension to Copenhagen Airport
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

M2 opened on October 19, 2002 with traffic from Nørreport to Lergravsparken. On May 29, 2003 it was extended to Frederiksberg, and on October 12 2003 it was extended all the way to Vanløse which is its current length. Construction of the extension to the Airport began in November 2003 and is expected to finish in October 2007.

The extension is built on the route of the old Amagerbanen on the stretch between Øresund station and the airport. The stretch has five new stations and is 4.5 kilometres long, and it is expected to transport approximately 25,000 passengers a day. It was originally intended to build the line on an embankment, but the local population believed that this would part Amager in an eastern and western part. Therefore, the plans for the line were revised to construct the stretch mostly on ground level with more flyovers than originally planned. [1] The cost of the project is estimated at €200,000.