Bucharest Metro Line M2 (Pipera – Tudor Arghezi)
The north to south line through the centre of Bucharest, and the busiest on the network with 52.5 million passengers in 2023. It opened in two steps, Piața Unirii to Depoul I.M.G.B. in January 1986 and Piața Unirii to Pipera in October 1987, with Piața Romană inserted in 1988 after having been dropped from the plan. Metrorex records 20.28 km and 15 stations. The one later addition is the surface extension to Tudor Arghezi, opened on 15 November 2023.
- Total length
- 23 km
- Open today
- 20 km
- Sections
- 4
- Cost on record
- €45.215M
- 1 of 4 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Section I: Piața Unirii 2 – Depoul I.M.G.B. 9.96 km and 6 stations from Piața Unirii south to the I.M.G.B. works and the new depot, now Berceni. Tineretului was added on 6 April 1986 and Constantin Brâncoveanu on 5 December 1988; I.M.G.B. and Depoul I.M.G.B. were renamed Dimitrie Leonida and Berceni in 2009 | Opened | 10 km |
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| Section II: Piața Unirii 2 – Pipera 8.72 km and 5 stations north to the Pipera platform, giving the line its present shape. Piața Romană was cancelled after works had started and opened as an infill station on 28 November 1988, which is why its platforms are narrow and its pillars massive. The English article dates this section 25 October 1987 | Opened | 9 km |
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| Berceni – Tudor Arghezi 1.6 km and one station towards the southern ring road, approved in January 2020 and contracted by the Sector 4 city hall in April 2020. Built at grade, so Berceni and Tudor Arghezi are the only two surface stations on the network. Until 8 May 2024 trains ran to it as a shuttle from Berceni, because the signalling was not finished. Tender notice (October 2019) gave 22 months, 4 design and 18 works; the signed contract runs 24 months. At opening, Sector 4 put the investment in the station and its 350-space park&ride at 50 million euro of EU grants. | Opened | 2 km |
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| 24 mo total · Contract value lei 157.64M |
| Tudor Arghezi – Berceni (Ilfov) 3 km and 3 stations beyond the city boundary into Berceni commune, Ilfov county, under a protocol signed at the end of 2021. Only the length and the number of stations are published, from the pre-feasibility study completed in November 2022; the alignment drawn here is indicative | Planned | 3 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union2 km1 section
- Cohesion Fund, 85% of the 179.97 million lei eligible value, through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, Priority Axis 1.
- National budget2 km1 section
- 15% of the eligible value, from the POIM managing authority's budget.
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
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Sources
- Wikipedia: Metroul din București
- Wikipedia: Bucharest Metro Line M2
- UrbanRail.Net: Bucharest Metro
- Economica.net: Metrorex: A fost finalizată linia către noua stație de metrou Tudor Arghezi (11 October 2021)read Sep 25, 2026
- Primăria Sectorului 4: Primăria Sectorului 4 scoate la licitație proiectul noii stații de metrou de pe Șoseaua Berceni (September 2019)read Sep 25, 2026 · archived copy
- Primăria Sectorului 4: Proiectul noii stații de metrou de pe Șoseaua Berceni intră pe ultima sută de metri (2 October 2019)read Sep 25, 2026 · archived copy
- Primăria Sectorului 4: Sectorul 4 a dat în folosință stația de metrou Tudor Arghezi (15 November 2023)read Sep 25, 2026 · archived copy
- Primăria Berceni: Punct de vedere referitor la Studiul de Fezabilitate „Extinderea magistralei 2 de metrou în comuna Berceni, județul Ilfov” (nr. 6090 din 07.03.2025)read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry of the opened sections, ODbL)