Lozinetz metro

Lozinetz Metro

Overview
Native name	Lozinečki metropoliten
Owner	Lozinetz Metropoliten EAD
Locale	Lozinetz, Romellea
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	47
Daily ridership	317,000 (2019)
Chief executive	Krasimir Sergejev
Headquarters	121, Balevurov blvd.
Website	Lozinetz traffic.rf
Operation
Began operation	31 January 1995 (1995-01-31)
Operator(s)	Metropoliten JSC
Number of vehicles	98
Technical
System length	36.65 km (22.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 825V
Average speed	55 km/h (34 mph)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
System map

The Lozinetz Metro (Lozinečki metropoliten, also colloquially called Lozinečko metro) is the rapid transit network servicing the Romellenic major city Lozinetz. It began operation on January 31, 1995. As of July 2019, the Lozinetz Metro consists of three interconnected subway lines and one light rail line, serving 47 stations, with a total route length of 36.65 kilometres (22.77 mi). The Metro links the densely populated districts of Zlaten Rožen – Stolipino (Line 1 – Red), Vôzraždane - Cvetan Lazarov (Line 2 - Blue), Cvetan Lazarov - Slivnica - Obelja (Line 3 - Orange) and Balčik – Borovo (Light Rail Line 1 – Light Green). The metro has a connection to a fast monorail line travelling to Lozinetz International Airport at station Cvetan Lazarov.

The Lozinetz metro system is the newest in Romellea, it was planned in the first half of the 1990s, and its construction began in 1993, with the first line being open on 31st of January 1995. Since then the subway system has been extended several times; a second line connecting the southwest and the northeast boroughs of the city was opened in 1999. In 2001, a monorail service was established between the Lozinetz International Airport and the city, with a transfer to the subway on the last station of Line M2. The new fast monorail made the access to the airport, located 25km away from the city, far easier for the majority of foreign passengers, and succeeded the older bus shuttle connection, which by early 2000s was already obsolete and overloaded.

In 2001-2003, a project for a third line operating in the eastern districts of Lozinetz was accepted, and in the course of 28 months, 13 stations were constructed. The line was opened on October 2003.

The last major extension of the rail system was made in 2009 when the boulevards Grigorij Skobelejev and Car Samuil were widened, the lines of trams 25 and 13 were separated and reconstructed into fast tram rails, and a number of shallow tunnels were constructed between the Expo-Lozinetz trade centre and Boulevard Grigorij Skobelejev. The project was converted from fast tram to light rail in 2011, and transferred under the authority of the Lozinetz Metropoliten from the city municipality. In March the line was inaugurated as the fourth and currently the last line of the system.

Since 2015, a fifth line is planned to run from the north of the city through the historical centre and the Lozinetz arena to the southeast. The line was approved and the construction of the northern branch to the centre has started in 2018. The city municipality is currently discussing the possible construction of a ring line in the centre of the city, as well as the extension of the M2 line up to the airport to reduce the load on the monorail line.

Lines

Line	Opened	Current Lenght	Current Number of Stations	U/C Stations	Planned Stations
M1	31.01.1995	9.6 km	15	0	18
M2	21.11.1999	11.8 km	18	0	24
M3	09.10.2003	10.3 km	13	0	13
L1	17.03.2011	4.95 km	10	0	10
M4	U/C	14.02 km (planned)	0	9	27

Design and architecture

Map and navigation

The current map of the Lozinetz was designed in 2017 by students from the Faculty of Urbanism of the University of Lozinetz

Navigation sign at Station Velinovo

See also

• Lozinetz