Bucharest Metro Line M3

Line M3
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Preciziei Păcii Gorjului Lujerului Politehnica File:BSicon LSTRrg yellow.svg x20px Line M1 File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg Eroilor File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg Izvor File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg Piaţa UniriiM2 File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg Timpuri Noi File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg x20px Mihai Bravu File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg x20px DristorM1 File:BSicon LHST yellow.svg Nicolae Grigorescu File:BSicon LSTRlf yellow.svg x20px Line M1 1 Decembrie 1918 Nicolae Teclu Anghel Saligny

M3 (20 km (12.4 mi)) is one of the 4 lines of the Bucharest Metro. M3 Line runs from Anghel Saligny to Preciziei. It is the east-west line of the system.

History

The first part of the M3 was from Eroilor to Preciziei (at the time known as Industriilor) along with the line to Industriilor depot, some kilometres west of the station itself. This section was not a line on its own, but rather a branch of the M1. It must also be noted that during the communist period the 'M3' was the Gara de Nord - Dristor 2 section of what is today the M1.

Due to the very large gap between Pacii and Lujerului (then known as Armata Poporului) construction of Gorjului started. It was opened in two stages; in 1994 the westbound platform opened and in 1998 the eastbound platform was opened.

In the mid 2000s the route of the M3 was shortened from Pantelimon - Industriilor to Eroilor - Industriilor and the M3 became a shuttle service, similar to the M4 today. In 2008 the long-overdue section from Nicolae Grigorescu to Anghel Saligny (at the time known as Linia de Centura) was finally also opened as a shuttle. Because a line composed of two unconnected shuttles was very impractical, on 4 July 2009 the two shuttles were linked sharing tracks with the M1 between Eroilor and Nicolae Grigorescu, forming the M3 we know today.

Rolling Stock

The M3 currently uses Bombardier Movia trains, however until 2014 Astra IVA trains were also used. After the arrival of new CAF trains and the migration of Movia trains from the M2 to the M3 was complete the old trains were no longer needed.

The first Movia trains were introduced on the M3 in 2009 when through services from Preciziei to Anghel Saligny commenced. After that IVA trains became less and less frequent until they were gone in 2014. The only line which still uses IVA trains is the M4.

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An old Iva train at Lujerului.

Name changes

Station	Previous name(s)	Years
Preciziei	Industriilor	1983–2009
Lujerului	Armata Poporului	1983–2009
Nicolae Teclu	Policolor	2008–2009
Anghel Saligny	Linia de Centură	2008–2009