All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 120
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Nanjing Metro (NJM)
Opened 2005, China’s 10th metro. Network comprises seven urban and seven regional metro lines, serving 246 stations. See Nanjing network map.Line 1 (now 38·9 km, 27 stations) opened 2005. On May 28 2010 Line 1 was extended and Line 2 opened (38·0 km, 26 stops). The former Line 1 branch ...
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MetroCampania NordEst Srl
Runs two geographically separate lines to the north of Napoli: the Alifana (FA) from San Maria Capua Vetere on the RFI Roma–Caserta line to Piedimonte Matese (42 km, being electrified), and the Benevento-Napoli (FBN) from RFI at Cancello to Benevento (49 km). Trains on both routes run through to Napoli ...
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Metrolinx
This agency of the Government of Ontario was created in 2006 to improve the co-ordination and integration of all modes of transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. In 2009, it merged with GO Transit, the operator of Toronto’s regional suburban rail services. The Air Rail Link joined the ...
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Petersburg Metropoliten
First line opened 1955. Network now comprises 5 lines with 69 stations. See St Petersburg network map. On May 26 2018 the northwest extension of Line 3 from Primorskaya to Begovaya opened (5·2 km, 2 stations). An extension of Line 5 southeast from Mezhdunarodnaya to Shushary opened on October 3 ...
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Tbilisi Metropolitena
Opened 1966. Two lines with 22 stations. The first line to open was a central section of Line 1 south from Dibude to Rustaveli via the main station (6·3 km, 6 stations). This was extended southeast to 300 Aragveli in November 1967 and east to Samgori in 1971. In 1985 ...
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Minsk Metropolitena
Opened 1984; three lines serving 33* stations. See Minsk network map. The first section of Line 1 (Moskovskaya line) opened from Institut Kul’tury to Moskovskaya in June 1984, and extended in stages from 1986-2012 (14 stations, 17·3 km). The latest extension opened June 3 2014 southwest to Malinovka (1·8 km, ...
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Metrotranvía
Work began in 2009 on construction of Line 1 (16 stops) of a planned tram-train network running south from Central to Gutiérrez. The line began public services in April 2012 using a fleet of ex-San Diego Trolley LRVs. On May 7 2019 the line was extended north from Central to ...
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MetroVal
Opened 2007; single line serving 9 stations. Phase 1 of light metro network from Monumental north to Cedeño (6·2 km, 7 stations) opened mid-2007. It was extended on April 29 2015 north to Francisco de Miranda (1·5 km, 2 stations). Extensions and second line planned. AddressAv Navas EspinelaSarrial No 9725Edo ...
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Metrovias
First line opened 1913. Network comprises 6 lines with 85 stations. See Buenos Aires network map. Since 1994 the metro has been operated by the Metrovias private-sector consortium under concession, and since 2013 this has been let on a year-by-year basis. Infrastructure is owned by Subterraneos de Buenos Aires, which ...
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Miami-Dade Transit
Metrorail heavy metro line opened 1984; two routes with 23 stations. Metromover downtown people-mover opened 1986, 22 stations. Construction of the metro began in 1979, with the line opened from Dadeland South north to Overtown on May 21 1984. This was extended further north to Earlington Heights on December 17 ...
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Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID)
Established in 1979, this short line runs over 20 km of former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage from Newark (NY) north to Wallington, together with a 52 km segment of the ex-New York Central line running west from Wolcott to Wallington and Webster, about 10 km east of Rochester. The segments east ...
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Transport for West Midlands (TfWM)
This agency is responsible for promoting and developing public transport in the Birmingham conglomeration. On launch of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in June 2016 TfWM superseded the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (WMITA) and its delivery body Centro. It established the Midland Metro Alliance to oversee new light ...