All Metro articles – Page 11
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Gruppo Torinese Trasporti SpA (GTT)
Opened 2006. Single route serving 23 stations, plus eight tram routes. See Torino network map. GTT was created in 2003 by merger of local transport operators ATM and Satti. Its local public transport division operates eight tram routes; it also has a division Ferrovie which runs the line north from ...
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Gebze Metro
Single metro line under construction. On September 29 2018 Kocaeli Municipality east of Istanbul began construction of a driverless metro, with tunnelling begun on June 14 2021. The line will run in tunnel from Darıca on the Gulf of Izmit northeast to Gebze mainline station (terminus of Marmaray services) and ...
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Fuzhou Metro (FZM)
Opened 2016, China’s 26th metro. Five line networks serving 90 stations. See Fuzhou network map. An initial section of Line 1 opened on May 18 2016 from Fuzhou South station northwest to Sanchajie on the edge of the city centre (9·8 km, 9 stations). This was extended north to Xiangfeng ...
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Fukuoka-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1981. Three metro lines, serving 37 stations. See Fukuoka network map. Initial metro system opened July 26 1981 from Muromi to Tenjin (Kuko line, 5.8 km, 7 stations). This core route was extended and connected to provide a joint through service west onto JR Kyushu’s Chikuhi line, and east ...
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Dnipro Metro
Opened 1995. Single route with six stations. The metro line in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk until 2016) opened from Vokzal’na (mainline station) west to Pokrovs’ka on December 29 1995. An extension southeast from Vokzal’na to Tsentral’na is under construction (2·5 km, 2 stations), though the continuation to Muzeina is on hold ...
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Dhaka Metro
Single elevated line opened 2022, 12 stations. See Dhaka network map. Work on the first section of an elevated north-south line (MRT Line 6: 19·9 km, 16 stations) began in June 2016, following a hiatus after a previous October 2013 ceremony. A contract for civil engineering for the line was ...
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Dongguan Rail Transit (DGRT)
Opened 2016, China’s 27th metro. Single route with 15 stations. See Dongguan network map. Dongguan’s initial route opened May 27 2016 (Line R2, 15 stations); a further three lines are planned, with the first expected to open being Line R1 (58 km, 25 stations). The network will provide several interchanges ...
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Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV)
Established in 1986, light metro network now comprises 6 lines with 133 stations. Also operates tram network of 4 routes serving 51 stops. See Valencia network map. FGV took over the metre gauge lines of the former Ferrocarriles de Via Estrecha (FEVE) in the Valencia area, developing them into an ...
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Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA (Metro de Santiago)
First line opened 1975. Network of 7 lines with 126 stations. See Santiago network map. Initial phases of Santiago’s metro used rubber-tyre guideways. The first section to open was Line 1 from San Pablo to La Moneda on September 15 1975 (8·2 km, 12 stations), with Line 2 and further ...
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Dalian Rapid Transit (DRT)
Opened 2002, China’s sixth metro. Network now comprises six routes (of which three are suburban) with 99 stations, plus a tramway. See Dalian network map. Inter-urban metro Line 3 was Dalian’s first line, opening on November 8 2002 (49·1 km, 12 stations), with the northern branch opening in 2008 (14·3 ...
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Entreprise du Metro d’Alger
‘Y’-shaped metro network serving 19 stations, plus light rail line serving 37 stops; both opened 2011. See Alger network map. Metro construction started 1989; initial section (9·5 km, 10 stations) opened in November 2011, with extension east to El Harrach on July 5, 2015 (4·0 km, 4 stations). The northern ...
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Daejeon Subway (DJET)
Opened 2006. Single route with 22 stations. The first section of Line 1 opened between Panam in the east via the main station to Government Complex in the centre on March 16 2006 (12·4 km, 12 stations). The line was extended northwest to Banseok on April 17 2007 (10·3 km, ...
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Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corp
Opened 1997. Two metro lines and a monorail serving 88 stations. See Daegu network map. The southwest end of Line 1 from Jincheon to Jungangno opened on November 26 1997, and was extended east to on May 2 1998. A single station extension southwest to Daegok opened on May 10 ...
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Guwahati Metro Rail Corp
Approval from the Assam state government was given on January 18 2017 for an initial metro route. Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority’s proposal for a first metro line is for an elevated standard gauge alignment from the airport and Dharapur in the west to Narangi in the east via the main ...
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Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp (GMRT)
Opened 2004. Single route with 20 stations. The initial eastern section of Line 1 between Nokdong and Sangmu opened on April 28 2004 (with 14 stations). It was extended west to Pyeongdong via the airport and Gwanju Songjeong main station on April 11 2008, but with the easternmost sectiong from ...