All Metro articles – Page 13
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Busan Transportation Corporation (BTC)
Opened 1985. Five-line network serving 131 stations. See Busan network map. North-south Line 1 opened July 19 1985. Work on an extension south from Sinpyeong to Dadaepo began in 2009, with opening on April 20 2017 (7·3 km, 6 stations). Line 2 opened on June 30 1999 between Hopo in ...
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Brussels Transport (STIB / MIVB)
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) / Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB)
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Brescia Mobilità SpA
Opened 2013. Single route serving 17 stations. Construction of this automated metro began 2007. The ’L’-shaped north-east line opened on March 2 2013, from Sant’Eufemia-Buffalora in the southeast, where the depot is located, running northeast to the main station and then north to terminate at Prealpino. It uses Ansaldo STS ...
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Empresa Metro Bogotá
A heavy rail metro line is planned for Colombia’s capital. On August 6 2018 prequalifying of bidders to build a metro line began, with the APCA Transmimetro selected in October 2019. Running eastward from Carrera 96 and Portal Américas on the west side of the city, the line is to ...
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Budapest Transport Zrt (BKV)
Opened 1896, modern metro in 1970. Four line network with 48 stations. See Budapest network map.The Millennium underground railway, now metro Line M1 (4·2 km, 11 stations), opened 1896, and was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002. The first section of modern metro (Line M2) opened 1970, and the ...
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Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (BVG)
First section of metro opened 1902. Network now comprises 9 lines with 175 stations. See Berlin city and Berlin region network maps. Berlin’s older metro routes (U1-4) have a small profile loading gauge, with a larger profile on the later routes (U5-9). Berlin U-bahn Linekmstaprofileopenedlast extendeddirectionfromtonotes ...
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Bengaluru Metro Rail Corp (Namma Metro)
Opened 2011, India’s third metro. Two lines serving 65 stations. See Bengaluru network map.Work began in 2007 on Phase 1, comprising an east-southwest Purple line (18·1 km) and northwest-south Green line (24·2 km). The elevated east end of the Purple line from Baiyappanahalli to M G Road opened in October ...
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Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
First section opened 1924. TMB’s network comprises 8 lines with 163 stations. See Barcelona network map. A section of standard gauge Line 3 from Lesseps to Plaça de Catalunya was the first to open on December 30 1924. The sole broad gauge metro route opened on June 10 1926; the ...
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Baotou Metro
Two-line metro network in planning; project paused since 2017. An east-west Line 1 (27·8 km, 22 stations) and north-south Line 2 (Phase 1: 14·3 km, 11 stations) would be served by 6-car units. Plans envisage the network expanding to six lines, a total of 182·5 km serving 125 stations. Construction ...
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Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co Ltd (BTS)
Opened 1999; two-line elevated metro serving 59 stations, plus peoplemover. See Bangkok network map. This concessionaire began operations on December 5 1999 with an initial 23 km network and 23 stations known as BTS Skytrain, since when both lines have been substantially extended. The BTS Silom line, linking central Bangkok ...
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Companhia do Metrô da Bahia (Metrô de Salvador)
Opened 2014; two-line network serving 20 stations. Test running from Lapa to Accesso Norte began in December 2011 and opened on June 11 2014 (6·5 km, initially 4 stations), with the link to Retiro opening with limited service in August 2014 (1·6 km, 1 station). An infill station at Bonocô ...
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Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
First rapid transit line opened 1892. Extensive metro system of eight lines and 145 stations. See Chicago network map. The initial elevated stub lines were linked by the Union Loop in 1897, forming the elevated city-centre core. The State St Subway (Red line: Howard-Dan Ryan) opened in 1943 with the ...
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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA)
First tram routes opened 1920; rapid transit 1955. System comprises single metro route with three light rail branches, serving 59 stations. GCRTA oversees operation of the RTA Rapid Transit network, comprising the Red Line metro (31 km, 18 stations - notable for having only 1 km in tunnel), together with ...
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Azienda Trasporti Milanesi SpA (ATM)
Metro opened 1964. Five lines with 113 stations, plus 20 tram routes. See Milano network map. Founded in 1931, Azienda Trasporti Milanesi is a public limited company owned by the Milano Municipality. ATM manages public transport in Milano and in 46 provincial towns serving an area with a population of ...
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
First line opened 1972; metro network now comprises 5 lines with 46 stations.See San Francisco network map. The initial programme of construction linking Fremont, Richmond, and Concord to Oakland and the Transbay Tunnel to San Francisco and Daly City, was completed in September 1974. Extensions in 1996-97 took the Concord ...
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Ankara Metro ve Ankaray İşletmesi
Elektrik, Gaz ve Otobüs Isletmesi Genel Müdürlügü (EGO)