All Metro articles – Page 2
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Bengbu Metro
Single monorail line under construction of planned six-line network. Construction of Line 2 began in 2019, to run from Changnan Bus Station to Huaiyuan Old River Bay (32·7 km, 24 stations). Work on Line 1 is planned to start in 2021, running from East Xuzhuang to East Fengyang (37·4 km, ...
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Yokohama Minatomirai-sen
Opened 2004. Single route serving six stations. See Yokohama network map. As part of a redevelopment of the Yokohama waterfront, a tunnelled route was constructed southeast from Yokohama mainline station to Motomachi-Chukagai. It was opened on February 1 2004 (4·1 km, 6 stations). Services operate through to the Tokyu Toyoko ...
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Metro 5 SpA
Single route, opened 2013, under a 27-year public-private concession. See Milano network map. A consortium was established in 2006 to build and operate Line 5, comprising FS Italiane, Ansaldo STS, Alstom, Hitachi Rail Italy and Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, and using Ansaldo STS driverless operation similar to København metro. The construction ...
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Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University Peoplemover
An 11·5 km, 14-station driverless light metro serving the university campus opened in August 2012; Ansaldos STS supplied metro technology based on København Metro. Four operational routes serve a central loop line and two branches. Address Saudi Arabia Gauge: 1435 mm Length: 12 km Electrification 12 km ...
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SkyTrain (Vancouver)
Opened 1986, network now comprises 3 lines serving 53 stations. See Vancouver network map. This subsidiary of Translink runs the automated light metro line. The first sections of the Expo line opened 1986 (Waterfront – New Westminster), with the Millenium line in 2002 (Braid – Commercial). The Canada Line to ...
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SBS Transit - Singapore
Operator of North-East and Downtown lines, and two peoplemovers. See Singapore network map. Public transport operator SBS has a 30-year franchise from Land Transport Authority to operate the automated driverless North-East line (NEL: 16 stations, opened in 2003), and the Downtown line (DTL: also automated and driverless). This opened from ...
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Suzhou Rail Transit
First line opened 2012, China’s 16th metro. Six-line network serving 181 stations. See Suzhou network map. Line 1 opened in April 28 2012, running east-west from Zhongnanjie to Liangtianche (25·7 km, 24 stations). Line 2’s first phase (26·6 km, 22 stations) opened on December 28 2013, running south from Suzhou ...
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RET Public Transport (Rotterdam)
Opened 1968. Five routes serving 71 stations. Also operates tramway network of 9 routes. See Rotterdam network map. The first section of the north-south Erasmuslijn metro between Centraal and Zuidplein on February 9 1968, extended to Slinge in 1970, continuing southwest to Zalmplaat in 1974. The west-east Calandlijn first opened ...
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Sporveien Oslo
Opened 1966. Five metro lines with 98 stations, plus six light rail/tram lines. See Oslo network map. Oslo’s metro has been created by a mixture of new construction and converted older suburban railways (such as the Holmenkolbanen of 1898). The first tunnelled section opened in 1928, extending the Holmenkolbanen ...
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Tabriz Urban Railway Organisation (TURO)
Opened 2015, Iran’s fourth metro. Single route with 16 stations. The inaugural section at the east end of Line 1 from El Goli in the southeast running northwest to Ostad Shahriar opened August 28 2015 (5·8 km, 6 stations). On February 16 2017 this was extended west to Meydan-e Sa’at ...
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VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG)
Opened 1972. Three metro lines serving 49 stations. Also five tram routes serving 79 stops. See Nürnberg network map. The first section to open was Line U1 from the southeast terminus at Langwasser Süd running northwest to Bauernfeindstraße on March 1 1972. This was further extended to Frankenstraße in June ...
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Ningbo Rail Transit (NBRT)
Opened 2014, China’s 22nd metro. Five-line network serving 116 stations. See Ningbo network map. Construction of east-west Line 1 began in 2009 with the first phase opened from Donghuan South Rd to Gaoqiao West on May 30 2014 (20·8 km, 20 stations). Line 1 Phase 2 east opened on March ...
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Nantong Rail Transit (NRT)
Opened 2022, China’s 46th metro; two lines serving 42 stations. See Nantong network map. Construction of Phase 1, comprising two metro lines serving Nantong on the north bank of the mouth of the Yangtze, was approved in 2014.Work on Line 1 began in December 2017, with opening on November 10 ...
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Okinawa Toshi Monorail
Opened 2003; single straddle-beam monorail route, serving 19 stations. This is the only railway operation on Okinawa, and is known as Yui Rail. The first section to be completed runs east from the island’s main airport to Naha city centre and on to Shuri on the east side of the ...
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Tokyo Monorail
Single line opened 1964, serving 11 stops. See Tokyo network map. This straddle monorail on the Alweg system opened in southern Tokyo in 1964. It runs from Hamamatsuchō on the south side of central Tokyo to Haneda airport along the western waterfront of Tokyo Bay. The line was acquired by ...