All Metro articles – Page 3
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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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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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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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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 30* 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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Petersburg Metropoliten
First line opened 1955. Network now comprises 5 lines with 68 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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Metro Warszawskie Sp zoo
Opened 1995. Two-line metro serving 38 stations. See Warszawa network map. The first section of north-south Line M1 opened on April 7 1995 from Kabaty to Politechnika (11·5 km, 11 stations), extended in phases with the most recent extension from Słodowiec to Młociny inaugurated October 25 2008 (3·0 km, 3 ...
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Recife Metro (Metrorec)
First line opened 1985; now two routes with branch, serving 29 stations. Linha Centro was opened from the city centre to Werneck in March 1985, and extended to Coqueiral in August 1986. The line was then continued north from Coqueiral to Rodoviária in September 1986 (3·8 km), extended 4·8 km ...
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Mumbai Metro
Opened 2014, India’s fifth metro. Three routes serving 38 stations, plus monorail. See Mumbai network map. Also see: Navi Mumbai Metro for neighbouring network. MMRDA, responsible for overall development of urban infrastructure, has created the Mumbai Metro Rail Project agency to develop the city’s metro. Work on Blue Line 1 ...
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Qom Metro
Two routes are under construction: a 14 km metro route running from the city boundary on Jafarieh Road southeast via the main station to Jamkaran (14 km, 14 stations); and a monorail (6·2 km, initially 7 stations) from the Persian Gulf Highway in the northeast to Mosalla in the centre, ...
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Riyadh Metro
Six-line metro under construction. See Riyadh network map. In July 2013, the Arriyadh Development Authority placed turnkey contracts for a 176 km six-line driverless metro network with an overall budget of €16·3bn. Work began in April 2014, with all six lines being built simultaneously. Test running began in April 2018. ...
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Vijayawada Metro Rail
In 2016 tenders were called for construction of a two-line heavy metro network. Work on this was halted by 2018 due to the cost not being supported by projected traffic. Since then the scheme has been reworked as a light metro, with three-car trains to operate from 750 V DC ...
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Visakhapatnam Metro Rail
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the planned 42·5 km Visakhapatnam Metro Rail network in Andhra Pradesh had been expected to take place in February 2019, but were delayed. The network would have three lines serving 38 stations. Line 1 would run for 30·8 km from Kommadi in the northeast to NAD Junction ...
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Shijiazhuang Metro
Opened 2017, China’s 30th metro: three lines, serving 60 stations. See Shijiazhuang network map. Work began in 2012, with the initial phase opened on June 27 2017. Shijiazuang Metro Linedirectionkmstaopenlast ext 60 stations on 3 lines, of which 3 are interchanges.See Shijiazhuang network map for table ...
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Sydney Metro
Single line opened 2019, serving 13 stations. See Sydney network map. Construction of the North West Metro began in 2008 following proposals for a metro line in the early-2000s. The project was then cancelled in February 2010, but a change of government revived the project in a new form in ...
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Thessaloniki Metro
Construction started 2006 on this long-planned automated metro, with Attiko Metro SA is responsible for overseeing the project. The Line 1 “base project” runs northwest–southeast from Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos to Nea Elvetia (9·6 km, 13 stations). The ”Kalamaria Extension” Line 2 will branch southwest at 25 Martiou to terminate at ...