All Metro articles – Page 6
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Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Ltd (RMGL)
Opened 2013, India’s fourth metro. Single route with 11 stations. See Delhi network map. From a loop around the Cyber City development Gurgaon’s privately-funded metro connects at Sikandarpur with Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line. This initial section opened on November 14 2013. (5·1 km, 6 stations), and was extended south from ...
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Xiamen Rail Transit Group Ltd
Opened 2017, China’s 32nd metro. Three line network serving 64 stations. See Xiamen network map. Work on north-south Line 1 (30·3 km, 24 stations) began in 2013, with the line opening on December 31 2017. It connects Xiamen Island to the high-speed mainline station at Xiamen North. The east-west Line ...
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Xuzhou Metro Group
Opened 2019, China’s 38th metro. Three metro lines serving 51 stations. See map of Xuzhou. Work on a test section of east-west Line 1 began in April 2013, with some test running from the end of 2016. The full line, running from Xuzhou East high-speed station via the central station ...
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Tianjin Rail Transit Group (TRT)
Opened 1984, China’s 3rd metro. Ten routes, serving 171 stations. See Tianjin network map.Tianjin’s first line opened in 1984, but closed in 2001 for rebuilding and extension. Line 1 (26·2 km, 22 stations) opened throughout in 2006, followed by Lines 2 and 3 in 2012. These both intersect with Line ...
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Wuppertaler Stadtwerke mobil GmbH (WSW)
Suspended monorail − Wuppertaler Schwebebahn − operated on the Langen system, opened 1901; single route with 20 stations. See Wuppertal on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The fleet of vehicles was replaced in 2015-17 by Vossloh Kiepe, with power supply increased from 600 V to 750 V DC in 2016. Alstom ...
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Metro di Salerno
Operated by Trenitalia, this suburban operation entered service on November 4 2013. Dedicated track provides an upgraded local service alongside the mainline southeast from Salerno to Arechi (5·7 km, 6 stations). AddressVia Cisterna dell’Ollo 4480134 SalernoItaly Network data Gauge1435 mmLength5·7 kmElectrification5·7 km at 3 kV DCRolling stock9 EMU ...
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Metropolitana di Roma SpA
Società per la realizzazione delle Metroplitane della Città di Roma arl
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Metro de Maracaibo
First section of Line 1 officially opened in 2006, with full opening from Altos de La Vanega northeast to the city centre at Libertador (6·5 km, 6 stations) in June 2009. Plans exist for an extension northwest from Libertador to La Curva de Molina. AddressAv Don Manuel BellosoSector Altos de ...
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Metro de Palma de Mallorca
First line opened 2007, now two routes serving 16 stations. The network is operated by local railway Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM). The initial line M1 from Plaça d’Espanya to Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) opened on April 25 2007 (8·3 km, 7 stations), but flooding problems forced closure ...
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Metro de Sevilla
Opened 2009; single light metro line with 21 stations. The line runs northeast from Ciudad Expo to the city centre, then southeast to Olivar de Quintos; there is passive provision for an extra stop at Guadaíra. Trains are five-segment LRVs, rather than heavy metro vehicles. Several sections are underground, including ...
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Metropolitano de Lisboa EPE (ML)
First line opened 1959. The network now comprises four lines with 56 stations. See Lisboa network map. The initial section of metro from Restauradores north to Sete Rios (now Blue line), and also a branch to Entre Campos (now Yellow line) opened on December 29 1959. On January 27 1963 ...
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Metro de Quito
Construction of the north-south line began in January 2016; see Quito network map. Opening of Line 1 between Quitumbe in the south and El Labrador in the north (15 stations) was originally scheduled for December 2019; funding was approved in 2012, with completion originally planned for 2016. A preview service ...
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Metro de Madrid SA
First line opened 1919. Network now comprises 13 lines with 242 stations.See Madrid network map. The metro network was expanded substantially between 1995 and 2007, with extensions to most lines and opening of Line 12 (MetroSur) growing the network by more than a quarter. Since then, growth has slowed with ...
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Régie des Transports de Marseille (RTM)
Opened in 1977. Two lines with 29 stations. See Marseille network map. Rubber-tyred metro Line 1 was opened in 1977-78, with the southern leg extended from Castellane to La Timone in September 1992. A further extension from La Timone to La Fourragère opened on May 6 2010 (2·5 km, 4 ...