All Metro articles – Page 8
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Shenyang Metro Co Ltd (SYM)
Opened in 2010, China’s 12th metro. Four-line network serving 111 stations, plus modern tram. See Shenyang network map.Work on the east-west Line 1 began in 2005, with the first section fully opened September 27 2010 (27·8 km, 22 stations). Trial running on Line 2 began in September 2011, with opening ...
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Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Co (TUSRC)
Opened 1999, Iran’s first metro. Seven-line network serving 138 stations. See Tehran network map. Services were inaugurated on March 7 1999 on regional Line 5 linking central Tehran with Karaj (31·5 km, initially with 3 stations), which is built to mainline standards. The line was extended west to Golshahr in ...
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Shenzhen Metro Co Ltd (SZMC)
Inaugurated 2004, China’s ninth metro. 16-line network serving 307 stations. See Shenzhen network map. The original network was Line 1 (Luohu - Window of the World) and Line 4 (Fumin - Children’s Palace), opened together on December 28 2004. When the city was selected to host the 2011 Universiade games ...
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Qingdao Metro Co Ltd (QDM)
Opened 2015, China’s 24th metro. Network has seven lines, serving 148 stations. See Qingdao network map. Construction of the first line began in November 2009 (Line 3, 24·5 km, 22 stations), with the initial section from Qingdao Beizhan via Licun to Shuangshan opened on December 16 2015 (12 km, 10 ...
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Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico (STC)
First line opened 1969. System comprises 12 lines with 164 stations. See Mexico City network map. The first section of Line 1 opened on September 5 1969 from Zaragoza west to Chapultepec (12.7 km, 16 stations). Line 2 followed in August 1970, with Line 3 in November 1970. Several extensions ...
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Urumqi City Rail Group Co Ltd (ULRT)
Opened 2018, China’s 33rd metro. Single route, serving 21 stations. See Urumqi network map. Work on Line 1 began in 2014: Phase 1 from Balou in the city centre northwest to the airport began trial operation on July 9 2018, and opened fully on October 25 2018 (16·5 km, 12 ...
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Panama City Metro
First line open 2014; two-line metro serving 31 stations. See Panamá City network map. A turnkey contract to build Line 1 from Los Andes south to Albrook (13·7 km, 13 stations) was awarded to FCC, Odebrecht and Alstom in November 2010. Some test running began in September 2013, with opening ...
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Metro de Caracas
First line opened 1983; network comprises five lines with 48 stations.See Caracas network map. Since opening of Line 4 on July 19 2006 (5·5 km, 4 stations), a shuttle service has linked Capuchinos and El Silencio (Capitolio), with main Line 2 trains running through onto Line 4. The route was ...
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Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal (Metrô-DF, Brasília)
First line opened 2001; network comprises 2 lines with 25 stations. The metro was inaugurated on March 31 2001. Extensions to all branches of the ‘Y’-shaped network are projected, along with four infill stations. Work on a metre-gauge light rail route linking the airport to a metro interchange at Asa ...
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Metro de Bilbao
First section opened 1995. Network of 3 lines serving 49 stations. See Bilbao network map. The initial route, comprising a 5 km city-centre tunnel link from Casco Viejo to an existing metre-gauge suburban line to Plentzia, was opened in November 1995 (26·4 km, 24 stations); this was extended southeast from ...
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Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Kuala Lumpur)
Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Kuala Lumpur Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL)
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Trem Metropolitano de Belo Horizonte SA (MetroBH)
Opened 1986; single line serving 19 stations. The initial section of a network of regional metro lines being created from existing suburban routes was opened on August 1 1986 from Eldorado west to Lagoinha. The line was slowly extended from here northwards as far as Minas during the 1990s, and ...
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Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
RATP took over road and rail services in 1949 and now operates all metro and light rail lines (except SNCF’s Aulnay–Bondy tram-train), buses and the RATP-RER (Regional Express) lines.
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Pyongyang Transport Authority
First metro line opened 1973; network now comprises two lines with 15 stations. The north-south Chollima line opened on September 6 1973 (6·5 km, 6 stations), with a southwest extension completed in 1987 (2·6 km, 2 stations). The first section of the east-west Hyoksin line opened on October 9 1975 ...
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
First electric tram line opened 1889. Network now comprises three conventional metro lines with 53 stations, and light rail network with four branches and 80 stops. See Boston network map. Work on extending the light rail Green Line northwest from Lechmere began on June 25 2018. The Union Square branch ...