All Metro articles – Page 9
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
First metro line (Market-Frankford line) opened 1907. Network now comprises 2 lines serving 52 stations, plus the Norristown light metro line. See Philadelphia network map. SEPTA runs public transport in the five-county area of Philadelphia, with some routes extending into New Jersey and Delaware. Also operates tramway/light rail system comprising ...
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Port Authority Transit Corp (PATCO)
Opened 1936. Single route with 13 stations. See Philadelphia network map. The PATCO Speedline opened 1936 between 15/16th St & Locust in Philadelphia and Broadway in Camden, via the Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware river. The line was rebuilt and extended to Lindenwold in 1969, where it provides interchange ...
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Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT), Bangkok
Manages concesssions for four of Bangkok’s lines (metro: Blue, Purple; monorail: Yellow, Pink) serving 102 stations. See Bangkok network map. MRTA is responsible for planning and construction of metro lines in Bangkok and elsewhere, and provision of associated passenger benefits. It also controls the concession for the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon line, ...
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
First line opened 1979; network comprises two main routes serving six branches with 38 stations. See Atlanta network map. The original line designations (on compass point directions) were replaced by line colours in October 2009. Atlanta Metro LineDirectionkmstaopenedlast extendedfromto Red north-south 14·7 5 1981-12-04 2000-12-16 ...
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Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai-sen)
Opened in 1996, single line with 8 stations. See Tokyo network map. This ‘Third Sector’ line opened on March 30 1996 running in tunnel west from an interchange with JR East’s Keiyo line at Shin-Kiba to Tokyo’s waterfront development area on the artifical islands of Aomi and Odaiba, also served ...
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
First line opened 1976; network comprises 6 lines with 98 stations. See Washington DC network map. Only the Red line uses dedicated infrastructure over its entire length. All other heavy metro routes share at least one section with another line. Within the city centre these form two main corridors intersecting ...
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Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (ANM)
First metro line opened 1993: currently single route operating with 18 stops. First tram opened 1875, with a network much reduced in the 1950s. See Napoli network map. Napoli has a complex urban network comprising a mix of heavy and light metro, standard and narrow gauge rail, tram and four ...
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Los Angeles Metro
Heavy metro opened 1993; two lines serving 16 stations. First light metro line opened 1990; now four lines serving 87 stations. See Los Angeles network map. Routes have previously been referred to by name, colour or letter, but with recasting of services around the opening of the Regional Connector ...
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Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH (VGF)
First line opened 1884. First U-Bahn tunnels opened October 4 1968. Complex system of conventional tram network, much upgraded to run as light metro. See Frankfurt am Main network map. An extensive programme of upgrading of the city’s tram network from the late-1960s has created sections of pre-metro standard infrastructure. ...
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Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre SA (Trensurb)
Opened 1985; single route serving 22 stations. This regional metro is run by a government-owned company; opened on March 2, 1985, and extended 1997, 2000 and 2012. A further extension to Novo Hamburgo (5 km, 3 stations) opened on May 8 2014. A peoplemover opened in 2013 provides interchange from ...
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Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
First metro line opened 1983, light rail opened 1992. Network comprises single metro route with 14 stations, and light rail line with 33 stations. See Baltimore network map. The metro line running northwest from the city centre is branded Metro SubwayLink. It opened to Reisterstown Plaza in November 1983, ...
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Seoul Metro Line 9 Corp
Opened 2009. Single route serving 38 stations. See Seoul network map. Line 9 links Gimpo airport in the west with VHS Medical Center via the Gangnam district south of the Han River. The first phase linking Gaewha to Sinnonhyeon, opened on July 24, 2009 (27 km, 25 stations); it was ...
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Lanzhou Metro
Opened June 2019, China’s 36th metro. Two lines serving 27 stations. See Lanzhou network map. Work on Line 1 an initial route began in 2012, with the initial phase opening on June 23 2019 and with an infill station opening the following year. Phase 1 of Line 2 opened on ...
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Lahore Rapid Mass Transit
Single line opened 2020, serving 26 stations. See Lahore network map. A metro was proposed in 1991, and again in 2005, but plans stalled until an agreement with China was signed in May 2014. Construction of the west-east Orange Line began in October 2015 on a mostly-elevated alignment. CRRC Zhouzhou ...
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Kyiv Metro
Opened 1960; now 3 lines serving 52 stations. See Kyiv network map. An initial section of Line 1 opened from Vokzal’na west to Dnipro on November 6 1960 (5·2 km, 6 stations). The line has been extended in stages at both ends, with the last section opened being that west ...