All Organisations articles – Page 69
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Zhengzhou Metro (ZZS)
Opened 2013, China’s 20th metro. 13-line network serving 230 stations. See Zhengzhou network map.Work on the east-west Line 1 began in 2009, and the line opened on December 28 2013 from Xiliuhu to Zhengzhou Sports Center (26·3 km, 20 stations), with extensions opening at each end on January 12 2017: ...
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Wuhan Metro (WHM)
Opened 2004, China’s 7th metro; 12-line network serving 270 stations. See Wuhan network map. Line 1’s initial section north of the Yangtze opened on July 28 2004 (10·2 km, 10 stations); extended July 2010, May 2014 and December 28 2017 (now 38·2 km, 32 stations). The cross-river Line 2 opened ...
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Xian Metro (XAM)
Opened 2011, China’s 15th metro. 11-line network serving 235 stations. See Xi’an network map. Xi’an Metro Linedirectionkmstaopenedlast extendedrolling stocknotes 235 stations on 11 lines, of which 35 are interchangesSee Xi’an network map for table of line section opening data. 1 west–east 42·1 ...
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Riyadh Metro
Metro opened 2024, six lines serving 79 stations. See Riyadh network map. In July 2013, the Arriyadh Development Authority placed turnkey contracts for a 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 ...
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Seoul Metro
Opened 1974. Network comprises 8 routes serving 289 stations. See Seoul network map. Seoul Metro Corp (SMC) was set up to operate the Phase I metro network, comprising Lines 1 to 4 with 117 stations. The Line 1 also carries Korail suburban services as a cross-city link with an inter-urban ...
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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 comprising sections of Lines 1 and 3. Shijiazuang Metro Linedirectionkmstaopenlast ext 60 stations on 3 lines, of which 3 ...
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Taichung Metro
Opened 2021; single metro line serving 18 stations. See Taichung network map. The Green line is a standard gauge metro linking the high-speed station west of the city to Beitun Main in the north via City Hall and Daqing (16·7 km, 18 stations). Trial running began on November 16 2020, ...
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Taiyuan Metro
China’s 41st metro, opened 2020. Two lines serving 46 stations. See Taiyuan network map. Work on the first phase of north-south Line 2 began in 2012, with automated driverless operation. The line opened on December 26 2020, running from Jiancaoping south to Dananmen and Xiqiao (23·7 km, 23 stations). ...
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Thessaloniki Metro
See Thessaloniki network map. 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 (mainline station) to Nea Elvetia (9·6 km, 13 stations). The ”Kalamaria Extension” will branch southwest at 25 ...
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Tisséo Réseau Urbain (Toulouse metro)
Opened 1993. Two-line light metro serving 37 stations, plus tram serving 27 stops. See Toulouse network map. First line of VAL automated metro opened June 26, 1993 from Basso Cambo northeast to Jolimont via the main station (10·2 km, 15 stations); an extension further northeast to Balma Gramont opened on ...
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Toshkent Metro
First line opened 1977; network comprises 4 lines with 45 stations. See Toshkent network map. Work on a northern extension of the Yunusobod line from Shahriston to Turkiston (3·6 km, 2 stations) had stopped in 2001, but with resumption of work the line opened on August 29 2020. The Chilonzor ...
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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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Wuxi Metro (WXM)
Opened 2014, China’s 23rd metro. Five-line network serving 89 stations. See Wuxi network map.North-south Line 1 was opened on July 1 2014 (29·4 km, 24 stations) from Yanqiao south to Changguangxi. East-west Line 2 (26·7 km, 22 stations) following on December 28 2014, linking Meiyuan in the west with Wuxi ...
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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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Metro do Porto SA
First line opened in 2002; light rail network now comprises six lines and 82 stations. See Porto network map. Portugal’s second city has built an extensive network through conversion of former railway, new surface routes and tunnelled sections. On October 15 2011 Line D (yellow) was extended south from D ...
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Metro Transportes do Sul (MTS)
Light rail network opened 2007; 3 routes with 19 stops. See Lisboa network map. This ‘Y’-shaped light rail network runs from the ferry terminal at Cacilhas to Universidade and Corroios, serving the districts on the south bank of the Tagus river. AddressAv 25 de Abril 203AmoraSeixal2845-547 LisboaPortugalPhone+351 21 112 7000Fax+351 ...
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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 ...