All Urban rail operators articles – Page 23
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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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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 ...
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New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA)
Historic tramway with modern extensions; five routes serving 99 stops. Dating back to 1835 and now a historical monument, the remaining St Charles line (10·4 km, 47 stops) was augmented in 1988 by the Riverfront line (2·5 km, 9 stops). In 2004, the Canal Street line was reopened (6·1 km, ...
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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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Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
TRAX light rail line opened 1999, now serves 50 stations. See Salt Lake City network map. The Mid-Jordan (17 km, 10 stations) and West Valley (8 km, 4 stations) TRAX extensions opened on August 7 2011, the airport line on April 13 2013 (9·7 km, 6 stations), and the Blue ...
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
First line opened 1987. Three-line network serving 60 stops. See San José network map. From December 28 2019 the branch from Ohlone-Chynoweth to Almaden (1·8 km, 2 stops) was closed, with services restructured. The network is now operated as three routes; services from the Winchester (southwest) and Santa Teresa (southeast) ...
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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 North ...
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Astana Light Metro
Work began on the 1520 mm gauge north-south route on July 4 2011 (41·8 km, 27 stops), but was cancelled in 2014. In 2015 an agreement was signed with Chinese contractors, with construction restarting in 2017 but stopping again in 2019 with the city authority again putting the project on ...
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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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Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA)
City-centre distributor tramway opened 1993 using vintage streetcars. Service was suspended in June 2014, pending renovation of trams, with reopening of the Main St line (3·2 km, 13 stops) in April 2018. The Riverfront Loop and Madison Ave lines remain suspended but are expected to reopen in 2020-21. Address1370 Levee ...
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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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Auckland One Rail Ltd (AOR)
Network of four operating lines serving 40 stations. See Auckland network map. The core network was electrified in 2015, with a 19 km southern extension from Papakura to Pukekohe to be added. In 2017 City Rail Link Ltd was established to build an underground line from Mount Eden to Britomart ...
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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. ...