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Lyon Metro, France

Lyon Metro: Overview

Lyon Metro design inspiration is Montreal Metro, which was built a few years earlier and has similar station designs and rubber-wheel cars.

    • Known as: metro
    • System length: 31.5 km (80% underground)
    • Number of lines: 4
    • Number of stations: 42
    • Website: www.tlc.fr
    • Operator: TLC (Transports en commun lyonnais)
    • Average ridershiop: 708,232 per day.
    • Start of operation: 1978

 

Lyon metro lines and stations

Line A: It is the Red Line. It passes through: Perrache – Vaulx en Velin – La Soie. Stations:
Perrache train station, Ampère – Victor Hugo, Bellecour, Cordeliers, Hôtel de Ville – Louis Pradel, Foch, Masséna, Charpennes – Charles Hernu, République – Villeurbanne, Gratte-Ciel, Flachet, Cusset, Laurent Bonnevay, Vaulx-en-Velin – La Soie

Palma de Mallorca underground

Palma de Mallorca Underground

Palma de Mallorca has a new metropolitan railway system. Its first trip was in April, 2007. The system is connected to T1, T1e, T2 and T3 train lines. Is the fifth metro system to open in Spain.

  • Known as: metro
  • System length: 16 km
  • Number of lines: 2
  • Number of stations: 15
  • Top speed: 100 km/h
  • Operator: Servicios Ferroviarios de Mallorca
  • Average ridership: 1,5 millions
  • Start of operation: April 25, 2007

 

Lille Metro: First transport System using VAL technology

Lille metro system (France) is the world’s first metro VAL technology employed, a closed system wheeled fully automatic. It is the new generation of metro systems, a small profile light railway that operates automatically and it needs no operator.
VAL is an acronym that means “Véhicule Automatique Léger” (Light Automatic Vehicle) but at first meant “Villeneuve d’Ascq – Lille”

 

  • Known as: Metro
  • System Length: 33 mi
  • Dimentions: 6 ft wide and 15 ft long (two linked cars).
  • Number of lines: 2
  • Number of stations: 59
  • Top Speed: over 155 MPH
  • Website: www.transpole.fr, uk.transpole.fr (English)
  • Operator: Transpole Lille Métropole
  • Average ridership: it carries 135.000 passengers per day, just line 1.
  • Start of operation: It is operating since April 25 of 1983 connected the stations of Quatre Cantons (Villeneuve d’Ascq) and République (Lille) station.