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Kobe subway, Japan

Probably Kobe might sound familiar to you because of the famous Kobe steaks that cost a pretty penny. If you visit them, you better move by underground and save some money for the bill in the restaurant

 

  • Known as: Metro
  • Lines: 2
  • Stations: 28
  • Network Length: 40,4 kms
  • Operator: Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau
  • Opening: 1977

 

Subways of Switzerland, Lausanne

Lausanne Metro

Lausanne city has a light rail rapid transit system that passes through town in northwest direction (M1) and from south to north (m2). Lausanne is the smallest city in the world to have a full metro system and is also the only one in Switzerland. As a compliment of the system, there is a train known as LEB. This railway system serves the west part of the city and it goes from Lausanne-Flon to Bercher.

  • Known as: Métro
  • System length: 15 km
  • Train length: 30,680 mm (100 ft 7.9 in)
  • Lines: 2
  • Stations: 28
  • Website: www.t-l.ch/
  • Operator: TL (Transport publics de la región lausannoise)
  • Average ridership: 100 millions of passengers per year (2012)
  • Start of operation:The first line was opened in May 24, 1991.

Shanghai Metro, China

Shangahi Metro

The Shanghai Metro transit system incorporates both subway and light metro lines. Since 1995, this metro has become one of the fastest-growing, the third longest and the fifth busiest rapid transit systems in the world, with several lines under construction at the moment.

  • Known as: metro
  • System length: 437 km
  • Number of lines: 12
  • Number of stations: 292
  • Average ridership: 6.69 million per day
  • Website:www.shmetro.com
  • Operator: Shanghai No.1-No.4 Metro Operation Company
  • Start of operation: April 10, 1995.

 

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