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

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Santiago de Chile Metro

Santiago Metro: General info

Santiago has a metropolitan railway; it is one of the most modern transit system in Latin America and the second longest after Mexico.

General information about Santiago de Chile Subway

• Known as: Metro
• System length: over 64 mi
• Lines: 5
• Stations: 108
• Top Speed: 50 mph
• Official Website: http://www.metrosantiago.cl/
• Operator: Metro S. A.
• Daily ridership: around 2.3 million passengers
• Air conditioning: no
• Start of operation: On May 29, 1969 began building the first line, which would link the Civic District and the area of ​​Barrancas.

 

Miami’s Metrorail

General info

• Metrorail is known as: The Metro.
• Dimentions: The cars are 75 feet long and 10 feet wide. Each car can hold up to 166 passengers, 76 seated and 90 standing.
• System length: 24.4 miles of standard gauge track.
• Nº lines: 2 lines; Green Line and Orange Line.
• Nº stations: 23 Stations.
• Speed: a top design speed of over 70 mph. An average speed of 31 mph.
• Official Website: http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/metrorail.asp
• Operator: Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County.
• Average daily ridership: 66,000 passengers.
• Start of operation: May 21st of 1984 the tracks between Dadeland South station and Overtown.