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Metroan urban connection
Background information
• A metro or rapid transit is an underground train which transports passengers.
• It is undoubtedly the best way to transport large numbers of people over short distances quickly and with little land use within most cities.
• At first these systems used steam locomotives. Nowadays they generally use electric systems.
Cross section of a metro station
elevator
platform
track bed
escalator
A European comparison
Paris Athens Rome Nuremberg
blue sheet
Warsaw
Istanbul
Bucharest
Madrid
Métro Paris
• The Métro in Paris was founded in 1900
• The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km in length. There are 301 stations.
• The average distance between stations is only 562 m.
• There is a driverless system on line 17.back >>
Metro Athens• The metro in Athens opened in 1869. It is
the second oldest metro throughout the world.
• It concludes three lines. Line two and three were built in 2000, especially for the Olympic Games in 2004. There are five more lines planned in the future.
• Nowadays it is the most modern metro worldwide.
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Metropolitana di Roma
• The Metropolitana di Roma opened in 1954. It consists of two crossing lines and 52 stations. Seven stations are not below ground.
• The Metroplitana is a relatively small rapid transit in comparison to other European major cities.
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U-Bahn Nürnberg
• The metro in Nuremberg was opened in 1972. Since 2008 it is the first driverless metro system in Germany.
• It includes three main lines and two further supporting lines. There are 46 stations.
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Warsaw Metro
• Firstly opened in 1995
• Contains one line with 21 stations (plus seven under constructions)
• The Warsaw Metro has transported more than 600 million people
• The total length is 21,7 km
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Bucharest Metro
• The Metro Bucharest (Metrou București)was opened in 1979.
• It contains four lines and 50 stations.
• The whole railway network is about 69 km long.
• The average number of passengers is 485.000 a day.
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Metro Madrid
• The Metro Madrid (Metro de Madrid) was opened in 1919.
• It is the fifth longest railway system (293 km) all over the world. Just New York has more stations than Madrid (288).
• The Metro transports around 2.5 million passengers daily.
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Metro Istanbul
• The Metro Istanbul (İstanbul Metrosu) was opened in 1989.
• It contains four lines (three more are in construction) and 58 stations (28 more are in construction).
• The full length of the railway system is 83 km.• About 230.000 passengers use it daily.
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StatisticsParis Athens Rome Nurembe
rgWarsaw Buchare
stMadrid Istanbul
length 218,4 55 41,5 36 21,7 69,25 293 83
stations 302 51 52 46 21 50 288 58
lines 16 3 2 3 1 4 13 4
Passengers a day
4,5 mio 605.000 850.000 322.000 466.000 485.000 2,5 mio 450.000
People using the metro in comparison to city inhabitans (%)
200 92 31 63 27 28 83 3
Comparable fact
• Istanbul is the biggest city in Europe. But its metro is not quite used as often as the metro in Paris (2.3 million inhabitants), which has a population of roughly just one sixth of Istanbul (13.7 million). Paris, however has 16 lines while Istanbul has only four subway lines!