Lyon Metro Line D
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Line D of the Lyon Metro
, with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) commenced operation under human control on September 4, 1991, between Gorge-de-Loup and Grange-Blanche. It was extended to Gare de Vénissieux on December 11, 1992, at which time it switched to automatic operation. On April 28, 1997, it was extended again to Gare de Vaise.
Being the deepest of the lines in Lyon, it was constructed mainly using boring machines
and passes under both rivers, the Rhône
and the Saône
. At 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, it is also the longest of the lines in Lyon.
Lyon Metro
The Lyon metro, in Lyon, France, first opened in 1978 and now consists of four lines. It is part of the Transports en Commun Lyonnais system of public transport, and is supported by a network of tramways....
, with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) commenced operation under human control on September 4, 1991, between Gorge-de-Loup and Grange-Blanche. It was extended to Gare de Vénissieux on December 11, 1992, at which time it switched to automatic operation. On April 28, 1997, it was extended again to Gare de Vaise.
Being the deepest of the lines in Lyon, it was constructed mainly using boring machines
Tunnel boring machine
A tunnel boring machine also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They can bore through anything from hard rock to sand. Tunnel diameters can range from a metre to almost 16 metres to date...
and passes under both rivers, the Rhône
Rhône River
The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
and the Saône
Saône
The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon....
. At 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, it is also the longest of the lines in Lyon.
List of stations
- Gare de Vaise
- Valmy
- Gorge de Loup
- Vieux Lyon - Cathédrale St.Jean
- Bellecour
- Guillotière - Gabriel Péri
- Saxe-Gambetta
- Garibaldi
- Sans-Souci
- Monplaisir-Lumière
- Grange-Blanche
- Laënnec
- Mermoz-Pinel
- Parilly
- Gare de Vénissieux
Chronology
- September 9, 1991 - Gorge de Loup - Grange Blanche
- December 11, 1992 - Grange Blanche - Gare de Vénissieux
- April 28, 1997 - Gorge de Loup - Gare de Vaise