Key facts
- Native name
- Metro de Caracas
- Locale
- Caracas , Venezuela
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 4 (+ Los Teques Metro )
- Number of stations
- 46 (51 incl. , Los Teques Metro )
- Daily ridership
- 1,200,000 (February 2025)
- Began operation
- January 2, 1983 ; 43 years ago ( January 2, 1983 )
- Operator s
- C.A. Metro de Caracas
- System length
- 54.1 km (33.6 mi) , 63.6 km (39.5 mi), (incl. Los Teques Metro )
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Caracas
- Owned by
- Cabinet of Venezuela
- Official website
- www.metrodecaracas.com.ve
- Image
- Nuevo Circo (Caracas metro).jpg
- Length
- 106.5
- Connects with
- Caracas MetroCable
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- Commons category
- Caracas Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Caracas Metro
- Commons gallery
- Caracas Metro
- date of official opening
- 1983-01-02
- described at URL
- www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas.htm
- inception
- 1983-01-02
- patronage
- 358000000
- social media followers
- 1324034
- railway traffic side
- right
- OpenStreetMap tag
- network=Metro de Caracas
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
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Encyclopedic overview
The Caracas Metro (Spanish: Metro de Caracas) is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela. It opened in 1983 and currently has 48 stations.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caracas Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.