Marseille Metro
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rapid transport system of Marseille, France
Key facts
- Native name
- Métro de Marseille
- Locale
- Marseille , France
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 2+(2+1=)5*
- Daily ridership
- 210,200 (daily avg., 2012)
- Annual ridership
- 76.7 million (2012)
- Website
- RTM
- Began operation
- 26 November 1977 ; 48 years ago ( 26 November 1977 )
- Operator s
- RTM
- System length
- 22.7 km (14.1 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rubber-tyred metro
- Has part
- gare de Noailles
- Official name
- Métro de Marseille
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Marseille
- Image
- MarseilleMétro-Collage.png
- Length
- 22.7
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- Commons category
- Marseille Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Marseille Metro
- Commons gallery
- Métro Marseille
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
- patronage
- 76700000
- date of official opening
- 1977-00-00
- inception
- 1977-01-01
- has list
- list of Marseille metro stations
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Encyclopedic overview
The Marseille Metro (French: Métro de Marseille, [metʁo d(ə) maʁsɛj]) is a rapid transit system serving Marseille, France. The system comprises two lines, partly underground, serving 31 stations, with an overall route length of 22.7 kilometres (14.1 mi). Line 1 opened in 1977, followed by Line 2 in 1984. Two stations, Saint-Charles and Castellane, each provide interchange between lines.
The system's MPM 76 trains use the rubber-tyred metro technology developed by the RATP for some lines of the Paris Métro. In 2012, the Marseille Metro carried approximately 76.7 million passengers, making it a core part of the transport network in the Marseille urban area, with 49% of journeys using the metro. Since 1986, the Régie des transports métropolitains (Régie des transports de Marseille until 2016) has operated the network, operating it since it changed its name on behalf of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marseille Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.