Lille Metro

Lille Metro
Oscar Lambret metro station
Oscar Lambret metro station
Overview
Native nameMétro de Lille
LocaleLille, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Transit typeMedium-capacity rail system
Number of lines2[1]
Number of stations60[1]
Daily ridership271,230 (2011)[2]
Annual ridership99 million (2011)[2]
WebsiteIlevia
Operation
Began operation1983[3]
Operator(s)Ilevia
Technical
System length45 km (28 mi)[1]
Track gaugeno gauge, Rubber-tyred metro with guide rail
System map
Lille Metro

    Line 2    

CH Dron depôt
CH Dron
Bourgogne
Pont de Neuville
Phalempins
Colbert
Tourcoing – Centre Lille tramway
Gare de Tourcoing
Carliers
Mercure
Alsace
Gare Jean-Lebas Roubaix SNCF
Roubaix – Grand-Place
Eurotéléport Lille tramway
future Line 3
Roubaix – Charles-de-Gaulle
Épeule – Montesquieu
Saint-Philibert depôt
Mairie de Croix
Saint-Philibert
Croix – Centre
Bourg
Wasquehal – Hôtel de Ville
Maison des Enfants
Wasquehal – Pavé de Lille Lille tramway
Mitterie
Jean-Jaurès
Pont Supérieur
Lomme – Lambersart
Les Prés – Edgard Pisani
Canteleu
Fort de Mons storage
Bois Blancs
Fort de Mons
Mairie de Mons
Port de Lille
Mons Sarts
Cormontaigne
Saint-Maurice – Pellevoisin
Montebello
Gare Lille Europe Lille tramway Lille tramway SNCF
Gambetta
République – Beaux-Arts
Wazemmes
Rihour
Porte des Postes
Gare Lille Flandres Lille tramway Lille tramway SNCF
connection between lines
Mairie de Lille
Porte d'Arras
Lille Grand-Palais
Porte de Douai
future Gare de Lille-
Saint-Sauveur
Porte de Valenciennes
SNCF
CHU – Centre
Oscar Lambret
Caulier
CHU – Eurasanté
Fives
Jeanne de Flandre
Eurasanté
Marbrerie
Mairie d'Hellemmes
Square Flandres
Pont de Bois SNCF
Villeneuve-d'Ascq -
Hôtel de Ville
Triolo
Cité Scientifique
Quatre Cantons
Quatre Cantons depôt

   Line 1   

The Lille Metro (French: Métro de Lille) is a driverless light metro system located in Lille, France. It was opened on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use the VAL (French: véhicule automatique léger, English: light automated vehicle) system. While often referred to as the first fully automated driverless metro of any kind in the world,[4] the Port Liner in Kobe, Japan predates it by two years. The light metro system is made up of two lines that serve 60 stations, and runs over 45 kilometres (28 mi) of route.[1]

The system forms part of a multi-modal public transport system covering the Lille metropolitan area, along with the buses and trams, operated under the Ilevia brand.

  1. ^ a b c d "Les chiffres clés" [Key figures] (in French). Transpole. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Les chiffres de fréquentation Transpole 2011" [The figures of frequentation Transpole 2011] (in French). Lille Transport - Parlons mobilité. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Qui sommes-nous? - Notre Histoire" [Who are we? - Our History] (in French). Transpole. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. ^ Bushell, Chris, ed. Jane's Urban Transport Systems 1995-96. Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group; 1995. p178, 472