The Valencia Metro (Spanish: Metro Valencia or Metro de Valencia) is the public mass transit system of Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela and its suburbs Naguanagua Municipality and San Diego Municipality.
Operations The metro system was officially opened to the public on 18 November 2006 with just 3 of 7 stations along the original Line 1 route open for service, and operating for limited hours while providing service free of charge. Normal revenue service with all 7 stations along Line 1 began 18 November 2007.
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Valencia Metro operates Monday-Friday from 6am to 8:30pm; Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 6:00am to 7:30pm. An adult fare of 0.5 BsF (23 US cents) and a student fare of 0.15 BsF (7 US Cents) is charged to ride the metro. An average of 62,000 passengers are transported daily.
Lines
Currently the Valencia Metro operates Line 1 for service.
Future Extension of the existing north-south route - Lines 2 & 3 A further section (Line 2) of the same north-south route as Line 1 is under construction, and a third section (Line 3) in the engineering and environmental impact phases. Thus, of the full north-south route, only are currently in service, with the remaining still under construction or in development. Not every segment of construction on this route is an independent "line." When the system is fully completed, it will form a single continuous route, with no transfers necessary to complete a trip along the route.
Line 4 A separate east-west Line 4 will connect mainly the Valencia Municipality with San Diego Municipality of the same city, and it is in the preliminary planning stage.
See also
Caracas Metro Los Teques Metro Maracaibo Metro IAFE Venezuelan National Railway List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership Light metro List of tram and light rail transit systems List of metro systems
References
External links
Metro Valencia C.A. - official website UrbanRail.net: Valencia