Caracas Metro

Locale	Caracas
Transit type	Rapid transit
Began operation	January 2, 1983
System length	31.6 mi (51 km)
No. of lines	4
No. of stations	43
Daily ridership	1,300,000 (FY 2006)
Track gauge	1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) (standard gauge)
Operator	Compañía Anónima Metro de Caracas

The Caracas Metro (Spanish: Metro de Caracas) is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela. Construction and operation of the system has been the responsibility of the C.A. Metro de Caracas, a government-owned company that was founded in 1977 by José González-Lander who headed the project for more than thirty years since the early planning stages in the 1960s. The Metro, as it is known among city dwellers, has been a source of pride since its opening in 1983. Built mostly underground, it is one of the greatest engineering accomplishments in the country. Sleek trains transport over 1.2 million passengers daily. The system's beautifully designed and clean stations have become architectural landmarks in a city that has deteriorated considerably in the last decade. Image File history File links Metrocaracas. ... Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del Cielo (English:Branch of Heaven) Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... km redirects here. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del Cielo (English:Branch of Heaven) Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Jose Gonzalez-Lander (November 13, 1933 - January 18, 2000) was a Caracas, Venezuela born engineer credited for leading the planning, design and construction of the Caracas Metro during an uninterrupted period of more than thirty years, from 1966 to 1997. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Its actual motto is "Enlazamos nuevos destinos." (Linking new destinations)

Lines

It currently has four subway lines in operation: 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

These four lines were built between 1978 and 2006. Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Construction of the first phase of Line 4 started in 2001; this line runs parallel to Line 1 to the south, and connects Plaza Venezuela station on Line 1 with Capuchinos station on Line 2. It is expected to provide much needed relief to congestion along this segment of Line 1 where most of Metro's ridership is concentrated. Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

At-Grade Section of Line 1 (June 2004).

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Los Teques Metro

Main article: Los Teques Metro

In 2001 construction was intitiated for an extension of Line 2 to the city of Los Teques completed in November 3, 2006 with 5 more stations ending in San Antonio de los Altos expected in the near future. This extension is being built by a subsidiary company called C.A. Metro Los Teques that also has as shareholders the governments of Miranda State and the Guaicaipuro Municipality (See external links for more information). The second phase of Line 3 was completed in September 2006 with only terminal stations El Valle and La Rinconada functional while the inbetween stations are expected to be finished by 2008, Line 3 station La Rinconada is an intermodal station between the Caracas Metro and the commuter train Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System. The Los Teques Metro is a suburban mass-transit system that is being built in the city of Los Teques, Venezuela. ... Los Teques is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Miranda. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services

Other than human transportation itself, the Caracas Metro system also provides diverse services to public:

Metrobús

The system posseses a complementary bus transit network called the Metrobús, which covers 20 urban routes and 4 suburban routes, with the aim of transporting users to other popular destinations in the Greater Caracas area that are not reached by subway, including bedroom communities close to the city. Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey A bedroom community, dormitory town, or commuter town is a town or city that is primarily residential in character, with most of its residents commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ...

External ticket sale

A modality implanted by the enterprise that consists in the wholesale of tickets used in the subway and in the Metrobús. An amount of tickets is sold to some middlemen, and these to authorized points of sale, such as kiosks and other commercial establishments. This allows subway users to buy tickets when not being inside a station, thus making them widely more available. The points of sale formally authorized for these operations are identified with the Metroseñal (Metro-signal). Tickets sold at such locals have a price discount of 3%. Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. ...

Fares & types of tickets

The values for tickets depend mostly on the number of travels the user has planned. Thee are also special issues for students, and fares differ for the Metrobús usage. The types of tickets and their pricings are listed below.

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Future expansions

This article or section contains information about a planned or expected public transportation infrastructure. It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the infrastructure approaches, and more information becomes available.

Immediate plans include the abilitation of the second phase of Line 3, which will run from the El Valle station to La Rinconada, the latter being opened on October 2006, and the intermediate stations (Los Jardines, Coche and Mercado) will be enabled by 2008. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Image File history File links 25_railtransportation_trans. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The second phase of Line 4 (also known as Line 5) is expected for 2010, going from Zona Rental station to Parque del Este. For the film, see 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ...

Long range plans contemplate expanding the system with two more lines: Line 5 (15 km long) to southeast Caracas, and Line 6 (17 km) that would run parallel to Line 1 to the north.

The Venezuelan National Railroad Agency, IAFE, is developing an intercity rail network. Construction is near completion for a commuter rail link between Caracas and the cities of Charallave and Cúa in Miranda, located approximately 40 km to the south. The Caracas terminus station of this line have pedestrian connection to La Rinconada's Line 3 station. IAFE, Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocariles del Estado (Autonomal Institute of Railways of the State) is an organization of the Bolivarian Government that manage the railway systems of the country, such as, Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System inaugurated in October 15, 2006 by the President of the Republic, Hugo Ch... Cúa is a small city located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela, at 10. ...

See also

• List of Caracas Metro stations
• World Rapid Transit Systems

Map of the Caracas metro lines, projected by the end of 2006. ... This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. ...

External links

• (Spanish) Metro de Caracas, C.A.
• (Spanish) Metro Los Teques
• (Spanish) Instituto Autónomo Ferrocarriles del Estado
• UrbanRail > America > Venezuela > Metro de Caracas