Valencia Metro (Venezuela)

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Valencia Metro
Locale	Valencia
Transit type	rapid transit
Began operation	2006
System length	4.7 km (2.9 mi)
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	7

The Valencia Metro (Spanish: Metro Valencia or Metro de Valencia) is the public mass transit system of Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela and its suburbs Naguanagua and San Diego.

The metro system was officially opened on 18 November 2006 with 3 stations along a 4.7 km (3 mile) route, operating for limited hours but providing service free of charge. Normal revenue service with 7 stations began 18 November 2007.

Valencia Metro:

• operates: monday-friday from 6am to 8:30pm; saturday,sunday and holidays from 6:00am to 7:30pm;
• charges an adult fare of 500 bolivares (0.5 BsF)(23 US cents) and a student fare of 150 bolivares (0.15 BsF) (7 US Cents);
• transports an average of 55 000 passenger daily.

[edit] Lines

Currently Valencia Metro operates one transit line, with two lines under construction and a fourth under consideration. Line 1 (4.7 km), Line 2 (4.3 km), both in Valencia, and Line 3 (5.5 km) in Naguanagua align on a common north-south trajectory. They are identified individually during construction but when the system is fully completed, they will form a single continuous line and no transfers will be necessary to continue a trip. A separate east-west Line 4 (18.2 km), mainly in Valencia with only one station in San Diego, is in the preliminary planning stage.

Line	Station	Status
1	Monumental	Service since November 18th, 2006
	Las Ferias	Service added on November 18th, 2007
	Palotal	Service since November 18th, 2006
	Santa Rosa	Service added on November 18th, 2007
	Michelena	Service added on November 18th, 2007
	Lara	Service added on November 18th, 2007
	Cedeño	Service since November 18th, 2006
2	Rafael Urdaneta	under construction for service by 2011
	Francisco de Miranda	under construction for service by 2011
	Negra Hipólita	under construction for service by 2011
	Josefa Camejo	under construction
	Girardot	under construction
	Tacarigua	estimated service for 2011
3	Paramacay	in planning
	Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi	in planning
	Simón Rodríguez	in planning
	Concepción Palacios	in planning
	José Félix Ribas	in planning
	Simón Bolívar	planned opening scheduled for December 2011, to be jointly inaugurated with the new IAFE's Naguanagua train station, service to and from the Guaparo Station may have restrictions applied.
4	La Florida	in planning
	La Guacamaya	in planning
	Cementerio	in planning
	Hospital	in planning
	Aranzazu	in planning
	Lara	planned transfer station
	Lara II	in planning
	Branger	in planning
	Uslar	in planning
	Henry Ford	in planning
	Bomberos	in planning
	Flor Amarillo	in planning

[edit] See also

• IAFE Venezuelan National Railway

[edit] External links

• Metro Valencia C.A. - Official Metro Valencia Web Page (in Spanish)
• Urban Rail.net

Urban Rail Systems in Venezuela
Caracas Metro | Guarenas / Guatire Metro | Los Teques Metro | Maracaibo Metro | Valencia Metro