Maracaibo Metro
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The Maracaibo Metro, also known as Metro del Sol Amado (due to the city nickname), opened to the public November 25, 2006. The first two stations La Vanega and El Varillal are in full use, while another 4 stations El Guayabal, Sabaneta, Urdaneta and Libertador are currently under construction in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The metro encompasses the suburbs of Maracaibo and Maracaibo itself as drop off point, the subway is being built by the city government of Maracaibo and the Venezuelan national government.
The first stage of line 1 will be 6.9 km long. The totally planned system of four lines shall have 60 km in the future.
German company Siemens is supplying signalling, telecommunication and electrification systems as well as the first 7 metro trains, based on the vehicles from Prague.
It started official testing in November 2006.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Metro de Maracaibo official page
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