LILLE'S UNMANNED METRO CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY

After one year of successful operation of the first part of Lille's automated metro, the final section of Line 1 serving the Regional Hospital Centre opens on May 2. Line 1 needs only 170 staff who account for just 38 per cent of operating costs. Engineering design of a second route is virtually complete, and tenders for civil engineering work and a second batch of rubber-tyred cars are about to be called.

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  IPC Transport Press Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quandrant
  Sutton, Surrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 356-358
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 140
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Automatic train operation; Crewless trains; Operating costs; Personal rapid transit; Productivity; Rail line extensions; Technology; Tires
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Platform screens; Val system
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386394
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM