The Valencia Metro is the public mass transit system of Valencia, Carabobo

Carabobo

Carabobo State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The capital city of this state is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is 4,650 km² and had an estimated population of...

, Venezuela and its suburbs Naguanagua Municipality

Naguanagua Municipality

The Naguanagua Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 143,315...

 and San Diego Municipality

San Diego Municipality

The San Diego Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 74,941...

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The metro system was officially opened on 18 November 2006 with 3 stations along a 4.7 km (2.9 mi) 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 bolivar
  Venezuelan bolívar
  The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...
  
  es (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.

Lines

Currently Valencia Metro operates one half of its first line, with the other half still under construction and a second still on a planning stage: Line 1 (14.5 km), in which only 4.7km are functional and 9.8km still under construction on a common south-north trajectory. It's a common mistake to confuse every segment of construction of the first line to be independent, but when the system is fully completed it will form a single continuous line and no transfers will be necessary to continue a trip. The separarte east-west Line 2 (18.2 km) will connect mainly the Valencia Municipality

Valencia Municipality

The Valencia Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 830,420...

 with San Diego Municipality

San Diego Municipality

The San Diego Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 74,941...

 of the same city, and it's still in the preliminary planning stage.

Line 1

• Monumental Station: Fully operational since November 2006
• Las Ferias Station: Fully operational since November 2006
• Palotal Station: Fully operational since November 2006
• Santa Rosa Station: Fully operational since November 2007
• Michelena Station: Fully operational since November 2007
• Lara Station: Fully operational since November 2007
• Cedeño Station: Fully operational since November 2006

• Rafael Urdaneta Station: (under construction)
• Francisco de Miranda Station: (under construction)
• Negra Hipólita Station: (under construction)
• Josefa Camejo Station: (under construction)
• Girardot Station: (under construction)
• Tacarigua Station: (under construction)

• Paramacay Station: (planning stage)
• La Granja Station: (planning stage)
• Capremco Station: (planning stage)
• Tarapio Station:(planning stage)
• La Campiña Station: (planning stage)
• Simón Bolívar Station: (planning stage)

Line 2

• La Florida Station:(planning stage)
• La Guacamaya Station: (planning stage)
• Cementerio Station: (planning stage)
• Hospital Station: (planning stage)
• Aranzazu Station: (planning stage)
• Lara Station: Fully operational since November 2007
• Lara II Station: (planning stage)
• Branger Station: (planning stage)
• Uslar Station: (planning stage)
• Henry Ford Station: (planning stage)
• Bomberos Station: (planning stage)

See also

• IAFE
  Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del Estado
  The Instituto de Ferrocariles del Estado is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country...
  
   Venezuelan National Railway
• Monterrey Metro
  Monterrey Metro
  The Monterrey Metro is a fully grade-separated light rail, or metro, system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the newest of Mexico's metro systems, with operation beginning in 1991. As of October 2008, the system operated 40 high-floor electric trains along 31 km of routes...
  
  
• List of light-rail transit systems

External links

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