Rennes Metro
The Rennes Metro (French: Métro de Rennes) (Breton: Metro Roazhon) is a light metro system serving the city of Rennes in Brittany, France. Opened on March 15, 2002, it made Rennes the smallest city in the world to have a metro system from 2002 to 2008.
| Rennes Metro | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Métro de Rennes | ||
| Owner | Rennes Métropole | ||
| Locale | Rennes, Brittany, France | ||
| Transit type | Rubber-tyred metro | ||
| Number of lines | 2 | ||
| Number of stations | 28 | ||
| Daily ridership | Line A: 145,000 (2023) Line B: 80,000 (2023) | ||
| Annual ridership | 42.02 million (2022) | ||
| Headquarters | Rennes | ||
| Website | www | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 15 March 2002 | ||
| Operator(s) | Service des Transports en Commun de l'Agglomération Rennaise (STAR) | ||
| Number of vehicles | 55 | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 22.4 km (13.9 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | Rubber-tyred, no conventional track | ||
| Average speed | 32 km/h (20 mph) | ||
| Top speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) | ||
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Currently the system contains two lines, Line A and B. It has 28 stations and stretches 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi), with the majority of its route underground. Line A connects the quarter of Villejean to the quarter of Poterie, passing the city center. It is based on the Siemens VAL (véhicule automatique léger or light automatic vehicle in English) technology. In 2023, approximately 145,000 trips a day were made on Line A, and 80,000 on Line B.
A second line, Line B, is opened on September 20, 2022. Running north-east to south-west between Cesson-Sévigné and Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, it also has 15 stations, two of them interchangeable with Line A, forming an x-shaped network. It will be the first metro line in the world to use the NeoVal technology. Originally planned to open in 2020, the line suffered multiple delays, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the opening of Line B, Rennes became the smallest city with two metro lines.