Give me some info about which subways are under construction in Europe now. Please list the name of the city, the length of the track which is under construction, the line number.... and maybe some pics. :)

Briefly in London:
- Piccadilly Line & Heathrow Express Line Heathrow Terminal 5 Extensions
- East London Line Extension (4 extensions)

Other heavy rail/HSR line projects currently u/c in London:
- Crossrail 1
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)

Other:
- Docklands Light Railway City Airport Extension
- Various heavy rail stations being added, new interchanges across the entire network at around 30.

So, then it's my turn:
BERLIN
U55 under construction(2 stations)/later connection with U5(3 stations)

MUNICH
U3 extension, 4 stations
U6 extension, 2 stations

NUREMBERG
U1 extension, 1 station
U3 new line, 3 stations(6 are ready),line will be atomated.

Vienna
U1 extension, 5 stations
U2 extension, 11 stations

Prague
Line A extension, 1 station
Line C extension, 3 stations

I don't want to do it all alone, so it's your turn again.

MADRID:

Lines under construction and opened in 2007:

L1+L4 in the north: 5,32km , 6 stations.
L1 south: 3km , 3 stations
L2: 1,6km, 1 station.
L3: 7,85km, 7 stations.
L5: 2,46km, 2 stations.
L6: 1 station more.
L7+L7b: 9,5km , 10 stations.
L8: 1 more stations.
L8: and probably, other station more and 2km to the new Airport Terminal 4.
L9b: 1 station.
L10 + L10b: 15,95km and 11 stations.
L11: 3,1km and 3 stations.

TOTAL: 50,78 km and 47 new stations.

Amsterdam

Noord-Zuidlijn (North-South Line)

Length: 9,5 km; (6 km underground)
New Stations: 8; (7 new, 1 to be expanded, 5 of them underground)
Average distance between two stations: 1,1 km;
Station design: Benthem & Crouwel, Amsterdam;
To be opened: scheduled at the end of 2011;

It is planned that two lines will use the new line, one (52) will be a shuttle service between Buikslotermeerplein and Zuid/WTC (and in the future further on to Schiphol Airport, although no definitive plans are made yet), the other (58) will use the same route and continue over the tracks of express tram line (light rail) 51 to Amstelveen-Westwijk. Maybe the light rail line will be converted to a full metro system in the future.

The route: http://www.rai.nl/images/rai/nz_lijn_trace_big.gif

Some pictures/impressions:

Buikslotermeerplein, northern terminus:
http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/bm2.jpg

The new Centraal Station, which will be built under the Central Corridor under the platforms of Dutch National Railways (and will cross the existing underground metro platform) :
http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/cs4.jpg

Vijzelgracht Station:
http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/vg3.jpg http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/vg1.jpg

Ceintuurbaan Station, which will be the deepest one, because of the narrow street and the fact that demolishing buildings was (political) no option. For the two station entrances, two buildings are demolished though...It will get two tunnels with platforms below each other, with the first at 16,5 m below street level and the second at 26,5 m below street level:
http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/cb4.jpg

Europaplein Station, the stop for the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre:
http://ivv.asp4all.nl/live/bijlagen/noordzuidlijn/figuren/pop_up/impressies/ep2.jpg

More information can be found here. (http://www.noordzuidlijn.amsterdam.nl/live/main.asp?display_framework=startpagina) (unfortunately it is only in Dutch).

Impressive numbers for Madrid! In Brussels we have to be happy with closing of the ring metro line (line2) with 2 new stations.

Barcelona:

Extensions for L1, L2, L3, L4 & L5.
New line L9/10
Add Metro del Vallès, L8 and L12.
TOTAL around 100 km before 2010.
;)
I will try to ask & post the exact lengths of every line!!
:wink2:

Extensions planified for Paris metro :
Line 4 (south) : 3 new stations for 3,2 km (1 under construction opening in 2010)
Line 8 (east): 1 new station under construction for 1,3 km opening in 2008
Line 12 (north) : 3 new stations for 3 km (1 under construction opening 2010)
Line 13 (north): 3 new stations (2 under construction for 1,9 km opening in 2008)
Line 14 (south east): 1 new station under construction opening in 2007


+ 70 km of Tramways to be opened before 2010 (mostly in suburb)

For more information :
http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/
(in French)

In madrid appart that lines apstik has not included light metro, similar to tramway with another 30 km more or less with lines:
A:Pinar de CHamartin-Las Tablas (north of madrid)
B:Colonia Jardin- Pozuelo (west)
C:Colonia Jardin-Boadilla (south-west)
all together metro madrid extension from 03 to 07 is around 80 new km,the 2nd biggest after 1995-2003 when metro de madrid duplicated its extension.
in 2007 all will be finished and the lines will be:
1 pinar de chamartin- gran via del sureste
2 cuatro caminos- la elipa
3 moncloa- villaverde
4 argüelles- pinar de chamartin
5 casa de campo- alameda de osuna
6a circular 1
6b circular 2
7 pitis- villa olimpica
7b villa olimpica-hospital de san fernando
8 nuevos ministerios-barajas-T2
9 herrera oria-puerta de arganda
9b puerta de arganda-arganda del rey
10 puerta del sur- los olivos
10b los olivos- san sebastian de los reyes
11 plaza eliptica-pau de carabanchel
12 metrosur1
12b metrosur 2
R opera-principe pio
A pinar de chamartin-las tablas
B colonia jardin- pozuelo
C colonia jardin-boadilla
There is another line in construction that it was going to be metro, but finally its going to be train (cercanias)
CN mostoles central-navalcarnero
Another line of real tramway in a city of madrid called "parla"
TP: tranviparla

Subway is full metro.
Tramways are light metro.
Different things!
;)

Lausanne Line 2

And today they broke through the Lötschberg - a train tunnel of 35 km length! It's part of NEAT (Alptransit), that also includes Gotthard tunnel, which when finnished will be the longest tunnel in the world (all in all 153km of tunnel tubes). Lötschberg:
http://www.bahnen-und-mehr.de/images_ch/skizze_loe.gif
Gotthard:
http://www.bahnen-und-mehr.de/skizeikar/skizze_got.jpg

Milano

Under construction:

Line 1 exstension to New Fair - 1 station will added at Pero.
Line 1 exstension from Sesto SG to Monza (2 stations - 4 km)
Line 2 exstension from Famagosta to Forum Assago (2 stations - 4.5 km)
Line 3 exstension from Maciacchini to Comasini (4 stations - 6 km)

Under Construction from next Fall 2005

Line 5 (9 stations - 10 km; fist stage)

Project approved:

Line 4 (20 stations - 23 km)
Line 2 extesnsion from Cologno to Vimercate (7 stations - 15 km)
Line 3 exstension from San Donato to Paullo (8 stations - 15 km)
Line 5 second stage (5 stations - 7 km)

Blue lines = S lines (sub-urban railways)
Red lines = Subway

http://img248.echo.cx/img248/9690/milanoms3yt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Turin

Line 1 - u/c:
- lenght 13,6km
- 21 stops

Opening in fall 2005

They're even programming extensions and probably to start the costruction of a second line

http://www.metrotorino.it

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/tracmetro1_b.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/03_gall_cover_05_11.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/DSCF0064.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/01_gall_VAL_03_06.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/lav_Paradiso_01_24.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/lav_Marche_01_24.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/pop_up_rivoli_03_06.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/CAM02_b.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/renderingscalacentrale_b.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/rendering01_b.jpg

http://www.metrotorino.it/img/Massaua01.jpg

Brescia

Total lenght: 18 km
Stations: 24

u/c from 2004
Opening 2009

http://www.bresciamobilita.it/innovazioni/metrobus.html


http://www.bresciamobilita.it/innovazioni/img/prima%20tratta.gif

Exstentions programmed
http://www.bresciamobilita.it/innovazioni/img/prolungamenti-grande.gif

Genova

U/C extensions
From BRIN to Canepari
From De Ferrari to Brignole

Lenght: (?)

http://www.genovametro.com/

http://www.genovametro.com/jpg/st015.jpg

http://www.genovametro.com/frames/main/de%20ferrari/banchina_con_treno.jpg

http://www.genovametro.com/frames/main/de%20ferrari/scalone_dall%27alto_3.jpg

http://www.genovametro.com/eng/jpg/st010.jpg

http://www.genovametro.com/eng/jpg/st016.jpg

The new metro-ring will be completed next year. 5 new kilometers and 3 new stations. The two first stations, Storo and Nydalen finished about 1 1/2 year ago. Sinsen will finish next year. Homansbyen will be a separate project.
http://www.samferdselsetaten.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/samferdselsetaten/Internett/Bilder/tbanekart%20ferdig1.jpg

"Tunnel of light" at Nydalen station
http://www.sporveien.no/archive/images/01/06/nydal035.jpg

Nydalen station
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/osl/nydalen2.jpg

Storo
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/osl/storo1.jpg

A render of the future station Sinsen
http://www.samferdselsetaten.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/samferdselsetaten/Internett/Bilder/Datat%20trapp%20til%20v%20%20og%20rampe%20250.jpg

MADRID MAPS OF LINES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OPENED IN 2007:

L1+L4 in the north:
5,32km , 6 stations.
Metro to "Hortaleza Area and Pinar de Chamartín Area":

(in this map you can see as well the LRRT line (the yelow line called "A")

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pcebd3f615e265640739fee7727c1d139/f58323b3.jpg


L1 south:
3km , 3 stations
Metro to the new area "PAU de Vallecas" (for 100.000 inhabitants more or less)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p24dbf27e3b5cc8df40bff807e7b7d6cd/f5831171.jpg


L2:
1,6km, 1 station.
Metro to the area "La Elipa" from Ventas station.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pada4fc0ea4f089b4b68b26b5e84ec1bb/f5831d3a.jpg


L3:
7,85km, 7 stations.
Metro to "Villaverde Area" from Legazpi Station:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p3bcfc892a184a24f08595d5506e229dc/f5831d1b.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p717e6f09c6a368d5f056459fa582aaf4/f5831d67.jpg


L5:
2,46km, 2 stations.
Line 5 to "Alameda de Osuna".

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p349922fdc73f666846a25e79e611360e/f5831d31.jpg

L6:
1 station more, called "Arganzuela". You can see it in this map like "Actuación 9":

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p3bcfc892a184a24f08595d5506e229dc/f5831d1b.jpg


L7+L7b:
9,5km , 10 stations.
Metro to Olimpic Stadium, Olimpic Village, Coslada city and San Fernando city.
The station for the Olimpic Stadium will have 5 tracks direction to Madrid to move all the visitors of the statium to the center without wait "next train". I mean, trains will be in the tracks waiting the end of the sport events.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pd2ff8d958823ba44861cb1c561d5d86b/f5831d41.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pef85ce42da908f46dda67fc4f6c0ceec/f5831d29.jpg


L8:
1 more station, called "Pinar del Rey". You can see this station in this map, line 8 (Pink line):

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pcebd3f615e265640739fee7727c1d139/f58323b3.jpg

L8: and probably, other station more and 2km to the new Airport Terminal 4. This project will be aproved in several weeks or mounths.

L9b:
1 station: "Rivas Futura".
This station will serve a complex called "Rivas Futura" (hotels, busines center, shoping center...) and a sport area for Olimpic Games 2012 (Baseball and softball):

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p6c7d1e485e87649e9eab190e39b6f1c2/f58311ab.jpg

L10 + L10b:
15,95km and 11 stations.
This is the most important ampliation of the Metro de Madrid, in station, budget and km. This new line (L10b) will conect San Sebastián city, Alcobendas city, Moraleja area (where Figo, Zidane and Beckhan live :D ), and new areas of the north of Madrid (Montecamerlo and Las Tablas):

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p0c0139b9a8e75ee4f39a32295cfb9065/f5831d22.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pe825c159ecf5b66beb4c242e0134cd71/f5831d48.jpg

L10:
One more station to the next area "Operación Campamento":
The station will be called "Aviación Española":

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/p5d226f4fd613c3ccd8472a3da7d93f31/f5831198.jpg

L11:
3,1km and 3 stations.
Metro to the area "Carabanchel Alto" and new area "PAU de Carabanchel":

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid154/pc387502e8e6a60ce7a98daa28dcbbbac/f5831d58.jpg

TOTAL: 50,78 km and 47 new stations.


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TRAINS:

New trains of narrow gaudge (for lines 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid155/p492ed34246e6484e2198885a45ece7d7/f56c6868.jpg

Lines 6, 7, 8 and 10 will received more trains of 8.000 series (CAF) and the new 9.000 serie (quite similar than 7.000 serie, of Andaldobreda)

And the 2007-2011 Madrid Metro (probably):
-Extension line 3 to N. Ministerios with Cuatro Caminos intermediate step
(2-3 Km).
-Extension line 7 to Torrejón (approximately 7 Km).
-Maybe line 11 extension to Chamartín and Leganes (roughly 20 Km)
and line 8 extension to Mendez Alvaro (7 Km)
-New line El Casar- San Fernando de Henares (probably light metro, other 20
Km).
-Las Rozas and Majadahonda Light metro.
-Maybe light metro around new park Manzanares.

Antwerp has a premetro subway-system , but they only use half of the capacity (i think there are 2 or 3 tunnels which they don't use---> brand new ) which is very sad I think
But aren't they planning an operation of those non-used tunnels?

Will the extension of the metro in Torino to Lingotto be open in time for the olympics? Aren't some of the events being held there?

Will the extension of the metro in Torino to Lingotto be open in time for the olympics? Aren't some of the events being held there?
I don't think the extension to Lingotto will be ready for February 2006, but if I'm not wrong for the Olympics metro will reach Porta Nuova train station
If you get a map showing where Olympic sites are in Turin and compare it with metro plan you will see the only site "touched" by metro is Lingotto (but it won't be ready in time)
Fortunately Turin has a good tram system and you can easily reach Olympic sites by tram

About metro, they are not late: they knew in advance Lingotto won't be reach by metro for the begin of 2006.
I think simply they didn't mind about Olympics; or better: they used Olympic games to speed up the project of a metro system, something Turin was waiting for so many years... And they didn't matter metro could attend to reach Olympic sites in Olympics wich last just three weeks

P.S.
I think Turin Passante Ferroviario (Railway Passing-by) will have a stop at Lingotto and it will be ready for Olympics :)

ATHENS

There are under construction the extensions of :

L2 ( ~4,5 Km -3 stations - 2007 )

http://www.ametro.gr/main/project/extensions/ext1.gif

L3 ( ~ 5 Km - 4 stations - 2009 )

http://www.ametro.gr/main/project/extensions/ext6.gif

Vienna, Underground-today
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/metro/m/largemap-s-wien.png

Vienna, Underground-extension until 2009
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/metro/m/largemap2008.png

Vienna, Underground-extension in planing
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/metro/m/largemap2020.png

Naples

Naples metro system in last years had a big boost to increase lines and services

They're now working to complete line 1 (that is a circular line) and for line 6 (new line)
They're working even for conversion of suburban train lines city stretches (Circumvesuviana, Cumana and Circumflegrea) in metro-like lines (denominated line 3, line 4, line 5, line 7)
Line 2 (which is an underground tunnel built by FS - Italian State Railways - more than 50 years ago) now works as a metro line (with convoys doing just the metro service) and even as a railway passing-by (used by FS trains, even IC trains :bash: ; fortunately Garibaldi - the underground station where these long distance trains stop has 4 ways, so metro service can have anyway accectable frequencies; P.S. I personnally have to say "many things" to FS which seems, and since 60 years, to hinder urban and suburban railway transport of all Italian cities: idiotically it never thought it's "prioritarian" :sleepy: re-:bash: )
In next few years, when Napoli-Afragola HST Station wil be completed (North of Naples) all "national" trains will take northern rail link, and line 2 become a full metro line...
Then... there are other three lines planned: line 8, line 9 and line 10 (partially reusing old rail stretches now abandoned)

This map shows lines now in use and the stretches under construction; it even shows railways which will be "converted"

http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/nap/napoli-map.gif

This other shows the situation in 2011, when all the transportation system planned will be completed

Situation planned at end 2011

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/pianostazioni2011rid2.jpg


Line 1

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea1.gif

Work in progress at Municipio with archeological recoveries
http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/news/ansa5.jpg http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/news/ansa1.jpg http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/news/ansa8.jpg http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/news/ansa2.jpg

photo copyrights belong to La Repubblica, ANSA
and Associated Press



Line 2

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea2.gif

Line 3

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea3.gif

Line 4

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea4.gif

Line 5

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea5.gif

Line 6

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea6.gif

Work in progress
http://www.linea6.com/image/la02.jpg

http://www.linea6.com/image/au06.jpg

http://www.linea6.com/image/la04.jpg

http://www.linea6.com/image/am01.jpg

http://www.linea6.com/image/sp01.jpg

Line 7

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea7.gif

One more map (property of SEPSA)

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/pianta.gif

Line 8

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea8.gif

Line 9

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/dlinea9.gif

Line 10

Project description:

Length is about eight kilometers, divided into two sections.
First section is 4.100 Kms long from Piazza Di Vittorio at Capodichino until Casoria FS Railway Station in piazza Dante, and crosses the towns of Casavatore and Arzano.
The second section is 4.500 kms long. It starts from Casoria FS Railway Station in Piazza Dante, crosses the town of Aftagola and reaches Afragola High Speeed Station (TAV) by means of one tunnel.

The project also plans a three-kilometer underground extension within Naples until the Archaeological Museum, interconnecting with Cavour stations of Naples metro lines 1 and 2. This extension needs two separate tunnels and new stations in the areas of the former mental hospital Leonardo Bianchi, Piazza Ottocalli, Piazza Carlo III, and Botanical Garden.



State of the art:

The project has been recently re-proposed by Responsible for Transports at Regione Campania, Prof. Ennio Cascetta.



Funding:

The hypothesis is being considered to carry out the works by means of "Project Financing".



Work scheduling:

Scheduled work completion is 2011.



Stations within Comune di Napoli:

Cavour/Museo (1, 2, 9), Foria/Orto Botanico, Carlo III, Ottocalli, Capodichino/Leonardo Bianchi, Capodichino - Di Vittorio (1) Cassano - Berlingieri, Casavatore - San Pietro, Casoria - San Pietro.



Further towns served by the line:


Casavatore
Arzano
Casoria
Afragola

Thanks to

www.linea6.com

and many many thanks to

http://web.tiscali.it/defalco_ivanoe/trasporti/net/indexe.html

very nice subway in Naples i hope it has and very ancient looking design patten.

Perugia

MiniMetro

The Minimetro is an alternative system to traditional methods of collective public transport. In its first phase, the Minimetro will link the urban areas between Pian di Massiano and Pincetto while in its second phase, it will link the Sant’Anna regional railway station with Pincetto and Monteluce.

Defined as a “light rail system” for its agility, space efficiency, and easy integration within the urban context, the Minimetro constitutes the most appropriate solution for Perugia, a predominantly historic city.

How the Minimetro works

The Minimetro system will consist of 25 cars accommodating up to 50 passengers each. The cars will run on rubber wheels along a pair of steel tracks.

The cars are not self-propelled. They are hooked for traction to a steel chain rope that is driven by an electric motor. In addition, because the cars run on rubber wheels, the system’s noise level is below normal environmental values.

The cars move in sequence at a frequency of under a minute and for this reason, the system is “semi-continuous.”

When the car reaches the end of the line, it is rotated by an inversion platform so that it can resume its run in the opposite direction.


http://www.minimetrospa.it/foto/07-vetturaavanti.jpg

http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-Minimetro%20Tunnel.jpg http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-Perugia30.jpg

http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-Perugia28.jpg http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-Perugia29.jpg

http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-PerugiaC05.jpg http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-PerugiaJN01.jpg

http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-PerugiaJN02.jpg http://www.leitner-lifts.com/photo/396-400-MiniMetro-Perugia06.jpg

http://www.minimetrospa.it/foto/41-RENDERINGMADONNAALTA.JPG http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/foto/21-percorsomadonna.jpg

http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/foto/20-percorsomassiano.jpg http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/foto/39-altocupa.jpg

http://www.minimetrospa.it/foto/44-RENDERINGSTAZMASSIANo.JPG

http://www.minimetrospa.it/foto/45-RENDERINGSTAZMASSIANo2.JPG

http://www.minimetrospa.it/foto/46-STAZIONEMASSIANOESTERNO.JPG

Video 1 (The project .Mov - Duration 1'28") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/01medium.htm)

Video 2 (Perugia and Minimetro .Mov - Duration 1'25") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/02small.htm)

Video 3 (Minimetro car .Mov - Duration 2'01") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/03medium.htm)

Video 4 (Terminal Pincetto .Mov - Duration 55") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/04medium.htm)

Video 5 (Jean Nouvel .Mov - Duration 30") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/05medium.htm)

Video 6 (The system .Mov - Duration 1'25") (http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/video/06medium.htm)

Thanks to

http://www.minimetrospa.it/english/index2.html

Rome

Start working for line B1 in October 2005
Start working for line C in January 2006

http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/rom/roma-map.gif

A line D running from South to North-West is under examination

Thanks to

http://www.romametropolitane.it/

http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/rom/roma.htm

Not that much metro in Copenhagen, most public transport are in busses and the S-Trains. A new metro opened two years ago, with a new line last year too. Currently no under ground parts are UC in for the Copenhagen metro (the outer parts are over ground). A new city ring is being planned right now though, it wil be totally under ground, and it will have some 16-17 stations (depending what route they'll choose). The City ring is the orange/white part:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/maps/cityring.jpg

Bari

Even Bari is building up a metro-like system
Initially it will work together with railways, but it will be upgraded to a full metro-system

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/00.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/07_00.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/mod01.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/08_x1.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/08_ip1.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/ph_051.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/08_ep02.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/10_1301.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/pila1.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/rf1_4.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/2001/543_mag01_02bn.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/r6.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/2003/537_01.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/543_lug01_03B.jpg

http://www.studiocirillo.com/500/web/2004/europa_01.jpg

http://www.archimodellando.com/ferrotramviaria_055.jpg

http://www.todini.it/italiano/lavori/lavori_ferroviari_e_linee_metropolitane/bari_metropolitana/barimetro4.jpg

http://www.todini.it/italiano/lavori/lavori_ferroviari_e_linee_metropolitane/bari_metropolitana/barimetro5.jpg

From http://www.studiocirillo.com

The new metro railway Bari-S.Paolo is the first element of a wide workplan which in the next years will interest Bari and its railways.
When completed, leaving from Piazza Moro in the heart of the town, it will be possible to reach the other end of the line in 11 minutes.
Along the line, which is 9.826 m. long, are situated four stations. Each of them is also an opportunity to reorganize both vehicular and pedestrian aereas, and to start a general urban renewal of one of the most critical districts of Bari.

New year! Some more construction going on anywhere? :D

2008

http://www.t-l.ch/images/content/trace_m2_1200.jpg
http://www.t-l.ch/images/content/m2_1.jpg
http://www.gpi-vaud.ch/manif/M2/Pont%20St-Martin/018.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lau/lausanne-map.gif
http://www.24heures.ch/vqhome/le_journal/nos_dossiers/m2/m2_280705.body.0001.Image.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221674&page=1&pp=20

In Hamburg there is currently just the S-Bahn tunnel from Ohlsdorf to the Airport under construction. It is 3km long (2,5km underground) , 1 station.
click here for a small animation (http://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/pages/airport_1.html).
And then there are construction works at the station Berliner Tor to enable a line change of the U2 and U3. U2 will then run from Niendorf Nord to Mümmelmannsberg and U3 will be a ring line like it was before WW2.

Are there some new constructions going on??:):)

Can someone inform me of any current AND upcoming subways in Ticino/Tessin (The italian speaking region of Switzerland), thanks, the reason im interested is because i live in Lugano, and the traffic is terrible, the only public transportation are buses and taxis, so a nice metro would be good, even though Lugano's territory is small.

In Berlin the U55 is still under construction::lol:

The construction of the U55 is still going....they hope to finish this in the year 2009....so they can start the construction of the middle part.....the connection with the U5:nuts::nuts:

Just for info, the part which is under construction now:

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2107/ubahnberlin04121024at8.png (http://imageshack.us)


The stations are nearly finished now....but....anyway.....some pics:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4561/u55hbf20070109020jpgqe1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3046/u55hbf20070109005jpgxu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7148/p1010900ht0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Can someone inform me of any current AND upcoming subways in Ticino/Tessin (The italian speaking region of Switzerland), thanks, the reason im interested is because i live in Lugano, and the traffic is terrible, the only public transportation are buses and taxis, so a nice metro would be good, even though Lugano's territory is small.

I don't think they will build a metro line in Lugano

Better an intelligent implementation of railways S lines to avoid people to reach the city by car

http://www.ti.ch/CAN/SegGC/comunicazioni/GC/odg-mes/immagini/5902-1.jpg

http://www.ti.ch/CAN/SegGC/comunicazioni/GC/odg-mes/5902.htm

Thessaloniki, Greece's second city in population (1 mil) is getting a metro system...for more info see this site: http://www.saloniki.org/metro/index.htm

Thessaloniki (sth more than 1m) is Greece's second largest city and is getting it's subway system.
The line will be 9.4 km long, totally underground and have 14 stations spread..will have 36 vehicles.
Has got some 10km extensions under consideration.. :)


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http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/the/thess-city-metro-map.jpg

All these extensions are great news and show how the EU will still be ahead as a world region in rail-type mass-transit (metro/tram/lightrail/regional trains), particularly metro.

I'll be in Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam but it looks like none of these extensions and new lines will be ready in March.

An update for Italy:
-started the costruction of Metro line C in Rome
- started the costruction of metro line 5 in Milan (and line 4 will start within 2008)