Line C of the Lyon Metro follows the right of way of an old cable-hauled railway, which originally opened in 1891. The line closed in 1972 for refurbishment and conversion to rack railway technology, reopening for service in 1974 as a rack railway metro line.
The line now serves five stations, and is 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long. It was constructed using various methods: the original route used by the former funicular line runs up a steep incline rising from a deep tunnel to an exposed trench, the newly built level segment at Croix-Rousse using cut-and-cover, and the latest section beyond Hénon running on the surface. Croix Paquet station is the steepest metro station in the world, with an incline of 17%. The repurposed alignment of the original funicular from Croix-Paquet to Croix-Rousse is among the world's oldest structures currently used by metro trains, having first opened in 1891.
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26 авг 2024
