© ViaQuatro
São Paulo-Morumbi Station, the tenth station on São Paulo’s Line 4 (yellow line), opened in October. The new stop facilitates access to the so-called Morumbi Stadium, home to football matches and many shows.
This one-station extension brings the line length to 11.3 km.
It is estimated that the new station will receive an average of 75,000 passengers per business day.
During the first few weeks, the new station will run daily from 10:00 to 15:00. The reduced operation occurs during the maturation phase of equipment and systems, such as power supply, signaling and telecommunications.
The new station, underground like all stations on the line, is 27.53 meters below street level and comprises 13 escalators and four elevators.
Line 4 is operated by concessionaire ViaQuatro.
Source: ViaQuatro press release (in Portugueuse)
© Metro Istanbul
Phase 2 of Istanbul’s fully automated metro line, M5, opened on 21 October. This line now runs from Üsküdar to Çekmeköy. It is 20km long and consists of 16 stations.
Line M5 lies on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. It connects to the Metrobus line and to the Marmaray tunnel which links the Anatolian and European sides. By 2023, M5 will also be linked to three metro lines: M8 (Dudullu-Bostancı), M12 (Göztepe-Ataşehir) and M13 (Hastane-Yenidoğan).
The M5 line carried approximately 90,000 passengers/day until the recent extension; a figure which has risen to 200,000 after the opening of phase 2.
Stations
All stations of M5 are underground and are equipped with half-size platform screen doors. They are all accessible for disabled passengers and comprise a total of 194 escalators and 62 elevators.
The current stations are: Üsküdar, Fıstıkağacı, Bağlarbaşı, Altunizade, Kısıklı, Bulgurlu, Ümraniye, Çarşı, Yamanevler, Çakmak, Ihlamurkuyu, Altınşehir, İmam Hatip Lisesi, Dudullu, Necip Fazıl, Çekmeköy.
Metro lines on the Anatolian side of Istanbul (M5 in purple)
Trains
The line has 26 six-car trains provided by a consortium of Mitsubishi and CAF. They are 130 meters long and can carry 1,620 passengers each.
According to the figures of the UITP Observatory of Automated Metros, trains of Istanbul M5 have the highest capacity in Europe and the third highest capacity in the world (after the trains of the Circle line and the North East line in Singapore).
Depot and OCC
M5 operations control centre (© Metro Istanbul)
The depot area is still under construction. Once completed, it will include an automatic car wash unit, the car maintenance and repair unit, the depot control centre and a power generator building.
The operations control centre is deployed in S08-Çarşı station for now and consists of six systems including communications, depot traffic, vehicle traffic, TCC, SCADA and supervisor.
Source: Metro Istanbul