- Lyon Metro Line D
Infobox Lyon Network
Line=Line D
ColourName=green
TextColour=white
YearOpened=1991
LastExtension=1997
RollingStock=MPL 85
StationsServed=15
LengthKm=13
AverageInterstation=929
LengthMiles=N/a
AnnualPassengers=91.8 millionLine D of the
Lyon Metro , with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY ("Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise") commenced operation under human control onSeptember 4 ,1991 between "Gorge-de-Loup" and "Grange-Blanche". It was extended to "Gare de Vénissieux" onDecember 11 ,1992 , at which time it switched to automatic operation. OnApril 28 ,1997 it was extended again to "Gare de Vaise".Being the deepest of the lines in Lyon, it was constructed mainly using boring machines and passes under both rivers, the "Rhône" and the "
Saône ". At convert|13|km long, it is also the longest of the lines in Lyon.List of stations
* Gare de Vaise
* Valmy
* Gorge de Loup
* Vieux Lyon - Cathédrale St.Jean
* Bellecour
* Guillotière
* Saxe-Gambetta
* Garibaldi
* Sans-Souci
* Monplaisir-Lumière
* Grange-Blanche
* Laënnec
* Mermoz-Pinel
* Parilly
* Gare de VénissieuxChronology
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September 9 ,1991 - Gorge de Loup - Grange Blanche
*December 11 ,1992 - Grange Blanche - Gare de Vénissieux
*April 28 ,1997 - Gorge de Loup - Gare de VaiseExternal links
* [http://www.tcl.fr/ Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL)]
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