Baltimore Metro Subway

The Baltimore Metro (also Metro Subway ) is a public transport in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, which was taken in 1983 after six years of construction period. It is operated by metro from the Maryland Transit Administration.

History

According to initial plans for a Metro in Baltimore in 1966, which ROCHE six lines, was taken to the decline in public funding for transportation projects and an increase in the cost of the construction costs until 1983, the first section of the Metro in the form of a diameter line in operation. Initially had the subway only nine stations between Reisterstown Plaza and Charles Center. In 1987, the route to the northwest by three stations was to Owings Mills and extended in 1994 to the Southeast to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Route

The current route network has 14 stations on a length of 24.5 km ( 15.5 miles). Of run ten kilometers underground, 3.5 km elevated and eleven kilometers at ground level. The travel time between the end Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital is about half an hour.

In rush hour the trains run all night, in the night, all eleven minutes. On weekends, the trains consistently at 15- minute intervals. The trains run during the week 5-24 clock, weekends 6-24 clock.

Rolling stock

The vehicles in the Baltimore Metro were built by the Budd Company and are identical with those of the Metro of Miami, which were also commissioned.

A car is 22.9 meters long, 3.05 meters wide, 3.35 meters high and weighs 35 tons. Each vehicle has 76 seats and 90 standing places, air conditioning, floor heating and sound systems, which. Emergency because two sided option, ensure communication of drivers to passengers The train length is two, four or six cars, as two cars are permanently verkuppelt. The top speed is around 113 km / h, the average travel speed of 48 km / h

Currently, the MTA has 100 cars, of which 54 are at peak hours only.