Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Valparaíso Metro (Spanish: Metro Valparaíso, also called "Merval") is the rapid transit light rail system serving the urban conglomeration of Gran Valparaíso, Chile. It consists of one line, 43 kilometres (27 mi) long, serving 20 stations, connecting the cities of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana, and Limache (outside the Valparaíso conurbation).It is administered by Metro Regional de Valparaíso S.A., a subsidiary of the Chilean state-owned train company Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado. The Valparaíso Metro began with the conversion of an interurban rail line into more rapid transit-like service in 2005 – the renovated line was inaugurated on November 23, 2005 and began rapid transit operations the following day. The Valparaíso Metro carried 20.21 million passengers in 2013.Together with the much bigger Santiago Metro, it is one of the only two subway systems in Chile (the Valparaíso Metro has a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) underground stretch from Miramar through Chorrillos stations in Viña del Mar), "but cannot be classified as a full metro due to the existence of various level crossings and the long distances between stations on the eastern section of the line" according to Robert Schwandl of UrbanRail.net. As a result of the presence of at-grade level crossings, the Valparaíso Metro is most analogous to a light rail system."@en }
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- Q1320531 abstract "The Valparaíso Metro (Spanish: Metro Valparaíso, also called "Merval") is the rapid transit light rail system serving the urban conglomeration of Gran Valparaíso, Chile. It consists of one line, 43 kilometres (27 mi) long, serving 20 stations, connecting the cities of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana, and Limache (outside the Valparaíso conurbation).It is administered by Metro Regional de Valparaíso S.A., a subsidiary of the Chilean state-owned train company Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado. The Valparaíso Metro began with the conversion of an interurban rail line into more rapid transit-like service in 2005 – the renovated line was inaugurated on November 23, 2005 and began rapid transit operations the following day. The Valparaíso Metro carried 20.21 million passengers in 2013.Together with the much bigger Santiago Metro, it is one of the only two subway systems in Chile (the Valparaíso Metro has a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) underground stretch from Miramar through Chorrillos stations in Viña del Mar), "but cannot be classified as a full metro due to the existence of various level crossings and the long distances between stations on the eastern section of the line" according to Robert Schwandl of UrbanRail.net. As a result of the presence of at-grade level crossings, the Valparaíso Metro is most analogous to a light rail system.".