The Turin Metro is the modern VAL rapid transit system serving Turin. It is operated by Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT), a public company controlled by the municipality of Turin. The system comprises one 15.1-kilometre line with 23 stations connecting Fermi station in Collegno with Piazza Bengasi in Turin, near the border with the municipality of Moncalieri.
Turin Metro
Station Fermi during the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Turin Metro tracks
VAL 208 trainset used on the Turin Metro
Véhicule Automatique Léger
Véhicule Automatique Léger or VAL is a type of driverless (automated), rubber-tyred, medium-capacity rail transport system. The technology was developed at the Lille University of Science and Technology, was marketed by Matra, and first used in the early 1980s for the Lille Metro system, one of the world's first fully automated mass-transit rail networks, preceded only by the Port Island Line in Kobe, Japan. The VAL technology is now marketed by Siemens, which acquired Matra in the late 1990s.
VAL 206 (right) and VAL 208 (left) as used on Lille Metro.
Interior of VAL 256 with manufacturer's decal.
VAL-style track point as used on the Taipei Wenhu Line.
CityVal for Rennes Metro Line B