VAL
![]() :This article is about VAL, the metro system. For other uses, see Val. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VAL is a type of automatic (driverless) light rubber-tired metro, technology based on an invention by Professor Robert Gabillard. It was designed in the early 1980s by Matra, for the then new metro system in Lille. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The acronym was originally for Villeneuve d'Ascq ? Lille (Villeneuve d'Ascq to Lille), the route of the first line to be projected (and inaugurated). It now officially stands for V?hicule Automatique L?ger (automatic light vehicle). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In contrast to some other driverless metro systems like the Docklands Light Railway or Vancouver's SkyTrain, the VAL design uses platforms that are separated from the rollways by a glass partition, to prevent waiting passengers from straying or falling onto the rollways. "Platform doors" embedded in these partitions open in synchrony with the train doors when a train stops at the platform. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Metro: Metro is:... Matra: M?tra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between to the towns Gy?ngy?s and Eger. The country's highest peak, K?kestet? (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range.... Lille: :The following article is about the city in France. See Lille (disambiguation) for other meanings.... VAL related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
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