Editing Lille (section)

===Public transport===
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[[File:Ligne 1 du métro de Lille Métropole - Interstation Triolo ↔ Villeneuve-d'Ascq - Hôtel de Ville (13A).JPG|alt=Lille metro|left|thumb|upright=0.9|Lille metro]]
The [[Métropole Européenne de Lille]] has a mixed mode public transport system, which is considered one of the most modern in the whole of France. It comprises buses, trams and a driverless [[light metro]] system, all of which are operated under the Transpole name. The [[Lille Metro]] is a VAL system (''véhicule automatique léger'' = light automated vehicle) that opened on 16 May 1983, becoming the first automatic light metro line in the world. The system has two lines, with a total length of {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=off}} and 60 stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mairie-lille.fr/cms/page2941.html |title=Public Transport |work=mairie-lille.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908195708/http://en.mairie-lille.fr/cms/page2941.html |archive-date= 8 September 2014 }}</ref> The tram system consists of two interurban tram lines, connecting central Lille to the nearby communities of Roubaix and Tourcoing, and has 45 stops. Sixty-eight urban bus routes cover the metropolis, 8 of which reach into Belgium.<ref name=somltrav>{{cite web | title = Travel & Transport | url = http://www.mairie-lille.fr/sections/site-en/Lille_pratique/travel-transport | publisher=La mairie de Lille | access-date =18 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080131220539/http://www.mairie-lille.fr/sections/site-en/Lille_pratique/travel-transport <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 31 January 2008}}</ref>