Seville Metro
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| Seville Metro | |
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 22 (List) |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | April 2, 2009 |
| Operator(s) | Metro de Sevilla |
| Technical | |
| System length | Template:Km to mi |
The Seville metro (Metro de Sevilla in Spanish) is a light metro network currently under construction in the city of Seville, Spain and its metropolitan area. The system is totally independent of other traffic, rail or street traffic. Every station will have platform screen doors.
Old project
Construction of a metro in Seville began in 1974 with three proposed lines, covering only the city of Seville:
- Line 1:
- Stops: La Plata, Puerta Jerez, Plaza Nueva, Plaza del Duque, Alameda, Macarena, Pino Montano.
- Line 2:
- Stops: Santa Clara, Polígono San Pablo, Alhóndiga, Plaza del Duque, Marqués de Paradas, El Tardón, Rubén Darío.
- Line 3:
- Stops: Heliópolis, San Bernardo, Menéndez y Pelayo, Recaredo, Macarena, Cartuja.
This project was cancelled in 1983, after construction had begun on some of the tunnels, due to fears that historic buildings might be damaged. The economic viability of the metro was also questionable in a city whose population had not grown as much as predicted.
New project
In 1999 a new metro project was started by the Seville Metro Corporation (in Spanish, Sociedad del Metro de Sevilla), founded by a former mayor of Seville. It was scheduled to be completed in 2006, but as of November 2008 it has not been finished yet, the first line is due to begin operation on the 1st half 2009.
The new project plans a network covering Seville and its metropolitan area (1,500,000 inhabitants) formed by four lines, all of them, completely independent of other traffic:
- Line 1, West-South: Underground.
- Stops: 22; Ciudad Expo, Cavaleri (Mairena del Aljarafe), San Juan Alto, San Juan Bajo (San Juan de Aznalfarache), Blas Infante, Parque de los Príncipes, Plaza de Cuba, Puerta de Jerez, Prado de San Sebastián, San Bernardo, Nervión, Gran Plaza, Mayo, Amate, La Plata, Cocheras, Guadaira, Pablo de Olavide (Seville), Condequinto, Montequinto, Europa, Olivar de Quinto (Dos Hermanas).
- Length: 19 Km.
- Number of trains: 17, manufactured by CAF.
- Number of stations: 22.
- Start of the works: Late 2003.
- End of the works: Initially mid 2006, currently late 2008 (estimated).
- License holder: Dragados.
- Line 2, West-East. Underground.
- Start of the works: 2010 (estimated)
- Length: 12 Km.
- Number of stations: 17
- Line 3, North-South. Underground.
- Start of the works: 2010 (estimated)
- Length: 11 Km.
- Number of stations: 17
- Line 4, Semicircular. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2010 (estimated)
- Length: 15 Km.
- Number of stations: 19
Tram lines
- MetroCentro (T1), surface tram by the center of Seville: Street level.
- Stops: Amador de los Ríos, Ponce de León, Encarnación, Plaza de la Magdalena, Plaza Nueva, Archivo de Indias, San Fernando, Carlos V.
- Length: 2.7 km.
- Number of trains: 7, manufactured by CAF.
- Start of the works: Mid 2005.
- End of the works: Spring/Summer 2007 (Only Carlos V-San Fernando-Archivo de Indias-Plaza Nueva stations)
- Dos Hermanas tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.
- Alcalá de Guadaira tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.
See also
- TUSSAM, company that operates the bus network of Seville.
- Consorcio de Transportes de Sevilla, consortium that operates the intercity bus network of the metropolitan area of Seville.
- RENFE, company that operates the commuter train system of Seville.
- Barcelona Metro
- Bilbao Metro
- Madrid Metro
- Malaga Metro
- Palma de Mallorca Metro
- Valencia Metro
- List of metro systems
External links
+ Template:Es icon Sevilla21.com Forums about Seville metro and other projects of Seville
