Málaga Metro

Route map of metro lines 1 and 2

The Málaga Metro is a local rail transport system for the southern Spanish port city of Málaga and is part of the regional transport association Consorcio de Transporte Metropolitano del Área de Málaga . The light rail connects the city center with the outer quarters, the sports palace and the university. The first two lines of the system went into operation in 2014.

history

Already at the end of the 1990s, the establishment of a rapid transit network in Málaga was planned in order to get the increasing traffic problems in the fast growing Andalusian port city under control. While an above-ground network was initially planned, the advantages of an underground solution were soon recognized; Despite the significantly higher construction costs, the decision was made to use the tunnel solution in favor of the historic cityscape. 2005 was the official start of the project, which was initially included in Málaga's application as the 2016 Capital of Culture. Construction work on line 1 began in 2006, and on line 2 in 2008. The commissioning of both lines, whose Y-like routing begins at the same stop "El Perchel" in the city center, was on July 30, 2014. Additional lines are planned . The project will cost more than twice as much as originally planned.

Planning and lines

Both lines start in the El Perchel downtown district at the stop of the same name, directly at the RENFE train station in Málaga María Zambrano , where the central bus station is also located. The line 1 with a length of around 6.7 kilometers is the terminus Andalucía Tech on the campus of the University out. The first kilometers are underground, after 3.8 kilometers the line will be run above ground. Line 2, 4.3 kilometers in length, also starts at the El Perchel stop and runs - completely underground - south along the main street Héroes de Sostoa and parallel to the coast to the Palacio de los Deportes . An extension of line 2 by a further 4 kilometers to the heavily frequented Malaga airport is planned.

Originally, both lines were to be run on a common route beyond El Perchel to the Malagueta peninsula, but this route is still under construction. The planned line 3 is to lead from the city center in an easterly direction via Pedregalejo to the suburb of El Palo . In the long term, a complete network of 6 lines is to be created, whereby one of the lines is designed as a circular line that should connect all the other lines in the suburbs.

In rush hour (10-20 pm) Málaga Metro operates in a cycle of 7 minutes.

line	Endpoints		length	Stops	avg. Distance between stops (m)
	El Perchel	Andalucía Tech	6.7 km	11	595
	El Perchel	Palacio de los Deportes	4.6 km	7th	608
Total:			11.3 km	18th

vehicles

A train from the Málaga Metro

The Málaga Metro is served by 14 Urbos 3 vehicles, manufactured by the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). These tracks are standard gauge (1,435 mm), 31 m long and 2.65 m wide, have a maximum speed of 70 km / h and have a capacity of 202 passengers (57 seats). They run on direct current with a voltage of 750 volts, which comes from overhead lines along the lines.

Web links

Commons : Metro Málaga  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site of the Málaga Metro (span.)
• The Málaga Metro at Urbanrail.net (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Málaga hoy newspaper (Spanish), accessed July 30, 2014
2. ^ Article in the International Railway Journal, accessed on July 30, 2014
3. ↑ Sur: Las obras del metro de Málaga costarán más del doble de lo que se presupuestó. Retrieved August 8, 2017 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ The final stop El Perchel was counted only once.