Tram Jaén
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| Country | Spain |
| city | Jaén |
| opening | uncertain |
| Shutdown | 2011 |
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| Route length | 4.7 km |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Stops | 10 |
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| Lines | 1 |
| vehicles | 5 Alstom Citadis 302 |
| Top speed | 70 km / h |
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The Jaén tram is a tram line in the Spanish city of Jaén that was completed in 2011 and never went into regular service. It runs 4.7 kilometers north from the center of the city. Construction work on the railway began in April 2009. After a brief free trial run that began on May 3, 2011, operations were discontinued. From June 18, 2012, test drives were carried out again for one week. The route has ten stops and connects shopping centers, industrial areas and other important points in the city. There were also originally plans to build a second line that would connect Jaén to other cities in the surrounding area.
Planning and construction
The construction of the tram line cost 74.8 million euros and was carried out by a consortium of the following companies: Alstom , Gea21, Ghenova, Inabensa, Mipelsa and Straßenbau Morales. The traffic area on the most important streets of the city was fundamentally restructured so that the areas along the tram route were upgraded in terms of urban development. The bus route network was also redesigned. The vehicles were procured from the French manufacturer Alstom.
Route
Line 1 runs above ground in the urban area of Jaén. It is equipped with its own track structure throughout and is therefore only subject to the effects of road traffic at intersections.
Originally planned extensions
The possibility of building further routes was announced, which would connect different parts of the city and surrounding communities to the center. One of the possible routes would be along Avenida de Andalucía and Carretera de Córdoba, from where it would leave the urban area to reach Torredelcampo, Jamilena, Torredonjimeno, Martos , Mancha Real, Las Infantas and Mengíbar.
Stops and vehicles
Each tram stop was designed individually, and each tram got its own color scheme. In connection with this, the city council of Jaén organized an ideas competition for their design. The competition comprised three categories: elementary and secondary school students, high school and vocational school students, and senior citizens' center visitors. A game console, a laptop and a two-day trip to Barcelona for two people were advertised for each of the categories. The participation period ended on May 7, 2010 with 5455 proposals submitted. A few days later, on May 18th, the winners of the ideas competition were announced. In addition, it was announced that the government of Andalusia will finance the vehicles through the public company Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucía , which will transfer them to the city of Jaén for a monthly usage fee.
Rolling stock
Five Citadis 302 trams from the French manufacturer Alstom were procured for the Jaén tram . The lanes are 32 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 3.2 meters high. They have a low- floor wagon floor over their entire length so that they are completely barrier-free . In addition, there are options for attaching bicycles in each module. The total capacity is 182 passengers.
Workshops and depots
The Jaén tram depot covers an area of 20,000 square meters and is located at the Vaciacostales terminal on the former site of the local police. A new police station has been set up in the Expansión Norte district .
Archaeological finds
The work to build the tram uncovered many archaeological finds of great value. A total of 25,000 items were found, recovered and cataloged. Outstanding finds are 120 human bodies that were sent to the Swedish city of Uppsala for analysis . Archaeological finds were found in six different sections of the route:
- Section 1: It is at the height of the Hermanitas de los Pobres , where an Islamic farm (a weekend house) was found, which was built in two phases: during the Caliphate of Cordoba (10th to 11th centuries) and in the Almohad period (12th to 13th centuries).
- Section 2: It is located between the Plaza de los Perfumes and the Plaza Jaén por la Paz . Fragments from the Copper Age (huts, furrows and post holes) as well as a water pipe from the Roman Empire and remains of the old train station were found here.
- Section 3: It is located in the Plaza Jaén por la Paz . A residential area from the time of the Caliphate of Cordoba was found here over structures from prehistory that were part of the large village of Marroquíes Bajos .
- Section 4: This section runs along Avenida Doctor Eduardo García-Triviño. The drainage of Marroquíes Bajos and damaged structures of houses from the Copper Age were found.
- Section 5: It is located next to the incubator. Huts were found that were used for burial purposes, where corpses were buried in a sitting position, surrounded by animal remains. There was a burial place with a diameter of nine meters, which was apparently the largest in the area of the Marroquíes Bajos .
- Section 6: This is the area on which the park and ride area was laid out. A Roman aqueduct was found.
Controversy and shutdown
The then opposition party in the Jaén Council, the Partido Popular , launched a large-scale campaign against the construction of the tram in the city, accompanied by a collection of signatures. It was also criticized that the planning was not expanded in the direction of the southern periphery - after San Felipe, el Tomillo and la Glorieta - which are even more cut off from the center and the expansion area. In contrast, the government of Andalusia stressed that the tram would provide a new impetus for the city of Jaén.
Since the Partido Popular obtained an absolute majority of the votes in the local elections on May 22, 2011, the opening of the operational tram was politically prevented. On July 15, 2013, the city council finally decided not to operate the tram.
On May 10, 2018, the government of Andalusia and the municipality of Jaen signed an agreement to reactivate the tram. The Andalusian government has announced that it will pay 75% of the 1.5 million euros of the forecast annual operating costs, while the consistory will take over the remaining 25%.
On June 12, the city council reaffirmed this plan. The services of the tram are therefore necessary for the metropolitan region. This confirmation is required to justify the public interest.
Web links
All of the following links refer to pages in Spanish:
- Jaén tram website
- Official presentation of the Jaén tram by the Government of Andalusia.
- Video from Jaén City Council on the reorganization of road traffic.
- Article on the Jaén tram by José Menor Toribio
- Delegation of the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos at the Jaén tram
- Tram Jaén on SkyscraperCity
- Tram Jaén on Urbanity
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinco trenes de treinta metros con catenaria . diariojaen.es. December 8th, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13th, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ Cuenta atrás para el tranvía . vivajaen.net. April 15, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ Jaén disfrutará del tranvía de manera gratuita hasta septiembre . elmundo.es. 3 de mayo de 2011. Retrieved on 13 de mayo de 2011.
- ↑ a b Sí a nuevas fases del tranvía . vivajaen.net. November 30, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ Adjudicadas las obras del tranvía de Jaén por 74.8 million, un 20% menos . ideal.es. March 13, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ El tranvía cambia Jaén a su paso y revoluciona el tráfico desde la Constitución a Vaciacostales . ideal.es. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ Alstom construirá los cinco del trenes tranvía . diariojaen.es. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ El Ayuntamiento de Jaén comprará a Alstom los cinco tranvías por 26 millones . ideal.es. February 20, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ Las paradas y los vagones del tranvía serán personalizados vivajaen.net
- ↑ Concurso “Diseña el tranvía de tu ciudad” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. aytojaen.es
- ↑ Concurso de ideas con premios para 'customizar' el tranvía de Jaén www.ideal.es
- ↑ El diseño exterior de los vagones y las paradas del tranvía tendrán el sello de la ciudadanía a través de un Concurso de Ideas ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.periodicojaen.com
- ↑ 5,455 propuestas para vestir el tranvía ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.diariojaen.es
- ↑ Una alumna del Ramón Calatayud de Jaén gana el concurso de ideas del tranvía en la categoría de primaria y secundaria www.ideal.es
- ↑ La Junta financia también la compra de los tranvías de Jaén www.ideal.es
- ↑ La Junta destaca que el primer tren del tranvía llegará a Jaén el próximo 16 de diciembre Ideal Jaén
- ↑ traslado de la sede de la Policía Local 20minutos.es
- ^ Lorena Cádiz: Lo que ocultaba el trazado del tranvía de Jaén . August 19, 2010.
- ↑ Manuela Rosa: Las obras del tranvía discover un trozo más de la Historia . November 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ El PP recoge un millar de firmas contra las obras del tranvía en dos horas ideal.es
- ↑ El tranvía de Jaén by José Menor Toribio - Diario Jaén 04/10/2009 ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. diariojaen.es
- ↑ El consejero resalta que el tranvía supondrá un impulso comercial vivajaen.net
- ↑ Jaén remains without a tram ( es ) elmundo.es. July 15, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ↑ Acuerdo para poner en marcha el tranvía de Jaén tras 7 años parado .
- ↑ Luz verde a la gestión autonómica del tranvía de Jaén para impulsar su puesta en marcha .
