Seville Metro

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Seville Metro
Locale	Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Transit type	Rapid transit
Began operation	September 30, 2008
System length	18.2 km (11.3 mi)
No. of lines	1
No. of stations	22 (List)
Operator(s)	Metro de Sevilla

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 from other traffic, rail or street traffic.

1 Old project
2 New project
3 Tram lines
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Old project

Old metro 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 canceled 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.

[edit] New project

Seville Metro lines

Line 1

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 June 2007 it has not been finished yet, the first line will be operating on September 30, 2008.

The new project plans a network covering Seville and its metropolitan area (1,500,000 inhabitants) formed by four lines, all of them, completely independents from 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 (approx.).
- License holder: Dragados.

Line 2, West-East. Underground.
- Start of the works: 2010 (approx.)
- Length: 12 Km.
- Number of stations: 17

Line 3, North-South. Underground.
- Start of the works: 2010 (approx.)
- Length: 11 Km.
- Number of stations: 17

Line 4, Semicircular. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2010 (approx.)
- Length: 15 Km.
- Number of stations: 19

[edit] 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)

Aljarafe tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2005.

Dos Hermanas tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.

Alcalá de Guadaira tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.

[edit] 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.