Seville metro

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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.

Contents 1 Old project 2 New project 3 External links 4 See also

[edit] 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 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

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 March 2007 it has not been finished yet.

The new project plans a network covering Seville and its metropolitan area (1,200,000 inhabitants) formed by six lines:

• Line 1, West-South: Underground.
  • Stops: 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, F. Mayo, Amate, La Plata, Cocheras, Guadaira, Pablo de Olavide University (Seville), Condequinto, Montequinto, Cineápolis, Parque de los Pinos, Europa, Olivar de Quinto (Dos Hermanas).
  • Length: 19 Km.
  • Number of trains: 17, manufactured by CAF.
  • Start of the works: Late 2003.
  • End of the works: Initially mid 2006, currently late 2008 (approx.).
  • License holder: Dragados.

• 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)

• Line 2, West-East. Underground.
  • Start of the works: 2009 (approx.).
• Line 3, North-South. Underground.
  • Start of the works: 2009 (approx.).

• Line 4, Semicircular. Street level.
  • Start of the works: 2008 (approx.).

• Line 5, Aljarafe tram. Street level.
  • Start of the works: 2005.

• Line 6 (maybe an extension to the Line 2), Congress Hall-Airport.

In contrast with the old project, the new project will be a light metro, with a mixture of street level and underground sections.

[edit] External links

• History, construction details and maps.
• (Spanish) Official site.

+ (Spanish) Sevilla21.com Forums about Seville metro and other projects of Seville

[edit] See also

• Seville.
• 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.