Seville Metro
| Seville Metro | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Metro de Sevilla | ||
| Owner | Autonomous Government of Andalusia | ||
| Locale | Seville, Andalusia, Spain | ||
| Transit type | Light metro | ||
| Number of lines | 1 (+ 3 in planning phase) | ||
| Number of stations | 22 | ||
| Daily ridership | 52,462 (avg. weekday, 2019)[1] | ||
| Annual ridership | 16.9 million (2019)[1] | ||
| Website | Metro Sevilla (in English) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 2 April 2009 | ||
| Operator(s) | Metro de Sevilla Sociedad Concesionaria de la Junta de Andalucía S.A.[2] | ||
| Number of vehicles | 21 CAF Urbos 2 | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 18 km (11 mi)[3] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC overhead catenary | ||
| Top speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) | ||
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The Seville Metro (Spanish: Metro de Sevilla) is an 18-kilometre (11 mi) light metro[4] network serving the city of Seville, Spain and its metropolitan area. The system is totally independent of any other rail or street traffic. All 22 stations were built with platform screen doors.
It was the sixth Metro system to be built in Spain, after those in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca. Currently, it is the fifth biggest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried – it carried 16 million passengers in 2017.[5][6][7]
History
[edit]Original project
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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 for political reasons with the budget from the central government reassigned to other infrastructure in Andalusia by the newly created Junta de Andalucía[8] and also to the Bilbao Metro project instead, after 5 billion pesetas had already been spent. The official reasons given were fear that historic buildings might be damaged and economic viability.[citation needed]
Revised metro project
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In 1999 a new metro project was started by the Seville Metro Corporation (Spanish: Sociedad del Metro de Sevilla), founded by a former mayor of Seville. It was scheduled to be completed in 2006, but only began operation on 2 April 2009.[3]
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. In 2018, government officials came to an agreement to build line 3 of the metro system next,[9] with construction due to commence in 2022.[10][needs update]
System
[edit]| Metro de Sevilla | |||||
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| Line | Terminals | Length | Stations | In service | Opened |
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Ciudad Expo Olivar Quintos |
18 km
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22
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21
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2 April 2009
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Line 1
[edit]- Line 1, West-South
- Character: Underground
- Stations: 22
- Length: 18 km (11 mi)
- Start of the work: Late 2003
- Completion of the work: April 2009
- Licence holder: Grupo ACS, Grupo SyV, GEA 21, AOPJA, CAF
In 2019 the busiest stations on Line 1 were Puerta Jerez (2,139,000), San Bernardo (1,393,000) and Nervión (1,385,000).[1]
Rolling stock
[edit]The Seville Metro fleet consists of 17 articulated low-floor Urbos 2 light rail vehicles (LRVs) manufactured by CAF. The Urbos 2 LRVs are 31 metres (101 ft 8+1⁄2 in) long, 2.65 metres (8 ft 8+3⁄8 in) wide, and 3.3 metres (10 ft 9+7⁄8 in) tall, with a total 6 doors on each side. The capacity of each LRV vehicle is of 192 passengers, of which 60 would be seated and 132 standing. The Urbos 2 LRVs have air conditioning. LRVs are powered by an overhead catenary at 750 V DC.[11]
Fares
[edit]Fares are based on a zone system with three fare zones on the currently operating Line 1. A single one-way trip that crosses zero zone boundaries costs 1.35€, one zone boundary 1.6€, and two zone boundaries 2.8€.[12] A variety of additional ticket types are available, such as a day pass and round-trip tickets. Tickets can be reused and refilled with additional fare at automated ticket machines in stations.
Future service
[edit]The total planned Seville Metro network is of four lines, for which no construction has taken place since the Spanish economic crisis [when?]. The next line to be opened is the north-south Line 3, which began construction in April 2024.[13]
| Metro de Sevilla | |||||
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| Line | Terminals | Length | Stations | In service | Opened |
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Torreblanca Puerta Triana |
13.4 km
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18
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0
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-
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Pino Montano Bermejales |
11.5 km
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17
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0
|
-
|
 |
Circular line | 17.7 km
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24
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0
|
-
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Line 2 (in planning phase)
[edit]- Line 2, West-East
- Type: Underground
- Stops: 18
- Length: 13.4 km.
- Number of trains:
- Start of the works: -
- End of the works: -
- Licence holder:
Line 3 (under construction)
[edit]- Line 3, North-South
Line 4 (in planning phase)
[edit]- Line 4, circular
- Type: Underground
- Stops: 24
- Length: 17.7 km.
- Number of trains:
- Start of the works: -
- End of the works: -
- Licence holder:
Tram lines
[edit]- MetroCentro (Seville)|MetroCentro (T1), surface tram through the centre of Seville: Street level.
- Stops: Plaza Nueva, Archivo de Indias, San Fernando and Prado de San Sebastián.
- Length: 2.7 kilometres
- Number of trains: 7 (manufactured by CAF).
- Start of the works: Mid 2005.
- End of the works: Spring/Summer 2007 (Only Prado de San Sebastián–San Fernando–Archivo de Indias–Plaza Nueva stations)
Future tramlines
[edit]- Aljarafe tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2005.
- Dos Hermanas tram. Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.
- Alcalá de Guadaíra tram Street level.
- Start of the works: 2008.
Network Map
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See also
[edit]- MetroCentro (Seville) (i.e. Seville tramway)
- RENFE, operator of the commuter train system of Seville.
- Medium-capacity rail transport system
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "La línea 1 roza los 17 millones de viajeros en 2019". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Who we are". Metro Sevilla. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Sevilla metro inaugurated". Railway Gazette International. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Michael Taplin (March 2013). "Home - World Systems List index - World List P-T - Spain (ES)". Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Estadística de Transporte de Viajeros" [Passenger Transport Statistics]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística [National Statistics Institute] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Balance Anual 2012" [Annual Results 2012] (PDF). Metro Sevilla (in Spanish). 28 January 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "El Metro de Sevilla superó los 16 millones de viajeros en 2017". sevilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "La Junta de Andalucía, dispuesta a paralizar definitivamente las obras del 'metro' de Sevilla". El País. 14 March 1983. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Reyes, Alberto García (24 January 2018). "Gobierno, Junta de Andalucía y Ayuntamiento acuerdan hacer la línea 3 del metro de Sevilla". ABCdesevilla. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Las obras de l línea 3 del Metro de Sevilla empezarán en 2022". elcorreoweb.es. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Robert Schwandl. "Sevilla". UrbanRail.net. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Tickets & Fares". Metro Sevilla. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Construction starts on Sevilla metro Line 3". Metro Report International. Railway Gazette. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ a b "¿Por dónde pasa la línea 3 del Metro de Sevilla?". ABCdesevilla. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
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