Palma Metro

Palma Metro

Overview
Locale	Palma, Majorca, Spain
Transit type	Rapid transit/Light metro
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	16
Daily ridership	3,208 (average, 2014)
Annual ridership	1.171 million (2014)
Operation
Began operation	25 April 2007
Operator(s)	SFM
Number of vehicles	11 CAF SFM Series 71 & 81
Train length	2–3 cars
Headway	M1: 15 or 30 minutes M2: 20 minutes
Technical
System length	M1: 7.2 km (4.5 mi) M2: 8.35 km (5.2 mi) 15.6 km (9.7 mi) (total)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Top speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
System map Legend Artà Son Servera Sant Llorenç des Cardassar 1:10 Manacor 1:01 Petra (and passing point) 0:54 Sant Joan (two platforms one track) 0:52 Sineu (and passing point) 0:56 Sa Pobla 0:52 Muro 0:48 Llubí Enllaç junction 0:44 Enllaç (and passing point) Enllaç siding 0:39 Inca Inca siding 0:35 Lloseta 0:31 Binissalem Binissalem siding 0:27 Consell/Alaró Santa Maria siding 0:23 Santa Maria 0:17 El Caülls(for Festival Park) 0:15 Marratxí* 0:10* Pont d'Inca Nou 0:08* Pont d'Inca 0:07* Verge de Lluc 0:13* Polígon de Marratxí 1:00 Sóller to Port de Sóller Serra de Tramuntana Can Tambor Mirador del Pujol d’en Banya Bunyola Caubet Palmanyola (Santa Maria) Son Reus 0:13 UIB 0:10 Son Sardina 0:08 Camí dels Reis 0:07 Gran Vía Asima 0:06 Son Castelló Depot sidings Depot 0:05* Son Fuster Vell / Son Fuster 0:03* Son Costa / Son Fortesa 0:01* Jacint Verdaguer Plaça d'Espanya Intermodal Station denotes bus connections

Network map of Palma Metro

Palma Metro (Catalan: Metro de Palma, Spanish: Metro de Palma [de Mallorca]) is a light metro system in Palma, Majorca, Spain. The initial line of the system, M1, consists of 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) of route and nine stations, and was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros; it opened for service on 25 April 2007. In March 2013, an existing 8.35-kilometre (5.2 mi) and nine station rail line was bundled in to the metro's service as the system's M2 line.

In 2014, the Palma Metro carried 1.17 million passengers, which corresponds to an average of 3,208 passengers per day.

Overview

The metro opened on 25 April 2007. It runs from the city centre to University of the Balearic Islands, known locally as Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB). Spanish authorities suspended operations on the line in September 2007 due to repeated flooding. Services restarted on 28 July 2008 after a 46% cost overrun. Due to the short length of Line M1, the journey from the Intermodal to UIB can be done in less than 20 minutes. Trains run daily from 06:35 to 21:55; headways are every 15 minutes during peak hours, and every 30 minutes at other times.

In November 2012, Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM) announced that a second rail line would be added to the Palma Metro system, operating on a route that would serve nine stations between Plaça d'Espanya (Intermodal station) and Marratxí station. The establishment of this new line would pose no cost since it would utilize the existing infrastructure of CTM's already-operating three rail lines. Revenue service on the M2 line began on 13 March 2013. Headways on the M2 line are generally 20 minutes throughout the day. Because the M2 line operates on rail shared with Majorca's three commuter rail lines, it doesn't qualify as a true "metro standards" line like the M1 line does.

List of stations

M1 serves 9 stations, and M2 lines serves 10 stations; the first three of these stations are served by both lines, and thus operate transfer stations between the lines (as well as with Mallorca's three commuter rail lines):

Line M1 Plaça d'Espanya to UIB 7.2 km (4.5 mi) 9 stations	Line M2 Plaça d'Espanya to Marratxí 8.35 km (5.2 mi) 10 stations
Plaça d'Espanya (Intermodal station) Jacint Verdaguer Son Fortesa / Son Costa Son Fuster Vell Son Castelló Gran Via Asima Camí dels Reis Son Sardina (surface station) UIB (University of the Balearic Islands)	Plaça d'Espanya (Intermodal station) Jacint Verdaguer Son Fortesa / Son Costa Son Fuster Son Cladera/Es Vivero Verge de Lluc Pont d'Inca Pont d'Inca Nou Polígon Marratxí Marratxí

See Majorca rail network for a network map and timings.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM)
• TIB - Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM)
• Palma Metro at UrbanRail.net