Palma Metro

Palma Metro
Overview
LocalePalma, Majorca, Spain
Transit typeRapid transit/Light metro
Number of lines2[1]
Number of stations16[1]
Daily ridership6,575 (2016)
Annual ridership2,4 million (2016)[2]
Operation
Began operation25 April 2007[3]
Operator(s)SFM
Number of vehicles11 CAF SFM Series 71 & 81
Train length2–3 cars
HeadwayM1: 15 or 30 minutes
M2: 20 minutes
Technical
System length15.6 km (9.7 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrification1500 V DC overhead
Top speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Network map of Palma Metro

The 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, is 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) long [3] and has nine stations.[1] It was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros[4] and opened for service on 25 April 2007.[3] In March 2013, an existing 8.35-kilometre (5.2 mi)[citation needed] rail line with nine stations was incorporated into metro system as the M2 line.

In 2016, the Palma Metro carried 1.2 million passengers, an average of 3,288 per day.

  1. ^ a b c "Línies / Metro Palma" [Lines / Metro Palma] (in Catalan). TIB - Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM). Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ^ "Spanish sleaze: Majorca faces corruption clean-up". BBC News. 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "SFM network (then go to "Metro" page)". Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM). Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  4. ^ "Diario de Mallorca - El precio final del metro subió 77 millones sobre lo reconocido". diariodemallorca.es es un (in Spanish). Editorial Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 2014-05-16.