All Sevilla articles
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Metro Report InternationalConstruction starts on Sevilla metro Line 3
SPAIN: Work has started on the construction of Sevilla metro Line 3, following a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Minister of Transport & Sustainable Mobility Óscar Puente and Minister of Housing & Urban Development Isabel Rodríguez on April 8. When complete the 7·6 ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro de Sevilla Line 3 tendering underway
SPAIN: Tenders have been called for a contract to build a 1·5 km section of the future Metro de Sevilla Line 3. The €132m 36-month contract covers a section of the line which will run in a 12·5 m deep cut-and-cover tunnel with two stations at ...
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Metro Report InternationalSevilla tram order
SPAIN: Sevilla city council has awarded CAF a contract to supply a further two vehicles for use on the Metrocentro de Sevilla tram line. The €33m contract awarded on July 21 includes 30 years of maintenance, and options for three more vehicles. The five-section 100% low-floor ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro de Sevilla goes contactless
SPAIN: Metro de Sevilla has worked with Mastercard and Banco de Santander on a €0·5m project to introduce the ability to pay for travel using contactless bank cards or mobile phones. The fares charged are equivalent to those applying to the existing smart card, rather than the ...
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Metro de Sevilla
Opened 2009; single light metro line with 21 stations. See Sevilla network map. The line runs northeast from Ciudad Expo to the city centre, then southeast to Olivar de Quintos; there is passive provision for an extra stop at Guadaíra. Trains are five-segment LRVs, rather than heavy metro vehicles. Several ...
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Metrocentro de Sevilla
Opened 2007; single tram route with seven stops. See Sevilla network map. This city-centre tram distributor line opened on October 28 2007 from Plaza Nueva in the historic centre south to Puerta de Jerez and then east to Prado De San Sebastian (1·5 km, 4 stops). The line was extended ...
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NewsSevilla tram extension progresses
SPAIN: Sevilla municipality is moving ahead with a long-planned extension of the city’s tram line by calling tenders for the design work, worth €484 000. The 1·8 km extension would take the 1 435 mm gauge Metrocentro line east from its current terminus of San Bernardo, before ...
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Metro Report InternationalSevilla metro extension progresses
SPAIN: Rails and sleepers are being laid on the final section of Alcalá de Guadaíra branch of the Sevilla light metro, the Andalucía regional government announced on November 7. This covers a section between two viaducts near the line’s western end. Tracklaying is due to finish next ...
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NewsSevilla metro inaugurated
SPAIN: The first phase of Sevilla metro Line 1 was officially inaugurated on April 2 by the President of Andalucía, Manuel Chaves González. He was joined at the event by Minister of Development Magdalena Álvarez Arza and the region’s head of public works Luis García Garrido, together ...