Jaén Tram

The tram Jaén is a finished in 2011 tram line in the city of Jaén, which never went into the scheduled operations. It runs from the city center 4.7 km to the north. The construction of the railway began in April 2009. Operation has been a short free trial operation, which began on 3 May 2011, is set. As of June 18, 2012 test runs were carried out for a week. The track has ten stops and connects shopping centers, industrial areas and other important points of the city. There were originally plans to build a second line that would connect Jaén with other cities of its surrounding area.

• 3.1 Rolling stock

Planning and construction

The construction of the streetcar line cost 74.8 million euros and was carried out by a consortium of the following companies: Alstom, Gea21, Ghenova, Inabensa, Mipelsa and road Morales. Here, the traffic space was fundamentally restructured on the main roads of the city, so that the areas were upgraded urban development along the streetcar line. Similarly, the bus network has been redesigned. The vehicles were procured for the French manufacturer Alstom.

Route

Line 1 runs above ground in the city of Jaén. It is equipped throughout with its own rail body and is therefore subject only at intersections the influences of road traffic.

Originally planned enhancements

The possibility of building additional routes was announced that would connect different neighborhoods and surrounding communities at the center. One of the possible routes would run along the Avenida de Andalucía and the Carretera de Córdoba, from where they would leave the city to reach Torredelcampo, Jamilena, Martos, Martos, Mancha Real, Infanta and Las Mengíbar.

Stops and vehicles

Each tram has been individually designed, well everyone got tramcar own color scheme. In connection with the Municipality of Jaen organized a design competition for their design. The competition consisted of three categories: students of primary schools and secondary schools, high school students and vocational students and visitors to the senior centers. For each of the categories a game console, a laptop and a two-day trip to Barcelona for two people was announced. The part name period ended on 7 May 2010 with 5455 proposals submitted. A few days later, on May 18, the winners of the design competition were announced. In addition, it was announced that the financing of the vehicles will be made by the Government of Andalusia through the public company Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucía, the 'm going to leave the city of Jaén for a monthly fee.

Rolling stock

For the tram Jaén five tramcars of Citadis 302 were procured from the French manufacturer Alstom. The tracks are 32 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 3.2 meters high. They have full-length on a low floor car floor so that they are fully accessible. In addition, in each module options for securing bicycles are available. The total capacity is 182 passengers.

Workshops and depots

The depot tram Jaén covers an area of 20 000 square meters and is located at the terminal Vaciacostales on the former site of the local police. For the police, a new police station in the district Expansíon Norte was built.

Archaeological finds

Work on the construction of the tramway uncovered many archaeological finds of great value. A total of 25 000 pieces were found, recovered and cataloged. Outstanding finds are 120 human bodies that were sent for analysis in the Swedish city of Uppsala. On archaeological finds were discovered in six different sections of the route:

• Section 1: It is located at the height of Hermanitas de los Pobres, where an Islamic Farm ( a weekend house ) was found, which had been built in two phases: during the Caliphate of Córdoba ( 10th to 11th century ) and in the Almohad times (12th-13th century).
• Section 2: It is located between the Plaza de los Perfumes and Plaza Jaén por la Paz, where fragments from the Chalcolithic period ( huts, furrows and post-holes ), and a water line from the Roman Iron Age and the remains of the old station were found.
• Section 3: It is located on the Plaza Jaén por la Paz Here's a residential area from the time of the Caliphate of Córdoba on structures from prehistoric times, the part of the large village was Marroquíes Bajos were found.
• Section 4: This section runs along the Avenida Doctor Eduardo García- Triviño. They found the drainage of Marroquíes Bajos and damaged structures of houses from the Chalcolithic period.
• Section 5: It is located next to the business incubator. They found huts that were used for burial purposes, where bodies were buried in a sitting position, surrounded by animal remains. There was a burial place with a diameter of nine meters, which was apparently the largest in the field of Marroquíes Bajos.
• Section 6: Here is the surface on which the park-and -ride course was laid out. They found a Roman aqueduct.

Controversies and decommissioning

The then opposition party in the Council of Jaén, the Popular Party, launched a major campaign against the construction of the tram in the city, accompanied by a signature collection. It was also criticized that planning has not been extended in the direction of the Southern periphery - to San Felipe, El Tomillo and Glorieta - which are even more cut off from the center and the expansion area. In contrast, emphasized the Government of Andalusia, that the tram will mean a new impulse for the city of Jaén.

Since the Partido Popular, the absolute majority of the votes gained in the local elections on May 22, 2011 the opening of the operational tram was politically prevented. On 15 July 2013, the city council finally decided not to take the tram in operation.