MedellÃn Metro
The Metro de Medellín is a public transportation system in the metropolitan area of the Colombian city of Medellín. It is the only elevated railway in Colombia. The Greater Medellín is located in the Aburrá Valley and consists of 10 cities. On the basis of industrial development since the 1930s, the field is constantly growing. Forerunner of the elevated railway was the construction of the tram ( tranvía ) at the beginning of the 20th century. Metro de Medellín Ltda was founded on 31 May 1979 - From it finally elevated railway, Empresa de Transporte their operators Masivo del Valle de Aburrá developed. Currently, the elevated railway Medellín has debts of about 1.23 billion euros. These debts will be repaid over the next 50 to 60 years.
History
The railway history in Colombia and in the department of Antioquia was not very different from the industrialization processes that have used the end of the 19th century. They were subject to restrictions due to social and political conflict in this South American country. The department of Antioquia and the Paisa Region pressed ahead with the construction of a railway network and quickly found following the roads the rest of the country.
Although the Ferrocarriles de Antioquia ( Antioquia Railway ) took an abrupt end and still remember today called railway towns in mind the importance of the route grew in the metropolitan area.
The rapid growth of the city, especially since the 1960s, filled in the entire Aburrá Valley. This meant that the cities of the valley took center stage of the national economy and their councilors forced them not to think local, but to take responsibility for a complex urban system, comparable to those of industrialized countries.
The Metro of Medellín was therefore not built to serve as a means of mass transportation for the working class of the city, but as an important cultural axis that minorities einbezog with. The elevated railway changed the picture of a city that was built for trade and industry, however, neglected to tourism. The city administration Medellín in 1979 joined forces with the local government of Antioquia, a company that should be responsible for the management and operation of the elevated railway. 1980, a draft of the elevated train was presented to representatives of the state government, which was approved by the National Council of Economic and Social affair in 1982. It was also approved that the building could be sold for 100 % to an external company, so that in 1984 German and Spanish companies have been contracted to build.
The maiden voyage took place on 30 November 1995 by 11 clock local time between stations Niquía and Poblado. The remaining portion took no later than September 1996 to commercial operation.
The elevated railway was received by the population with joy and with the result that the tourism of the city was significantly promoted. In addition, the boundaries of the " poor" and neighborhoods were "rich " softened.
The travel time was reduced drastically. A worker required by Bello Envigado after 2 hours by bus, with the elevated train, the journey time shortened to only 30 minutes.
In addition, the elevated railway has promoted public and cultural area with courses, restaurants, leisure facilities.
Operation
Every day about 460,000 passengers use the metro. It runs from 5 bis 22 clock clock and on weekends 7-22 clock. The clock speed of the trains varies from three minutes during peak times and 10 minutes at other times. During peak hours in the morning and evening some trains between Niquía to San Javier operate by means of a bypass route between Caribe ( line A) and Suramericana (line B). This route runs completely on the ground floor.
Line A
The line A consists of 19 stations and runs 23.2 km in north-south direction of Niquía after Itagüí. 7 of the 19 stops in the city center are built on viaducts, the rest of the route is at ground level. The platform length is 142 m, however this is not fully utilized, since one with only 3 cars uses shorter trains, but these can be run more frequently. A trip from terminus to terminus takes about 36 minutes.
Line B
This line consists of 7 stations, including the Umsteigebahnhofs San Antonio B and runs from east to west. Except for a station which is at ground level, there are the other on a viaduct height. Was opened the line on 28 February 1996. Platforms are only 72 m long and a ride the entire route takes 11 minutes.
Line K ( Metrocable )
On 30 July 2004 a new line, the line K ( cable car ) was inaugurated. The line starts in the Acevedo station and leads up to the district Domingo Savio.
Line J ( Metrocable )
In November 2007, the line J ( cable car ) was taken with 4 other stations in operation. The line starts in the Metro station San Javier, the terminus of the line is B, and leads up to the district of La Aurora.
Line L ( Metrocable )
The line L ( cable car ) was put into operation in March 2010. It begins at the terminus of the line K in Santo Domingo and goes over the mountain to the Parque Natural Arvi, located on a high plateau. It was built mainly for tourism and is not integrated into the city's subway network, which means that you have to solve a separate ticket for a ride on the L line.