Tenerife Tram

The Tranvía Tenerife is the only tram and also the only rail transport systems in the Canary Islands on the island of Tenerife. The railway connects Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna and overcomes a difference in altitude of nearly 600 meters.

Current

The official commissioning took place - after several months of trial operation - June 2, 2007 The standard gauge line runs from Santa Cruz to La Laguna.. It is 12.5 km long and the journey time is 37 minutes. 20 new railcars of the type Alstom Citadis were by the manufacturer Alstom, Barcelona, supplied and transported to the double-track up to 44 000 people a day. The maximum speed of the trains is indicated at 70 km / hr, it is assumed that a cruising speed of 20 km / hr.

The first tram line carries the line number 1 An extension to the airport Los Rodeos, another downtown route and a line along the sea are - but still without a fixed schedule - provided. Since 30 May 2009, the line runs on two of the three kilometer stretch of La Cuesta by Tíncer. For this purpose at Alstom six new railcars were procured.

History

Already from 1901 to 1951 there was a tram in Tenerife. She ran from April 1, 1901 by Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal de La Laguna and from 27 July 1904 to Tacoronte and had seven stations over the new building. On separate sides of the street lined single track überbetonierte remnants are still in downtown Santa Cruz to detect.

Born in La Laguna in 1928 Álvaro Domínguez Rodríguez is one of the last surviving employees of the old tram and was one of the first riders of the new tram.

Tickets

The tramway company Metropolitano de Tenerife has a price combined with the bus company Titsa ( interurbanos Transportes de Tenerife), which operates almost all bus lines of the island of Tenerife. Tickets of Titsa and tickets of the Metropolitano de Tenerife also apply when transferring from bus to tram and vice versa. On the trains tram ( Tranvia ) are - in contrast to the buses - does not sell tickets. There are ticket machines at all stops. In the two info - pavilions are located at the terminal stations of Line 1, tickets can be purchased. Within the Area Metropolitana de Santa Cruz de Tenerife / La Laguna applies to the Guaguas ( buses ) of the Titsa and the " Tranvía " ( tram) the Metropolitano de Tenerife a unit price. ie: No matter how far the passenger travels within that zone, regardless of whether he umsteigt or not, he always pays the same price. This price is currently (May 2012 ) in the case of the most used means of payment for multiple ticket ( Bonobus or Bonovia ) € 1.05. The fare for students of the University of La Laguna is 0.80 € (2012 ).

Pictures

TW13 in El Cardona

Another TW in El Cardona

Ticket Machine

In the city of La Laguna

Interior of a railcar