Seville’s Tube
The Underground of Seville is a proyect started initally in the year of 1974, doing some constructions works untill it was stopped in 1982. The causes given as reason to stop it at that time were technical difficulties, danger of damage in some historical and a low cost-effectiveness.
The actual project was retaken in 1999. The new project consider 4 lines of tube, in their most part underground, that will flow under the city of Seville and its metropolitan area.
Line 1:
The Line 1 of the Seville’s Tube is planned to start working at the end of 2008; a delayed opening due to some technical problems turned up at the construction time.
It gives service to 4 towns: Mairena del Aljarafe, Sevilla, San Juan de Aznalfarache and Dos Hermanas. It will connect then with the capital two key points of the metropolitan area of Seville: the Aljarafe and the 2nd city of the province, Dos Hermanas.
The route will combine two tracks over the surface (around 20% of the total) with some strech underground.
18.987 kms
Number of projected stations: 23
Estimated users (millions/year): 20,4
Population served: 227.974 habitants
Duration of the travel between extremes: 39 minutes
Maximum speed: 70km/h
Commercial speed: 29km/h
Frequency in rush hour: 4 minutos
The Line 2 of the Seville’s Tube will cross the city from east to west going through the populated districts of Sevilla Este, the industrial estate of San Pablo, passing by the surroundings of Santa Justa, going deep to the old town and ending in the future Business Area of Puerto Triana.
It Connects with the bus station of Plaza de Armas, with the train and high-speed train station of Santa Justa and with the Congress and Expositions palace. Also, it’ll count with a direct connection with the lines 3 and 4 of the net. However it wont be connected straight to the Line 1.
12,500 meters
Number of projected stations: 17
Line 3:
The Line 3 of the Seville’s Tube will be probably the most used according to the estimations. The track will go in a transverse way, crossing the city from North to South. Its route starts at the district of Pine Montano, in the closest area to super-north ring road. After leaves the district, the track will cross the urban north ring road to arrive to the Macarena through San Lazaro, Doctor Fedriani and Juan de Ribera. After arrive to this ring road it’ll continue this way to Puerta Osario, where it’ll meet with the Line 2. After this junction it’ll continue to the San Sebastian meadow where it’ll intersect with the Line 1. Afterwards, once it crosses the Plaza de España, it continues across the Avenida de la Palmera, Av. de Reina Mercedes and it will end in the district of Los Bermejales.
11 km.
Number of projected stations: 17
Estimated users (millions/year): 20 millions (first year)
Line 4:
The Line 4 is initially a semicircular line. However, the PGOU (urban planned development) of Seville propose to close the track, turning it into a circle where intersects all the lines of the Tube and suburban trains.
Starts from the halt “Virgen del Rocio” in direction to Ronda del Tamarguillo, where it goes until arrive to the industrial estate of San Pablo. After leaves this district it continues through the road of Pio XII to arrive to the street Jose Díaz. After that, it crosses the river and enters into the Cartuja Island, passing by the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros to Avenida de Americo Vespuccio. From here it goes all along to Puerta Triana, Triana and Los Remedios, where it intersects with the Line 1 in the station of Parque de los Príncipes. Finally, it does count with a last stop in the street Virgen de la Oliva.
15 Km.
Number of projected stations: 19
Estimated users (millions/year): 19 millions
Fuente: Sevilla21.com
Nowadays only the Line 1 is under construction.All the other lines are in the bidding phase and it is estimated that they’ll start with the construction of those along the year 2009.
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