Seville Metro
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| Native name | Metro de Sevilla | ||
| Locale | Seville, Andalusia, Spain | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit/Light metro | ||
| Number of lines | 1 (+ 3 in planning phase) | ||
| Number of stations | 22 | ||
| Annual ridership | 14.45 million (2014) | ||
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| Began operation | 2 April 2009 | ||
| Operator(s) | Metro de Sevilla Sociedad Concesionaria de la Junta de Andalucía S.A. | ||
| Number of vehicles | 17 CAF Urbos 2 | ||
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| System length | 18 km (11 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 V overhead power supply | ||
| Top speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) | ||
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The Seville Metro (Spanish: Metro de Sevilla) is a 18-kilometre (11 mi) light metro network serving the city of Seville, Spain and its metropolitan area. The system is totally independent of any other rail or street traffic. All 22 stations were built with platform screen doors.
It was the sixth Metro system to be built in Spain, after those in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca. Currently, it is the fifth biggest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried – it carried 14.45 million passengers in 2014.
Construction of a metro in Seville began in 1974 with three proposed lines, covering only the city of Seville:
This project was cancelled in 1983 for political reasons with the budget from the central government reassigned to other infrastructure in Andalusia by the newly created Junta de Andalucía and also to the Bilbao Metro project instead, after 5 Billion Pesetas had already been spent. The official reasons given were fear that historic buildings might be damaged and economic viability.
In 1999 a new metro project was started by the Seville Metro Corporation (Spanish: Sociedad del Metro de Sevilla), founded by a former mayor of Seville. It was scheduled to be completed in 2006, but only began operation on 2 April 2009.
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