Palma de Mallorca Metro
Encyclopedia
The Palma Metro is a metro
line in Palma, Spain
. It consists of nine stations and was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros.
Trains run daily from 06:15 to 23:00.
The subway opened on 25 April 2007. It runs from the city centre to University of the Balearic Islands
. Spanish authorities suspended operations on the line in September 2007 due to repeated flooding. Services restarted on 28 July 2008 after a 46% cost overrun.
for a network map and timings.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
line in Palma, Spain
Spain
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. It consists of nine stations and was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros.
Trains run daily from 06:15 to 23:00.
The subway opened on 25 April 2007. It runs from the city centre to University of the Balearic Islands
University of the Balearic Islands
The University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca.-History:...
. Spanish authorities suspended operations on the line in September 2007 due to repeated flooding. Services restarted on 28 July 2008 after a 46% cost overrun.
List of stations
See Majorca rail networkMajorca rail network
The Majorca rail network on the Spanish Island of Majorca has three lines to four destinations from the Estació Intermodal/Plaça d'Espanya station in Palma.- TIB :...
for a network map and timings.
- Plaça d'Espanya (Intermodal station)
- Jacint Verdaguer
- Son Fortesa - Son Costa
- Son Fuster Vell
- Son Castelló
- Gran Vía Asima
- Camí dels Reis
- Son Sardina
- UIB (Universitat de les Illes BalearsUniversity of the Balearic IslandsThe University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca.-History:...
)
External links
- International Herald Tribune article
- Urbanrail.net page
- Majorca subway closed indefinitely,Expatica, 2008.
- Railway-Technology.com Mallorca Rail Development