Alicante Tram History
Costa Blanca Details
1999: Birth of the TRAM Metropolitano.
The first phase would
stretch from Alicante-Benidorm-Altea, extending from the TRAM station FGV
Alicante-Alicante to La Marina in Plaza del Mar, and the construction of a
tunnel under the city center would connect Intermodal Station with the future
high-speed rail near suburban buses and RENFE Operator. A new ramp to the
neighborhoods of Albufereta, Cabo de las Huertas, and Playa de
The second phase
includes a line from Altea to Denia and the creation of new branches to Terra
Mitica and the center of Benidorm.
2002: Work on the Campello-Villajoyosa section of Line 1 is completed. Work
on the Campello-Alicante stretch begins.
2003: Launch of the first tranche (Alicante-Campello on August 16), which placed
Alicante as the fifth metropolitan area of Spain—after Madrid, Barcelona,
Bilbao, and Valencia—in having a system of urban transport of modern and high
capacity.
Is awarded to the Subus
company, which manages the Metropolitan Transportation Alicante (TAM), the
construction of Line 2 to the
Construction of the
first tram stop is completed, located on the roundabout Sergio Cardell, called the
same name as the developer—Subarchitecture—and was awarded at the IX Biennial
of Spanish Architecture and Urbanism.
Construction of the
future station of the section of the Plaza de los Luceros begins.
Work on the
Villajoyosa-Benidorm stretch begins.
2007: The first operation in underground stations begins.
On May 10 the first
section of the underground network and the first restructuring of the lines are
inaugurated.
On June 15 the ramp
between the L4 and
On July 31 Line 3 lasts
five seasons (Campello-Venta Lanuza) and opens Line 1, from Market to Creueta.
1914: Birth of the railway line Alicante-Altea
1916: Birth of the extension of the Altea-Denia line
1997: Due to the growing problems of mobility, urban growth, and population
construction of a new urban transport system, metropolitan-based remodeling,
and modernization of the railway are considered.
1999: Birth of the TRAM Metropolitano.
2008
On January 20 an
announcement is made for the construction of a tunnel of 1470 m for the
splitting of the track in the stretch to La Isleta Sangueta.
On February 7 it is announced
that there will be an extension of Line 1 from the Intermodal Station to the
Airport, on a route that would also support L2.
February 11 begins the
digging of the tunnel between Luceros and ADIF Intermodal, with underground parking
beneath a building that is linked to the tunnel line.
On June 2 the service of
Line 1 (Mercado-Creueta) is extended to Benidorm, where passengers can transfer
to trains for Altea/Denia. The frequency of these trains will be 60 minutes all
day.
On November 2
construction of a new stop for Line 1, between La Condomina and Costa Blanca in the
Alicante Golf is awarded.