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Tenerife LRT-TRAM (photo N.2/8 [KB 98] 800 x 600pixels)
   

By Josemarear (Imagen tomada con mi camara.) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


DESCRIPTION
Tenerife first electric tram opened in 1901; the original tram network was closed in 1951.
The first line (Line 1) of the modern Tranvia de Tenerife opened on 2 June 2007, connecting Intercambiador de Transportes de Santa Cruz with Avenida de la Trinidad de La Laguna. The track runs inside the capital town (Santa Cruz), serving some of the main urban polarities, such as Canarie and Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria Hospitals, Taco, La Cuesta and La Laguna university campus. Line 2 opened on 30 May 2009, connecting Tincer with La Cuesta; it shares El Cardonal-Hospital Universitario section with Line 1.
Line 1 and Line 2 run in reserved lanes (segregated from road traffic).
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
HISTORY
datesection nameline
1901initial tram section opening--
1951tram network closure--
02-06-2007La Trinidad-IntercambiadorLine 1
30-05-2009Tincer-La CuestaLine 2
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
TECHNICAL DATA
Single line length (Km)
Line 1:12.5
Line 2:3.6
Single line stops
Line 1:21
Line 2:6
Single line avg. distance (km)
Line 1:0.60
Line 2:0.7
Total track length (km)
15.1
Total network stops
27
Avg. stop net distance (km)
0.60
Type
steel wheels
Current/Voltage
750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge
standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Vehicles builder
ALSTOM
Model
Citadis 302
Operator
METROPOLITANO DE TENERIFE, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (MTSA)
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
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lrt-tram - tenerife; By Maximilian Dorrbecker (Chumwa) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
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