Seville Metro
| Seville Metro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Puerta Jerez station | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Metro de Sevilla | ||
| Owner | Autonomous Government of Andalusia | ||
| Locale | Seville, Andalusia, Spain | ||
| Transit type | Light metro | ||
| Number of lines | 1 finished 1 in construction 2 planned | ||
| Number of stations | 22 | ||
| Daily ridership | 61,996 (2024) | ||
| Annual ridership | 22.7 million (2024) | ||
| Website | Metro Sevilla (in Spanish) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 2 April 2009 | ||
| Operator(s) | Metro de Sevilla Sociedad Concesionaria de la Junta de Andalucía S.A. | ||
| Number of vehicles | 21 CAF Urbos 2 | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 18 km (11 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC overhead catenary | ||
| Top speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) | ||
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The Seville Metro (Spanish: Metro de Sevilla) is an 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 stations are provided with platform screen doors.
Line 1 was inaugurated on 2 April 2009. Three more lines are planned to be built. Construction of Line 3 began in February 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2030.
The Seville Metro fleet consists of 21 articulated low-floor Urbos 2 light rail vehicles (LRVs) manufactured by CAF. The Urbos 2 LRVs are 31 metres (101 ft 8+1⁄2 in) long, 2.65 metres (8 ft 8+3⁄8 in) wide, and 3.3 metres (10 ft 9+7⁄8 in) tall, with a total 6 doors on each side. The capacity of each LRV vehicle is of 192 passengers, of which 60 would be seated and 132 standing. The Urbos 2 LRVs have air conditioning. LRVs are powered by an overhead catenary at 750 V DC.
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 – over 22.7 million passengers in 2024.