ALICANTE | Public Transport

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Toneo

Discussion Starter · May 11, 2007 (Edited by Moderator)

TRAM- Metropolitano de Alicante
Alicante city (Spain), 325.000 inh in municipality, 450.000 inh in urbanized area and almost 1.000.000 inh in metro area.

New undergroung section launched!!

The new line are served by trams and train-trams (100km/h speed), they seem a tram but they got the thrust of a train.

Also trains serve the L9.

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onetwothree

· #2 · May 13, 2007

Ooh, I really like it! Seems rather deep underground too. I wonder, though, on the map, what's the deal with the thing at the end of L4?

deer

· #3 · May 15, 2007

Beautiful trains and stations!! Are signs and maps only in spanish, or also in valencian language?

newyorkrunaway1

· #4 · May 15, 2007

great pics, and great system!

Bitxofo

· #5 · May 16, 2007

Very nice tramway system!

kay:

FabriFlorence

· #6 · May 16, 2007

The first underground tramway system in Spain. It's absolutely wonderful! :banana:

GENIUS LOCI

· #7 · May 16, 2007

Great

I didn't know they were building something like this in Alicante

Toneo

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 16, 2007 (Edited)

More videos:

StarFish said:
Ooh, I really like it! Seems rather deep underground too. I wonder, though, on the map, what's the deal with the thing at the end of L4?

Mercado central is +20 meters deep.

All lines unless L2 are along the coast, L4 goes on surface into a cape, at the end of it there is a ring where the line is only oneway.

deer said:
Beautiful trains and stations!! Are signs and maps only in spanish, or also in valencian language?

All signs are in spanish and catalan/valenciano, some in catalan, spanish and english too.

FabriFlorence said:
The first underground tramway system in Spain. It's absolutely wonderful! :banana:

Yes, it is :banana:

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Sietevias

· #9 · Feb 13, 2008

Some new photos about the TRAM network:

Train (L9):

Tram-train (L1 and 3):

Tramway (L3 and 4):

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ElVoltageDR

· #10 · Feb 13, 2008

That's a very nice looking system.

Sietevias

· #11 · Feb 13, 2008 (Edited)

Some stations:

Lucentum Station (L1-3-4), it has a third platform for L4 for the tramways that go to Av Naciones.

Fabraquer station (L3):

Alicante-La Marina (L4) Old terminus station for the trains to Benidorm/Altea/Denia:

Sergio Cardell (L4):

Venta Lanuza Station (L1-L3):

tram-train waiting for go to Mercado:

Two Tram-trains in La Marina:

Inside the Tram-train:

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Sietevias

· #12 · Feb 13, 2008 (Edited)

Videos:

Sample of loudspeakers of the tram-train, are in Spanish, Valencian and English:

What the train diver watchs, on L4 and 3:

Tram-train departing on Venta Lanuza:

tram-trains departing and arriving to MARQ Station:

Tramway over a viaduct:

From the same viaduct:

More videos here:

http://es.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=vichase

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Sietevias

· #13 · Feb 13, 2008

A little of history, Grey line is "L9":

Grey line called "North Line", in the past was an single track and "no electrificated line" (i can't explain better) that goes from Alicante, to Denia (93km or 57 mi), now a days, it's beeing reconverted to a light rail (L1 it's old L9 after the refurbishment, with tram-trains and tramways)
The first section that was reconverted to light rail was this:

Next, was reconverted about 13km/8mi. until Campello station, was created new stations between old ones.

With the new underground section to the city centre (MARQ-Mercado) Alicante has converted in the first spanish city with a tram-train and tramways running in a tunnel (it's the only spanish city with tram-trains)

New section of L4 beeing in operation, after stay more than a year "off" because we don't have enought tramways and tram-trains.

With the end of the refurbishment between Campello and Creueta track and stations, was created L1.

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brisbanite

· #14 · Feb 14, 2008

Very nice system!

Sietevias

· #15 · Feb 14, 2008

This how the TRAM works along Alicante City (L1 continues more than 20km as train, and L9 doesnt apear but is 60km long as train too) "Black" line is national rail (trains to Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid etc...)

(Mediterranean sea has not that color xD)

PD: If someone has any question, ask!

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volvé_tranvía!!!

· #16 · Feb 14, 2008

catalonien

deer said:
Beautiful trains and stations!! Are signs and maps only in spanish, or also in valencian language?

this it is catalan, catalonian language, it's one other spanish languages...

cheers from the valencian country !!!:banana:

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xote

· #17 · Feb 14, 2008

Seems like there is a growing trend to build these time of tram systems (porto, seville, etc). It seems like the ideal system for smaller cities.

edubejar

· #18 · Feb 14, 2008

Sietevias said:
Videos:

Sample of loudspeakers of the tram-train, are in Spanish, Valencian and English:

df:hilarious The announcement here is almost identical in Spanish and Valencian. Since all people who speak Valencian speak basic Spanish the announcement could have just been in Spanish and English...maybe making room for French or German, whichever of the 2 speakers Alicante attracts the most (I think many Germans visit Alicante).

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xote

· #19 · Feb 14, 2008

edubejar said:
df:hilarious The announcement here is almost identical in Spanish and Valencian. Since all people who speak Valencian speak basic Spanish the announcement could have just been in Spanish and English...maybe making room for French or German, whichever of the 2 speakers Alicante attracts the most (I think many Germans visit Alicante).

Well, this is something particular to Spain, so it is hard to use other standards in monolingual countries.

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Sietevias

· #20 · Feb 14, 2008

About 80% of people in Alicante thats talk spanish, knows how to talk and write in valencian (but doesn't use it normally), in small cities, how theres no inmigration (people of Madrid, Sevilla etc don't understand valencian), conserves the lenguage and use it all the time (valencian), but in bigger cities like Alicante, theres a lot of lenguagues (spanish, valencian, english, germany...) and valencian government wants to conservate the lenguage, when per example, in TRAM you hear the announcement in valencian, is not beacuse if somebody doesn't understand spanish or english, is for conservate the language as a cultural thing.

In other cities like Benidorm is easier to see shops and restaurants in english than spanish or valencian, but of curse, if you walk along it steets, you thing "that's Spain, U.K or Germany" because there's more population with english as principal lenguage.

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