Tram system in Spain
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Zaragoza tram
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Native name
| Tranvia de Zaragoza
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Locale
| Zaragoza
,
Aragon
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Spain
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Transit type
| Light rail
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Number of lines
| 1
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Number of stations
| 25
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Annual ridership
| 27.8 million (2018)
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System length
| 12.8 km (8.0 mi)
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Track gauge
| 1,435 mm
(
4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
)
standard gauge
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System map
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Avenida de la Academia
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Parque Goya
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Juslibol
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Campus Rio Ebro
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Ronda Norte
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Margarita Xirgu
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Garcia Abril
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Legaz Lacambra
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Adolfo Aznar
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Clara Campoamor
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Pablo Neruda
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Rosalia de Castro
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Leon Felipe
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Martinez Soria
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Maria Montessori
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La Chimenea
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Plaza del Pilar-Murallas
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Cesar Augusto
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Line 2
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Lines 2 & 3
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Plaza Espana
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Plaza Aragon
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Line 3
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Huerva River
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Gran Via Bis
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Gran Via
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Huerva River
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Goya
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Fernando el Catolico
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Plaza de San Francisco
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Emperador Carlos V
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Romareda
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Z-30
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Tercer Cinturon
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Casablanca
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Imperial Canal
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Argualas
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Los Olvidados
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Los Pajaros
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La Ventana Indiscreta
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Cantando bajo la Lluvia
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Un Americano en Paris
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Mago de Oz
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The
Zaragoza Tram
(
Spanish
:
Tranvia de Zaragoza
) is a tram system in the
Spanish
city of
Zaragoza
, capital of the
autonomous community
of
Aragon
. It has one line called Line 1 and it was expected to be expanded with a second and third line but the project was cancelled and plans to recover it are now being made.
History
[
edit
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In 1885, the first animal traction tram line was established.
[
citation needed
]
In 1902, Zaragoza had five main lines and one secondary line. In the same year, one of the lines were electrified. The network was expanding quickly in a radial form across the city, with the present Spain square as the center.
The 1950s was the heyday of the Zaragoza Tram.
From the 1960s, the tram system declined, with little or no investment and was gradually converted to bus operation
On 23 January 1976, the last Zaragoza tram line (Parque-San Jose) disappeared and the company changed its name to
Transportes Urbanos de Zaragoza
(Urban Transport Company of Zaragoza).
On 10 June 2009, the Traza consortium of Tuzsa, CAF, FCC Construccion, Acciona, Ibercaja and Concessia selected to build new tramway.
[2]
On 19 April 2011, Phase 1 of Line 1 opened.
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Phase 2 of the work of the new tram line 1 began for completion in mid-2013.
[3]
Two more lines are proposed:
Network
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Line 1 (Valdespartera-Parque Goya)
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The initial north-south line has 25 stops with side platforms except in two of them. The average distance between consecutive stops is about 500 m, adding a total length of 12.8 km line, operating at an average commercial
speed
of 19 km/h, with an end-to-end journey time of 40 minutes, 19 minutes for the journey Academia General Militar-Plaza de Espana (Spain Square) and 21 minutes from Plaza de Espana to Plaza Cinema Paradiso (
Valdespartera
).
Construction work started on August 18, 2009 and was projected to last four years in two phases:
The estimated investment is 400 million euros:
- Construction of the track and electrical system 202 million
- Purchase of rolling stock: 82 million
- Construction of the depot: 37 million
- Private investment due to works' enhancing "private" facilities: 55 million
- Traffic light system integration and other expenses: 25 million
The expected traffic in the project is around 100,000 passengers per day, with an average rate of 0.75 euros per passenger. In 2018, the line served 27.8 million passengers.
Rolling stock
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The 21
CAF Urbos 3
trams are
33 m (108 ft
3
+
1
⁄
4
in) long, extendable to
43 m (141 ft
7
⁄
8
in), a width of
2.65 m (8 ft
8
+
3
⁄
8
in) and a height of 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in).
[3]
They have a capacity of 200 people, 54 seated and 146 standing (at 3.5 persons per m
2
).
[2]
Electricity
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The trams mostly use conventional
catenary
, but in the historical city centre (between
Plaza Paraiso
and the
Roman wall
) they use stored braking energy and, additionally, receive power during stops, thanks to the
ACR
system.
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Thus no overhead wires are present in the historic area.
Future expansion
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Los Enlaces
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Rioja
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Calanda
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Cercanias Zaragoza
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Plaza de la Ciudadania
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Portillo
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Portillo
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Cesar Augusto
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Line 1
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Lines 1 & 3
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Coso
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Line 3
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Plaza San Miguel
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Compromiso de
| Caspe-Miguel Servet
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Numancia
or
| Cesareo Alierta
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Jorge Cocci
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Plaza Utrillas
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| Tenor Fleta-San Jose
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Doctor Iranzo
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Miraflores
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| Glorieta de la Balseta
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San Adrian de Sasabe
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Alignment still to be finalized
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Line 3 still in planning stage
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A second line is planned, utilising existing
Cercanias Zaragoza
track for
tram train
operation to
Villanueva de Gallego
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[4]
Network Map
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References
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External links
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Operators
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Regional
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Freight
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Commuter rail
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Metro
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Light rail/Tram-train
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Tram
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Proposed/planned
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