tenerife | expansion

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The tram passes Island Inaugurated only 18 months ago, Metrotenerife will soon complete its first less than 5 m from historical extension and is already planning more. Jane Pearce has been to find out more about buildings such as the theatre. how the network is shaping up. trip on the tram in Santa Equipment suppliers from France, Ikusi-Efacec domain responsible for Cruz de Tenerife is rather and Portugal (Table I) rose to electronic monitoring and control of like riding a rollercoaster, the challenge of providing software all fixed and network installations. as the brightly-coloured and equipment for the tram project As well as co-ordinating all tram Avehicle glides silently down the steep in very tight timescales. These were operations, the management data- hills and around tight curves snaking then integrated by Transdev into the base generates the key performance its way towards the coast. However, management information and oper- indicators used by the government the passengers who experience this ating system, which is linked to the to supervise and measure MTSA’s sensation in ever-growing numbers Las Te resitas are unperturbed, secure in the knowl- La Trinidad Aeropuerto Norte edge that the tram is controlled and Line 3 constantly monitored from the state- La Laguna of-the-art Central Command Post. Valleseco Puente The CCP receives real-time infor- Gracia La Cuesta Zurita mation on the location of each tram, vehicle data such as the number of Fundación Hospital Line 2 Santa passengers, live CCTV images from Universitario Cruz Intercambiador cameras located on the vehicle and at 03 km Cardonal tram stops, and the status of the over- Congress Centre La Candelaria head lines and power supply, thanks Tincer to the fully-integrated SAE operations

management system. Metropolitana Line 2 de Tenerife SA takes security very La Gallega Tenerife light rail seriously. Controllers can respond LRT in operation quickly to incidents and anomalies, Under construction and keep passengers updated via the Planned onboard public address. © Railway Gazette 2009

38 Metro Report International | March 2009 o 900 to extended being is capacity Its ments. MTSA’sof 10·3% plies powerrequire - sup- currently plant the annum, per 900 generating of Capable Cocheras. y Talleres at surface roof Outstanding ridershiplevels 22 quality parameters such as reliability. by determined is which availability, on based fee annual an operator the pays government The performance. more than in 2007. This represents an 1·26 reached traffic monthly when 2008 October 13 loans. initial the repaying start to surplus a generating but costs operational covering only not positive, been results have financial MTSA’s forecasts. all exceeding far ridership with inauguration, - its since ever success ing 644 lar panels, with a maximum output of powerplanta in comprising 3 investedhas €3·6m sideration. MTSA mini- operationalmise costs. to helps which in-house, ties - activi maintenancepreventative and corrective all out carry to equipped is depot The workshop. the to return can be processed ahead of the vehicle’s repairs programme that so orders work generates management tenance control centre, where the CARL main- the toimmediately arebackreported faults Any vehicles. 35 commodate ac- can which Cocheras), y Talleres as (known depot and workshop the rvdn aon 1·% f Metro- tenerife’s needs. of 16·5% around providing Transdata assetmanagementandmaintenancesoftware Atos Origin CARL Software Lumiplan Efacec Alstom Transport Transdev (subsidiary of Transdev) S Ikusi-Efacec JV Table I. MetrotenerifePhase1equipmentsuppliers The CCP is located at at MTSA’s located is CCP The Total annual ridership exceeded exceeded ridership annual Total Tenerife’sresounda - hasbeen tram Energy costs are an importantareancosts con - Energy

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Photos: MTSA tenerife | expansion Photo: MTSA Photo: was approved in November 2002. The tram runs overhead catenary. Maximum speed where the gradients were too steep to Tenders were subsequently launched through dense is 70 km/h. climb. Cars use regenerative braking, urban areas and in 2003 for civil works, rolling stock, along narrow Ticket machines are located at each and power generated on the downhill depot and E&M contracts, and con- streets, such as stop with on-board validation ma- trip is fed back to on the uphill struction finally started in June 2004. the Calle Imeldo. chines located beside each of the 12 track. In 2002 the Tenerife government vehicle doors. Ticket inspectors are awarded a 35-year build and operate employed resulting in a low level of Expansion plans concession to MTSA, which is now a fraud, which stands at less than 3·5%. public-private consortium compris- The project posed several techni- Ricardo Melchior, president of Ten- ing the government, which has an cal challenges due primarily to the erife’s government or Cabildo, is a 80% share, Tenemetro (Transdev, So- steep gradients, which average 5% staunch advocate of the tram and the mague and Ineco) with 14%, and local but reach 8·5% in places. To cope driving force behind its implemen- bank CajaCanarias with a 6% share. with the grades, the vehicles have all tation. Buoyed up by its success, he The 12·6 km line, which runs from three bogies powered. Underpasses remains committed to increasing the Trinidad to Intercambiador and has were constructed in several locations provision of rail services in Tenerife 21 stops, cost €305·6m to build. The fleet of 20 articulated Work on the 302 trams which operate the route Tincer section of Line 2 is almost are a colourful sight. The 100% low- completed; the floor vehicles are 32·5 m in length connection with and 2 400 mm wide with a capacity Line 1, at the underground of 200 passengers, including 56 seat- section near Taco, ed. The track is standard gauge and was made in power at 750 V DC is supplied via early 2009.

Table II. Metrotenerife planned network

Line / Phase Route Length

Line 1 Phase 1 Intercambiador – La Trinidad 12·6 km

Line 1 Phase 2 La Trinidad – Los Rodeos/North Airport 3·2 km

Line 2 Phase 1 La Cuesta – Tincer (L1+L2) 3·6 km

Line 2 Phase 2 Tincer – La Gallega – La Candelaria 11·1 km

Line 3 Congress Centre – Intercambiador 9·4 km – Las Teresitas

Total length 39·9 km

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two interurban railways. The esti- mated cost is put at €2·8bn. Asesores 0 20 km de Infraestructuras SL was recently Aeropuerto Norte La Laguna appointed to carry out a financial fea- Ta coronte La Victoria sibility study for the 80 km southern Intercambiador Añaza route, which will have seven stations and connect Las Américas with Santa Los Realejos Puerto de La Cruz Candelaria Cruz in 45 min. Preparation of the project plan will take approximately 18 months; construction work could start as early as 2011 with operation likely in 2017, but financing has yet to be agreed with the government. A Fasnia fleet of eight four-car trains, 100 m long and with a capacity of 300 to 400 Playa de Las Américas passengers will be required. Te nerife A further 38 km northern route Aeropuerto Light Rail from Santa Cruz via La Laguna to Los Sur San Isidro South Line planned Los Cristianos North Line Realejos is also envisaged. However,

© Railway Gazette 2009 work on this is unlikely to commence before 2013 and will last six years. in general, and tram services in Santa According to Carlos Alonso, de- Ricardo Melchior rejects suggestions Cruz in particular. tailed planning will start in early 2009 that building rail and tram networks Construction of the first phase of to determine the routes and estimate on an island only 100 km long is a Line 2 started in March 2008 and is travel demand and costs; this work whim. In his opinion, the rail network well advanced. Once the extension is should be completed in six months. If ‘will be vital to drive balanced growth completed, an additional 40 000 inhab- all runs to plan, the project could be in our municipalities. In our island itants will live within 500 m of a tram ready by 2010, with civil works start- there are towns which are declining stop, creating an anticipated increase ing simultaneously in 2011 on all ap- and others which are growing by up in demand of 17% or 6 500 passengers proved extensions. There is also talk to 15% a year, which is ridiculous and a day. The budget for the new line is of a fourth line running from Districts puts unacceptable pressure on scarce €55m and includes the cost of six new 11 and 12 in Santa Cruz to Geneto land resources.’ vehicles to supplement the fleet. and Casco de la Laguna. Finance is In line with its green credentials, The 3·6 km line from La Cuesta to expected to come from the island’s MTSA is hoping to become self- Tincer shares its central section with Cabildo, local municipalities, Euro- Another concrete sufficient in energy. A nine-turbine Line 1, but two additional stretches of pean funds and central government. culvert, 711 m wind farm is expected to be built at in length, is track totalling 2·3 km and four new being installed Arico in 2009 to generate power for stops — La Cuesta, Parque de Ofra, El Interurban links in Barranco tram lines 1 and 2. Any surplus power Rosario and Tincer — have been built de Muerto to would later be used on the South Line, to the northeast and southwest of To improve mobility and reduce improve drainage; whose remaining energy require- a drain has also Line 1. The gradient averages 2% with congestion on the main arterial roads, been installed in ments would be generated by another a maximum of 8·5%. Trial running the government also plans to connect Barranco de El wind farm located at the proposed de- started in February and commercial the north and south of the island via Hierro. pot site in Fasnia. l service is now expected to start in June 2009. Reflecting its satisfaction and ex- cellent relationship with its existing suppliers, MTSA has retained their services for the new line. Civil works are being carried out by two consor- tia, with Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas and Teno Ingenieros y Consultores contracted to provide technical sup- port and supervision. A park-and- ride facility with space for 65 cars will be located at Tincer near the TF-2 highway. Future plans have yet to be finalised but include a 3·2 km extension of Line 1 from Trinidad to Tenerife North air- port at Los Rodeos, several extensions to Line 2 to create a circular route via La Gallega and Santa María del Mar, and Line 3, which will run along the coast to San Andrés and Las Teresitas (Table II).

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