I used one of your videos to help with my trip through the south of France. I head to Budapest next month then Italy, Greece, and Turkey for the summer. Hope you're heading to one of those soon haha!
The reason why is obvious, you have slightly pointed it out. It is a metro system ready for the future in which trainsets wont be doubled but replaced by real metro trains. As you can notice, tracks as well as platforms completely fulfill standard metro requirements
It's confusing how the network map at first glance looks very similar to that of the Cercanías Málaga service, and indeed they both used to terminate at María Zambrano, but they use "actual" trains. From memory some of the stations that serves are also quite...remote feeling.
Feels all a bit surreal I have to say, I took it once and everything is so spacious but compared to the small metros (I mean trams)..., well the same thing for some Spanish (high speed) railway stations, huge for only some trains per day. I honestly don't know anything about ridership numbers but I honestly hope these trams are a popular way to get around.
To be fair, each time I travelled on the trains (👀), they were quite well used on both lines. I guess with any modern infrastructure project, you'd rather have too much space than too little space, especially if the cost justifies it!
The problem is quite the opposite, the infrastructure is falling short due to the success of the high-speed train. Thus Madrid is becoming a bottleneck and there are continuous problems due to the interconnections that are being built between the different stations to avoid transfers. In my hometown, a provincial city, a new station was built, which we all thought was too big and now it turns out that they have to make reforms to allow more people to access the platforms.
Metro is not a metro hahaaha, for me it´s funny. Yes Metro Málaga has more or less 10 years, and took a lot of years with the project, as always, politics, money, and a lot of bla bla bla, Since I look with my eyes I didn´t believe to have a metro in Málaga. And yes, it´s like mix tram and metro. Food and drink it´s forbidden (except water), like buses in Málaga, also scooters. When calling next station over public address system in English, before extend to Guadalmedina and Atarazanas in English were more funny. When didn´t exist these stops, to get the number 2 from 1 line, it was the same train, you hadn´t to leave, something i impress me and didn´t understand. Now there are a project to Hospital Civil (this one actually is being building) , and El Palo (but will take a looooooot of time, you know, nice politics... ) , greetings from... Málaga!!! 😃but not from Metro hahaha yeah i´m from Málaga!!!
In Madrid we have 3 lines of these "Light Metro", along with the former 13 lines of "Heavy Metro". Everybody knows it's a tram, even Paris has 14 tram lines (1 split in 2: 3a and 3b, don't know why) and call them Tramway with no remorse. Spanish municipalities think that "Tram" is a pejorative word, a heir to an older era that don't wish to remember.
@@BlackHoleSpain exactly in Madrid in metro norte, and it's seem like a tram. I don't see like negative, nor positive. By the way, when MetroNorte opened, maquinist had learn in Lisbon, in 15 line Praça da Fiqueira - Belém, and this is the type of metro in madrid tram in lisbon
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I visited Málaga recently and I was surprised that the metro line doesn't go to the Airport as far as I know. It would be super convenient, though.
I used one of your videos to help with my trip through the south of France. I head to Budapest next month then Italy, Greece, and Turkey for the summer. Hope you're heading to one of those soon haha!
The reason why is obvious, you have slightly pointed it out. It is a metro system ready for the future in which trainsets wont be doubled but replaced by real metro trains. As you can notice, tracks as well as platforms completely fulfill standard metro requirements
no, they dont. it is tram infraestructure, from the slope of the ramps to the loading gauge, it ist and cant be easily converted to heavy metro
Loving what you’re putting out. Your videos give me ideas for where to go and how to get around. Thank you!
It's confusing how the network map at first glance looks very similar to that of the Cercanías Málaga service, and indeed they both used to terminate at María Zambrano, but they use "actual" trains. From memory some of the stations that serves are also quite...remote feeling.
Haha it does, doesn't it! The stations i stopped at were quite empty. To be fair it was a Sunday afternoon
This seems to be what the Eglinton Crosstown in Toronto will look like.
And the Green Line here in Calgary . Trams in tunnels.
Yes it is very similar that is why the stations in Toronto are built huge for future upgrading to full subway level
I went on the one in Granada.
It reminds me of gta v tram
Feels all a bit surreal I have to say, I took it once and everything is so spacious but compared to the small metros (I mean trams)..., well the same thing for some Spanish (high speed) railway stations, huge for only some trains per day. I honestly don't know anything about ridership numbers but I honestly hope these trams are a popular way to get around.
To be fair, each time I travelled on the trains (👀), they were quite well used on both lines. I guess with any modern infrastructure project, you'd rather have too much space than too little space, especially if the cost justifies it!
18,000,000 passengers expected in 2024.
The problem is quite the opposite, the infrastructure is falling short due to the success of the high-speed train. Thus Madrid is becoming a bottleneck and there are continuous problems due to the interconnections that are being built between the different stations to avoid transfers. In my hometown, a provincial city, a new station was built, which we all thought was too big and now it turns out that they have to make reforms to allow more people to access the platforms.
Trains Station 🚉
Metro is not a metro hahaaha, for me it´s funny. Yes Metro Málaga has more or less 10 years, and took a lot of years with the project, as always, politics, money, and a lot of bla bla bla, Since I look with my eyes I didn´t believe to have a metro in Málaga. And yes, it´s like mix tram and metro. Food and drink it´s forbidden (except water), like buses in Málaga, also scooters. When calling next station over public address system in English, before extend to Guadalmedina and Atarazanas in English were more funny. When didn´t exist these stops, to get the number 2 from 1 line, it was the same train, you hadn´t to leave, something i impress me and didn´t understand. Now there are a project to Hospital Civil (this one actually is being building) , and El Palo (but will take a looooooot of time, you know, nice politics... ) , greetings from... Málaga!!! 😃but not from Metro hahaha yeah i´m from Málaga!!!
In Madrid we have 3 lines of these "Light Metro", along with the former 13 lines of "Heavy Metro". Everybody knows it's a tram, even Paris has 14 tram lines (1 split in 2: 3a and 3b, don't know why) and call them Tramway with no remorse. Spanish municipalities think that "Tram" is a pejorative word, a heir to an older era that don't wish to remember.
@@BlackHoleSpain exactly in Madrid in metro norte, and it's seem like a tram. I don't see like negative, nor positive. By the way, when MetroNorte opened, maquinist had learn in Lisbon, in 15 line Praça da Fiqueira - Belém, and this is the type of metro in madrid tram in lisbon
Donkey never be a horse
Tram never be a heavy weight metro train
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Thats a tram lol😂😂