The Line 2 of the Metro of Seville

Seville metro

The Seville metro is a 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 were built with platform screen doors....

 will span the city from east to west, connecting the neighbourhoods of La Cartuja and Torreblanca.

Description

Line 2 is still in the planning phase. Through an underground tunnel, it will travel the city from east to west. The line will begin in the neighbourhood of Torreblanca and will proceed to pass through Sevilla Este and el Palacio de Congresos, Montesierra, Tesalónica (with a line 4 connection expected), Kansas City, the central station of Santa Justa, José Laguillo (a planned line 3 station), la Plaza del Duque, the Plaza de Armas station, before finally crossing the river to Torre Triana (a planned line 4 station). The line will not have connections with line 1

Seville Metro line 1

The Line 1 of Seville Metro connects the capital, Seville, with Mairena del Aljarafe, San Juan de Aznalfarache and Montequinto .- Description :...

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This line is of vital importance in terms of the trajectory that it spans, especially since it passes beneath the historic centre of the city and connects the international bus station of Plaza de Armas with the central railroad station of Santa Justa. Consequently, it has been though necessary to advance the modernization of the existing metro and railway installations, thereby providing a direct connection between the international bus station and the high velocity train (AVE

AVE

Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...

) station of Santa Justa. It is estimated that the depth of the central segment will be more than 50 metres.

General characteristics expected

• Method of construction: Tunnel boring machine
  Tunnel boring machine
  A tunnel boring machine also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They can bore through anything from hard rock to sand. Tunnel diameters can range from a metre to almost 16 metres to date...
  
  , cut and cover, and surface.
  • Underground: 9,650 m
  • Street level: 3,920 m
  • Average depth: 25 m
• Estimated cost: Between €1,032,000 and €1,233,000.
• Municipalities served: One
• Districts spanned: Five
• Population served:
• Annual users: Approximately 19,600,000
• Daily users: Approximately 65,376

Stations

Line
			Torre Triana
			Plaza de Armas Plaza de Armas (Station) Plaza de Armas is an international bus station of the city of Seville. It is located at the intersection of the avenue Cristo de la Expiración and Torneo St., in the district of Casco Antiguo...
			Plaza del Duque
			Cristo de Burgos
			José Laguillo
			Santa Justa
			Kansas City
			San Pablo
			Carretera Amarilla Carretera Amarilla / Tesalónica (Seville Metro) Carretera Amarilla / Tesalónica will be an interchange station between metro services of Seville subway system, Andalusia. The station will be located in the intersection of Montesierra Av. and Tesalónica St. close to Industrial park known as Polígono Industrial Carretera Amarilla...
			Montesierra Montesierra (Seville Metro) Montesierra will be a street level stop of line 2 of the Seville Metro. The station will be located within the Industrial park known as Polígono Industrial Carretera Amarilla, close to Montesierra Av. Construction works will begin in late 2011, and the station is expected to be operational during...
			Luis Uruñuela Luis Uruñuela (Seville Metro) Luis Uruñuela will be a street level stop of line 2 of the Seville Metro. The station will be located in the intersection of Luis Uruñuela avenue and SE-30 ring road. Construction works will begin in late 2011, and the station is expected to be operational during 2017.- Future services :- External...
			Puerta Este Puerta Este (Seville Metro) Puerta Este will be a station of line 2 of the Seville Metro. It will be located in the intersection of Luis Uruñuela and Luis Bejarano St., in the neighborhood of Seville Este. Puerta Este will be an underground station and will be situated between Luis Uruñuela and Palacio de Congresos on the...
			Palacio de Congresos Palacio de Congresos (Railway station) Palacio de Congresos is a station of C-4 line of the suburban trains in the city of Seville, Andalusia. It is located in the intersection of Ciencias and Luis Uruñuela avenues, in the neighborhood of Sevilla Este...
			Ciencias Ciencias (Seville Metro) Ciencias will be a station of line 2 of the Seville Metro. It will be located in the intersection of Ciencias Av. and Emilio Lemos St., in the neighborhood of Seville Este. Ciencias will be an underground building situated between the stations of Palacio de Congresos and Adelfas on the same line...
			Adelfas Adelfas (Seville Metro) Adelfas will be a station of line 2 of the Seville Metro. It will be located in the intersection of Ciencias Av. and Adelfas St., in the neighborhood of Seville Este. Adelfas will be an underground building situated between the stations of Ciencias and Aeronáutica on the same line...
			Aeronáutica Aeronáutica (Seville Metro) Aeronáutica will be a station of line 2 of the Seville Metro. It will be located in the intersection of Ciencias Av. and Aeronáutica Av., in the neighborhood of Seville Este. Aeuronáutica will be an underground construction and the provisional end point station of line 2 to be construyed by 2017....
			Polígono El Pino
			Polígono Parsi
			Parque Tecnológico
* Line in planning phase.