Alicante Metro Guide, Schedules And Fares
Alicante Metropolitan TRAM serves Alicante and its nearby areas. It operates under the trademark of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) just like all other narrow gauge railways in the Valencia Community. Metro has started its operation on 15 August 2003 replacing diesel trains running between Alicante and El Campello. Notably, Alicante was the second city in Spain that has introduced tram-trains for the usage of the public.
The Alicante Metropolitan TRAM operates through different modes across various parts of the city: an underground tram railway runs through the Alicante city center, a tram-train runs from Alicante to Benidorm, and commuter trains serve areas from Benidorm to Altea, Denia, and Calp.
Alicante Tram has 71 stations and 5 separate lines covering around 128 kilometers of the network path, only 2 kilometers out of those are tunnels.
Lines available:
Line L1/ Red Line opened in 2007 serves the area between Luceros (Alicante city center) and Benidorm. The total length of the line is about 43.210 kilometers, 20 stations are available, 8 of which are shared with other lines. Tram-trains are running every 30 minutes and the full journey will take around 70 minutes. The first tram runs at 05:40 and the last one at around 22:11. The L1 Line goes through five municipalities: Alicante, Campello, Finestrat, Benidorm, and Villajoyosa. The stations served by the line are Luceros, MARQ-Castillo, Sangueta, La Isleta, Market, El Campello, Lucentum, Amerador, Coveta Fuma, Poble Espanyol, Venta Lanuza, Cala Piteres, Villajoyosa, Coastal Pastor, Creueta, Vila Hospital, Benidorm, Terra Mitica, CC La Marina- Finestrat. In Benidorm, the one may get to the L9 line to Denia.
Line L2/ Green Line serves area between Luceros (Alicante city center) and San Vicente del Raspeig. The total length of the line is about 8.9 kilometers, 14 stations are available, 3 of which are shared with other lines. Tram-trains are running every 15 minutes and the full journey will take around 27 minutes. The first tram runs at 05:35 and the last one at around 22:54. The stations served by the line are Luceros, MARQ-Castillo, Mercado, La Goteta- Plaza Mar 2, Bulevar del Pla, Hospital, Maestro Alonso, Garbinet, Universitat, Virgen del Remedio, Pintor Gastón Castellón, Ciudad Jardín, Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Santa Isabel.
Line L3/ Yellow Line opened in 2003 serves the area between Luceros (Alicante city center) and El Campello. The total length of the line is about 14.5 kilometers, 17 stations are available, 8 of which are shared with other lines. Tram-trains are running every 30 minutes and that station is the point of the circulation for both train-trams and trams. The first tram runs at 06:15 and the last one at around 23:54. The stations served by the line are Luceros, MARQ-Castillo, Sanguerta, Carabiners, MercadoLucentum, Condomina, Campo de Golf, Albufereta, Muchavista, Costa Blanca, Les Llances, Fabraquer, Pla Barraques, La Isleta, Salesians, El Campello.
Line L4/ Purple Line serves area between Luceros (Alicante city center) and Plaza de La Coruña. The total length of the line is about 10.03 kilometers, 18 stations are available, 7 of which are shared with other lines. Tram-trains are running every 30 minutes. The first tram runs at 05:59 and the last one at around 22:35. The stations served by the line are Luceros, MARQ-Castillo, Mercado, Sanguerta, La Isleta, Albufereta, Lucentum, Miriam Blasco, Sergio Cardel, Tridente, Av. Naciones, Cabo Huertas, Av. Benidorm, Plaza de la Coruña, Instituto, Londres, Holanda, Países Escandinavos.
Line L9/ Grey Line serves the area between Benidorm and Denia. The total length of the line is about 50.08 kilometers, 18 stations are available and only 1 of those is shared with other lines. Diesel tram-trains are running every 60 minutes. The first tram runs at 05:50 and the last one at around 21:59. The stations served by the line are Benidorm, Camí Coves, L'Alfàs del Pi, Disco Benidorm, Altea, El Albir, Olla de Altea, Cap Negret, Gardanes, Calpe, Benissa, Ferrandet, Teulada, Gata, La Pedrera, La Zara, Alqueries, Denia.
The lines L5 /Blue, L6, L7/ Orange, and L8/ Pink are currently under the construction plan.
Train-Tram d'Alicante phone number: 900 72 04 72