The damage caused to the Vélez-Málaga tram system in July when a crane brought down 1,000 metres power lines and damaged supporting brackets has been assessed at €210,000.
Vélez-Málaga tram service interrupted after lorry brings down power cables
The Vélez-Málaga tram, the first in Andalucia, continues to be plagued by bad luck, this time a lorry bringing down overhead cables and forcing the service to be suspended for three hours.
Overhead cables to be removed from section of Sevilla tram
In Sevilla, the MetroCentro tram no longer needs to use the pantograph on the section of avenida de la Constitución between Archivo de Indias and Plaza Nueva and the unsightly overhead cables will be removed at Easter.
Travelsa propose increase in technical rate for Vélez-Málaga tram
The company Tranvía Vélez (Travelsa), concessionaires of the much-troubled tram system operating between Torre del Mar and Vélez-Málaga, has proposed increasing the technical rate from €1.68 to €2.25.
Vélez-Málaga tram has longest waiting times in the country
The troubled Vélez-Málaga tranvia tram did not fare very well in the recent Consumer-Eroski survey carried out on the nation’s metro and tram systems.
Car hits tram in Vélez-Málaga
A car driver was slightly injured after he jumped a red light at the Molino de Velasco roundabout in Vélez-Málaga and hit a tram, the latest in a long line of accidents involving the Tranvia trams.
Vélez-Málaga Tranvia tram goes off the rails
A mechanical fault caused the derailment of one of the Vélez-Málaga Tranvia trams on Friday morning, disrupting the service for around thirty minutes.
The trams in Vélez-Málaga…
It is easy to see why the Tranvia tram system in Vélez-Málaga is having such a hard time. I was in Torre del Mar the other day and saw half a dozen trams go past and the number of occupants on each (whole) tram ranged from 2 to a staggering 8. For some reason it just doesn’t seem to have …
Vélez-Málaga continues to run up debts for tram service
Vélez-Málaga Council continues to run up debts relating to the Tranvia tram system and is concerned that, because of this situation, the operators of the trams, Travelsa, may decide to suspend the service.
Tranvia system in Cádiz
Work has started on construction of the urban section of the Tranvia tram system on its way through Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz province.