On Tuesday, March 27, 2023, a large delegation headed by the president of the Regional Government, Juanma Moreno; the Councilor of Development, Marifrán Carazo and the mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, among others, officially opened the route between the stations of Alameda Principal (Atarazanas) and El Corte Inglés (Guadalmedina), kicking off commercial operation of the metro in the center of Málaga.
In addition to political representatives, the event was also attended by citizens, merchants and residents in the area, representatives of the concessionaire company, Metro de Málaga and the companies that participated in the project, including Inse Rail.
Inse Rail’s President, Cesar Cañedo-Argüelles and the Director of the Industrial Division, Oscar Domingo, who oversaw the contract executed by Inse Rail for the Regional Government of Andalusia since March 2022, in consortium with the company Betancourt, were in attendance to represent the company. The purpose of the consortium was to coordinate the most recent works and facilities of the Málaga Metro and to supervise the commissioning before handover to the concessionaire.
The new extension section of the Málaga Metro to the historic city center is one kilometer long, although, since both lines merge between El Perchel and Guadalmedina, the actual infrastructure built is 1.7 kilometers long, with two new underground stations: Guagalmedina and Atarazanas. With this new route, user demand is expected to double from approximately 7 million to 14 million passengers per year, and continue to offer improvements that strengthen this comfortable, safe and environmentally friendly means of metropolitan transport.
Source: Inse Rail
