Tenerife Tram has informed this Wednesday, through its official account in Twitter, that the tram will circulate only between the stops on Avenida Trinidad, in La Laguna, and Teatro Guimerá, in Santa Cruz. Thus, from that time until the end of the service, at 00:00, the Fundación and Interchange stops will be out of service.
Metrotenerife, a company attached to the Tenerife Island Council, activates its special service plan for this carnival weekend. From Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th, Line 1 will be in continuous operation with double trams every 10 minutes during the daytime and every 12 and 15 minutes during the Night Carnival.
The island councilor for Mobility and president of the tram operator, Enrique Arriaga, assures that “the Metrotenerife Carnival device will be similar to that of previous years, with a service adapted to the intense weekend of festivities that we will experience in the capital in the coming days santacrucera. So much so that Line 1 will be operating with multiple units and uninterruptedly, for 66 hours, from Friday 24 to Sunday 26”.
For his part, the insular director of Mobility, José Alberto León, recalls that La Paz “will be the station of origin and destination of Line 1 in the Night Carnival, Friday 24 and Saturday 25. At this point the device of security to avoid crowds at the entrance and exit of the platform and trams. It will also have a permanent presence of units of the National Police, as well as teams of reviewers, private security or cleaning and maintenance personnel. José Alberto León also indicates that, on the Day Carnival days, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26, Line 1 will start and end its service at the Teatro Guimerá stop.
From Thursday 23 the service will be adapted to the Carnival events. Thus, at 7:00 p.m., Line 1 will end at the Teatro Guimerá stop, to avoid traveling through areas with a large crowd of people. Arriaga points out that “during this weekend, from Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th, the double trams will be operating every 10 minutes during the daytime, which means that we are going to offer a large transport capacity, similar to that of peak hours during the day. weekday And on the days of the Night Carnival, the frequencies will be 12 and 15 minutes, well above those of the usual night service”.
Thursday 23: Line 1 to Teatro Guimerá
Due to the development of Carnival events, from 7:00 p.m., Line 1 will only operate between the La Trinidad and Teatro Guimerá stops. Being a working day, the service will be carried out with simple units and the usual frequencies.
From Friday 24 to Sunday 26: uninterrupted service with double trams
On Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26, the Line 1 double trams will run every 10 minutes, mainly in the morning and afternoon.
Modifications will occur in the night service depending on the day. In this sense, for Friday 24 the frequency of passage will be 12 minutes from 8:00 p.m. and, later, 15 minutes until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday 25.
On Saturday 25, at 10:00 p.m., the double trams will circulate every 12 minutes and then every 15 minutes starting at dawn on Sunday 26.
Lastly, on Sunday the 26th, the frequency of Line 1 will be 15 and 30 minutes from 8:00 p.m. until the end of the service at midnight.
La Paz stop: security device with perimeter fencing of the stop
The security device installed at the La Paz stop will be activated on Friday the 24th, from 6:00 p.m., on the occasion of the Announcer Parade, while on Saturday the 25th it will be installed from 10:00 p.m. During the operation of this device, the Puente Zurita stop will remain out of service for safety reasons.
On the Day Carnival days, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26, Line 1 will see its route reduced from 09:00 in the morning, so that it will operate between the La Trinidad-Teatro Guimerá stops, so there will be out of service the Fundación and Interchange stops.
Metrotenerife reminds that it is necessary to continue with the prevention measures against the coronavirus, the use of the mask being mandatory inside the trams and recommended at the stops, when the interpersonal distance is not maintained. In addition, the operator will continue to apply, as before, hygienic-sanitary and operational measures (automatic door opening, air renewal in trams every 3 minutes, etc.) to minimize the possibility of contagion in public transport.
These special services can be consulted at all stops on the network, on the Metrotenerife website, www.metrotenerife.com; and on their social networks, on Facebook and Twitter (@tranviatenerife).
