Line 1 of the Tenerife tram will be reinforced with a new vehicle starting next Monday as part of the strategy of the company that manages it, Metropolitano de Tenerife, to adapt its travel offer to the demand of passengers, which has been increased this year.
The Island Council indicated this Friday that, due to the free public transport, this demand has been increasing since the beginning of the year, which is why since January, one more tram was added to the service during peak hours.
Now, with the arrival of the school year and the restart of activity after the summer, a rebound in passengers is expected, so Metrotenerife will expand its capacity during these hours of maximum demand in the morning and noon on weekdays, details the corporation. .
As for line 2, the service of the three trams is maintained.
From Monday to Friday, the tram service begins at 6:00 a.m. and in general, Line 1 will provide service every 4 and a half minutes during the periods of greatest demand of the day, between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
After this time, the trams will pass with a frequency of 6, 12 and 15 minutes, depending on the time zone and until 12 at night.
For its part, Line 2 will have 10-minute frequencies in the morning and at noon. From 3:00 p.m. the passage intervals will be 12 and 15 minutes until the end of the service at midnight. Tram services on weekends will not be modified and will be the same as those operated all year round.
The Minister of Mobility, Eulalia García, points out that “it is expected that demand will increase starting next week, so this reinforcement will provide a greater frequency of trams in service, the normal frequency had been five minutes, but With the incorporation of the new vehicles, it will be possible to reach approximately four and a half minutes of passage frequency for each stop.”
On the other hand, García recalled that of the 17 trams that circulated on line 1 in 2022, there were 18 at the beginning of this year, which represented an increase of 6% in the offer and, now with the expansion to 19 trams Along these lines, there is a cumulative improvement of 12% in service capacity compared to 2022.
