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{{Short description|Metro system in Palma, Spain}}
{{Infobox public transit
|name = Palma Metro
|image = Logo del Metro de Palma.svg
|imagesize = 200px
|image2 = MP Train.JPG
|imagesize2 = 275px
|owner =
|locale = [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]], [[Mallorca]], [[Spain]]
|transit_type = [[Rapid transit]]/[[Medium-capacity rail transport system|Light metro]]
|lines = 1<ref name="lines" />
|stations = 9<ref name="lines" />
|ridership = 6,575 (2016)
|annual_ridership = 1.2 million (2016)<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35864527 |title=Spanish sleaze: Majorca faces corruption clean-up |work=BBC News |date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
|website = http://www.tib.org/portal/web/ctm/metro
|began_operation = 25 April 2007<ref name="Metro-M1" />
|operator = [[Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca|SFM]]
|marks = 
|vehicles = [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] SFM Series 71 & 81
|train_length = 3 cars
|headway = 20-30 minutes
|system_length = {{convert|15.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|track_gauge = {{RailGauge|metre}}
|el = 1500 V DC overhead
|average_speed = 
|top_speed = {{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
|map = {{Majorca rail network}}
|map_state = collapsed
}}
[[Image:Map of Palma metro.svg|thumb|280px|Network map of Palma Metro (including the now-closed line M2)]]
The '''Palma Metro''' ({{langx|ca|Metro de Palma}}, {{langx|es|Metro de Palma}} [{{lang|es|de Mallorca}}]) is a [[Medium-capacity rail transport system|light metro]] system in [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]]. The system is operated by the Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM).

{{asof|2024}}, the system consists of a single {{convert|7.2|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} line, the M1, with nine stations,<ref name="Metro-M1" /><ref name="lines">{{cite web |url=http://www.tib.org/portal/web/ctm/metro |title=Línies / Metro Palma |publisher=TIB - Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM) |language=ca |trans-title=Lines / Metro Palma |access-date=2014-05-14}}</ref> linking Palma's city centre with the [[University of the Balearic Islands]] on the edge of the city. Between 2013 and 2022 there existed a second line, the M2, which ran between Palma and the town of [[Marratxí]].

In 2016, the Palma Metro carried 1.2 million passengers, an average of 3,288 per day.<ref name="bbc" />

==History==
Construction began in 2005 and the line fully opened to passengers on 25 April 2007.<ref name="Metro-M1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfm.cat/index.php |title=SFM network (then go to "Metro" page) |publisher=Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) |access-date=2014-05-14}}</ref> The project had cost 312 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/1687mallorca-metro-deficiencias-estaciones/301291.html |title=Diario de Mallorca - El precio final del metro subió 77 millones sobre lo reconocido |website=diariodemallorca.es es un |publisher=Editorial Prensa Ibérica |language=es |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> However, the line was forced to suspend its operations just five months after opening, due to repeated flooding in the tunnels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/mallorca/#mallorca_18340 |title=Mallorca Rail Development, Spain |website=Railway-Technology.com |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> Services restarted on 28 July 2008 after a 46% cost overrun.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2013/07/25/18728/palma-metro-reopens-monday-amid-row-over-cost-overrun.html|title=Palma metro reopens on Monday amid row over 46% cost overrun|date=2013-07-25|newspaper=Majorca Daily Bulletin|access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref>

In November 2012, the {{abbr|CTM|Consorci de Transports de Mallorca}} announced that a second metro line would be added to the system, operating on a route that would serve ten stations between Palma's city centre and Marratxí station (inclusive). Revenue service on this new line, dubbed the M2, began on 13 March 2013. The M2 shared all its track with the [[Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca|already-existing mainline]] that links Palma with [[Inca, Spain|Inca]], [[Sa Pobla]] and [[Manacor]]; as such, the work necessary to launch the line was minimal. The line was discontinued on 29 April 2022; since then, the intermediate stations between Palma and Marratxí have instead been served by the mainline trains.

== Route and services ==
The M1 line has 9 stations. From south to north, these are: [[Palma Intermodal Station|Palma Intermodal–Plaça d'Espanya]], {{stn|Jacint Verdaguer}}, [[Son Costa / Son Fortesa station|Son Costa–Son Fortesa]], {{stl|Palma Metro|Son Fuster Vell}}, {{stl|Palma Metro|Son Castelló}}, {{stl|Palma Metro|Gran Via Asima}}, {{stl|Palma Metro|Camí dels Reis}}, {{stl|Palma Metro|Son Sardina}} and {{stl|Palma Metro|UIB}}.<ref name="M1">{{cite web |url=http://www.tib.org/portal/web/ctm/metro/linia/M1 |title=Routes - Metro Palma - M1 |publisher=TIB - Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM) |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>

The first three stations are also served by [[Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca|mainline services]]<ref name="network">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfm.cat/page_estaciones.php |title=SFM Network - Train & metro stations |publisher=Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> (and were formerly served by the M2). Furthermore, Palma Intermodal–Plaça d'Espanya station, in the city centre, is Mallorca's main transport hub – in addition to the metro and mainline services, this interchange also features: a large underground bus station, which is used by interurban buses to towns and villages all over Mallorca; a series of surface-level bus stops used by Palma's urban bus network; and a separate surface-level station used by the [[Ferrocarril de Sóller|Sóller heritage railway]]. The latter also connects with the Metro at Son Sardina station.

The majority of the line is in tunnels; the only exception is a short section of line centred around the station at Son Sardina.

Services on the M1 run between approximately 6:30 and 22:00 Monday to Friday, and between 7:00 and 15:00 on Saturdays. There is no Sunday service.<ref name="M1" />

During university term times, the Monday–Friday service pattern on the line consists of a train every 20 minutes in each direction throughout most of the day (with marginally more frequent services in the morning peak); during the holiday period this is reduced to every 30-40 minutes. On Saturdays, trains run every 30 minutes during term time and every 60 minutes otherwise.<ref name="M1" />

Services on the line have an end-to-end journey time of 13 minutes.<ref name="M1" />

==Future expansion==
As early as 2005, prior to the opening of the metro, future extensions were proposed, including from Estació Intermodal to the Port of Palma, using an old tunnel underneath the city.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.aafb.es/El-tunel-del-puerto-se-recuperara
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130412121226/http://www.aafb.es/El-tunel-del-puerto-se-recuperara
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2013-04-12
| title = El túnel del puerto se recuperará para construir una línea de Metro
| access-date = 19 June 2012
| website = El Mundo
| author = Mariona Cerdó
| date = September 2005
}}</ref>

===Parc BIT===
{{outdated|date=September 2023}}
[[File:Edifici Parc Bit.JPG|thumb|250px|Parc BIT]]

In 2019, a one-station, 1.5 km extension of M1 from its current UIB terminus to the [[Parc Bit]] science and technology park was agreed,<ref>{{cite web|title=Un total de tres empresas optan a la redacción del proyecto de ampliación del metro hasta el Parc Bit|url=http://www.europapress.es/illes-balears/noticia-total-tres-empresas-optan-redaccion-proyecto-ampliacion-metro-parc-bit-20180711164431.html|website=Europa Press|date=11 July 2018|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> and is due to open in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=METRO EXTENSION IN PALMA FOR 2020|url=https://www.kuehn-partner.com/en/news/metro+extension+in+palma+for+2020|website=Ultima Hora|date=16 May 2019|access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref> This extension is predicted to cost €11.5 million and carry 225,000 passengers annually.<ref>{{cite web|title=La línea de metro hasta el ParcBit costará el doble de lo previsto para que sea más rápida|url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2019/02/26/1060963/linea-metro-hasta-parcbit-costara-doble-previsto-para-sea-mas-rapida.html|website=Ultima Hora|date=26 February 2019|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref>

===Son Espases University Hospital===

A 2.1 km branch from Camí dels Reis station to the {{ill|Son Espases University Hospital|ca|Hospital Universitari Son Espases|es|Hospital Universitario Son Espases}} was proposed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinco empresas optan a la redacción del proyecto para ampliar la línea de metro Palma-UIB hasta Son Espases|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/baleares/20190423/461823549236/cinco-empresas-optan-a-la-redaccion-del-proyecto-para-ampliar-la-linea-de-metro-palma-uib-hasta-son-espases.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=23 April 2019|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Palma de Mallorca Metro}}
* [http://www.sfm.cat/index.php Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM)]
* [http://www.tib.org/portal/web/ctm TIB - Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM)]
* [http://urbanrail.net/eu/es/palma/palma.htm Palma Metro at ''UrbanRail.net'']

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