Málaga goes underground: Costa del Sol capital is seventh city in Spain with a metro service
Málaga goes underground: Costa del Sol capital is seventh city in Spain with a metro service
MÁLAGA has just become the seventh Spanish city with an underground rail network following yesterday's grand opening – and has already seen around 50,000 passengers travelling around the city.
A decade's worth of planning has finally come to fruition and, in the words of Andalucía's regional president Susana Díaz, means residents, workers and visitors have 'greater quality of life'.
The environment will also benefit, since those who need to get around town can feasibly leave their cars at home without any inconvenience.
Until yesterday, metro services operated in six Spanish cities – Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Sevilla, Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca, making Málaga the seventh.
And as the capital of the Costa del Sol, the tens of thousands of holidaymakers who head to Spain's most popular southern coast will also find travelling around, especially to and from the airport, much easier.
A massive gathering of over 500 people took place yesterday at the interchange between Line 1 (Teatinos) and Line 2 (Carretera de Cádiz) at the El Perchel station.
Before starting, those present held a minute's silence for 24-year-old Verónica F., who was murdered by her boyfriend in Málaga on Tuesday.
