El Perchel (Málaga Metro)
El Perchel is an underground station serving Lines 1 and 2 of the Málaga Metro. The station opened on 30 July 2014 as the city centre terminus for both lines.[1]
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 Mezzanine of El Perchel station, with escalator leading down to the platforms | |
| Location | Calle Explanada de la Estación, Málaga |
| Coordinates | 36.7128°N 4.4324°W |
| Owned by | Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium |
| Line(s) | Lines 1 & 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Connections | Urban and suburban buses, Cercanías, Renfe |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Underground station |
| Parking | No |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 30 July 2014 |
Services
Currently, El Perchel is a terminus station, and the only station serving both lines of the metro. Line 1 reaches Andalucia Tech, while Line 2 ends at Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena. Entrances to El Perchel are located outside Málaga María Zambrano railway station, where AVE high-speed rail services, regional trains and local Cercanías trains to Fuengirola and Álora can be accessed.
Future
El Perchel is to become a through-station, as an extension further into the city centre with two underground stops, Guadalmedina and Atarazanas, is under construction and due to open in 2020.[2]
References
- Puente, Fernando (30 July 2014). "Malaga light metro network opens". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- "Malaga metro works at El Corte Inglés start after eight years of road closures". SUR in English. 26 November 2018.