Tranvía de Sóller

Tranvía de Sóller
Tramcar 2 passing through the centre of Sóller
Overview
Type	Tramway
Locale	Sóller (Spain)
Termini	Sóller Port de Sóller
Stations	17
Operation
Opened	4 October 1913
Owner	Ferrocarril de Sóller S.A.
Rolling stock	12 trams
Technical
Line length	4.868 km (3.025 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	Template:TRack gauge
Electrification	600 V DCoverhead lines
Operating speed	25 km/h (16 mph)
Route map OpenStreetMap map of Sóller Tramway (not all stations shown) 4+86 La Payesa 4+65 Marysol 4+30 Can Generós 4+10 S'Eden 3+90 Las Palmeras 3+80 S'Espléndido 3+70 Sa Torre 3+45 Es Control 2+75 Roca Roja 2+50 Can Ahir 2+25 Can Llimó 2+00 Monument 1+60 L'Horta 1+20 Can Reus 0+90 Can Guida 0+30 Mercat 0+00 Sóller depôt Ferrocarril de Sóller to Palma Source: File:StrassenbahnLinienplanSoller1997.png This diagram:

The Tranvía de Sóller (Catalan: ''Tramvia de Sóller'') is a Spanish heritage tramway serving the town of Sóller and the coastal village of Port de Sóller, in the island of Majorca. It is owned by Ferrocarril de Sóller S.A. (FS), the same company operating the heritage rail line linking the town to the city of Palma.

The Tranvía de Sóller is one of only two first generation tramways to survive in Spain, along with the Tramvia Blau in the city of Barcelona.

The Soller tramway line, which was designed and constructed by the engineer Pedro Garau, opened on 4 October 1913 shortly after the inauguration of Palma-Sóller rail line, and started regular service on 13 October of that year. Electrified from the start of operation, the line is 4.868 km long, has a single track with passing loops and runs on 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tracks. It is a popular tourist attraction, especially since the early 2000s, as it uses attractive heritage rolling stock.

Along with other small towns such as Gmunden (Austria: Gmunden Tramway) or Volchansk (Russia: Volchansk tram system), Sóller is one of the smallest European towns with an urban tramway system.

The line has 17 stations, most of them simple stops consisting of a concrete platform, with no buildings. Trains run at approximately 30 minute intervals from 07:00 to midnight, reduced to one trip per hour from 20:00.