CityRailTransit
Timeline of the Alicante (Spain) Rail Transit Network

Suburban Railway (Cercanías)

01-03-1858: MZA > Alicante Término - San Vicente del Raspeig (former station) - (Almansa) (+8.2 km)
01-02-1863: MZA > Murcia del Carmen - Alquerías Junction - (Cartagena) (+11.3 km)
11-05-1884: MZA > Alicante-Benalúa - Alquerías Junction (+64.5 km)
01-07-1941: RENFE established
__-__-1956: RENFE > Alicante Término - San Gabriel (+2.0 km)
__-__-1984: C1 > Alicante Término - Murcia del Carmen (+75.8 km)
__-02-2007: C3 > Alicante Término - Universidad de Alicante (station added) - San Vicente Centro (new station) (+7.6 km)
15-06-2008: C1 > Beniel - Murcia del Carmen (8.8 km) rerouted
15-06-2008: C1 > Beniaján, Torreagüera and Los Ramos-Alquerías stations closed

Narrow Gauge Railway/Light Rail (Tram)

28-10-1914: Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Estratégicos y Secundarios de Alicante > Alicante (current La Marina) - Altea (+50.931 km)
11-07-1915: Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Estratégicos y Secundarios de Alicante > Altea - Denia (former station) (+41.644 km)
__-__-1936: Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Estratégicos y Secundarios de Alicante > La Marina - Puerto de Alicante (+0.720 km)
01-08-1964: [EFE established]
24-09-1965: [FEVE established]
27-04-1967: Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Estratégicos y Secundarios de Alicante > La Marina - Puerto de Alicante (-0.720 km) closed
01-01-1987: [FGV established]
19-02-1993: FGV > Denia (new station) opened
15-12-1997: FGV > La Isleta - Costa Blanca (4.2 km) rerouted
17-03-1999: FGV-Tram (L4) > Puerta del Mar - Albufereta (4.2 km) trial operation
26-08-1999: FGV-Tram (L4) > Albufereta - Condomina (1.3 km)
trial operation
17-07-2001: FGV > Terra Mítica station added
03-12-2001: FGV > Campello - Creueta (former station) (18.516 km) closed
16-09-2002: FGV-Tram > Puerta del Mar - Campello (13.0 km) trial service withdrawn
23-12-2002: FGV-Tram > Puerta del Mar - Campello (13.0 km) trial service restored
15-08-2003: FGV-Tram (L4) > Puerta del Mar - El Campello (13.0 km)
05-07-2004: FGV-Tram (L4) > Lucentum station added
10-05-2007: L3 > Mercado - La Isleta - (El Campello) (+1.8 km)
15-06-2007: L4 > (Puerta del Mar) - Lucentum - Av. Naciones (+2.1 km)
31-07-2007: L1 / L3 > El Campello - Creueta (current station) (18.615 km)
02-06-2008: L1 > Creueta - Benidorm (10.485 km)
17-07-2008: L3 > Sangueta station added
02-06-2009: L3 > Campo de Golf station added
18-12-2009: L4 > Av. Naciones - LOOP (+4.4 km)
18-06-2010: L1 / L3 / L4 > Mercado - Luceros (+0.536 km) [and L4 rerouted via Sangueta station]
18-06-2010: 4L > Sangueta (station added) - (La Marina) - (Puerta del Mar) (1.288 km) [former L4 section between La Marina and La Isleta stations closed (0.753 km)]
06-02-2012: L3 > El Campello - Venta Lanuza (10.0 km) service withdrawn
01-07-2013: 4L > Sangueta - Puerta del Mar (-1.288 km) closed
04-09-2013: L2 > (Luceros) - MARQ-Castillo - Sant Vicent del Raspeig (+7.2 km)



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