Palma de Mallorca Metro
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The Palma Metro is a metro
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 line in Palma, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. It consists of nine stations and was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros.
Trains run daily from 06:15 to 23:00.

The subway opened on 25 April 2007. It runs from the city centre to University of the Balearic Islands
University of the Balearic Islands
The University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca.-History:...

. Spanish authorities suspended operations on the line in September 2007 due to repeated flooding. Services restarted on 28 July 2008 after a 46% cost overrun.

List of stations

See Majorca rail network
Majorca rail network
The Majorca rail network on the Spanish Island of Majorca has three lines to four destinations from the Estació Intermodal/Plaça d'Espanya station in Palma.- TIB :...

 for a network map and timings.
  • Plaça d'Espanya (Intermodal station)
  • Jacint Verdaguer
  • Son Fortesa - Son Costa
  • Son Fuster Vell
  • Son Castelló
  • Gran Vía Asima
  • Camí dels Reis
  • Son Sardina
  • UIB (Universitat de les Illes Balears
    University of the Balearic Islands
    The University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma on the island of Majorca.-History:...

    )

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