SITVA (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte del Valle de Aburrá'' in Spanish or Aburrá Valley Integrated Transport System) is the public transportation system of

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

and its metropolitan area. It allows people from the Metropolitan Area of Medellín to move across the ten Aburrá Valley municipalities using different transport modes. It uses integrated fares and a single payment card ( Cívica card).

Components

SITVA includes the

Medellín Metro The Medellín Metro ( Spanish: ''Metro de Medellín'') is a rapid transit system that crosses the Metropolitan Area of Medellín from North to South and from Centre to West. It first opened for service on 30 November 1995. As one of the first im ...

, currently comprising two lines: ''Line A'', which is long and serves 21 stations, and ''Line B'', which is long and serves 6 stations (plus San Antonio station, the transfer station with Line A). There is also a

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ...

line: ''Line T'' ( Ayacucho Tram). Additionally, the aerial

cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems: * Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable ** Aerial tramway ** Chairlift ** Gondola lift ** ...

system, Metrocable, which supplements the metro system, comprises six lines: ''Line J'' with 3 stations (plus one transfer station with Metro Line B), ''Line K'' with 3 stations (plus one transfer station with Metro Line A and one with Line L), ''Line L'' with one station (plus one transfer station with Line K), ''Line H'' with two stations (plus one transfer station with Line T), ''Line M'' with two stations (plus one transfer station with Line T) and ''Line P'' with 3 stations (plus one transfer station with Metro Line A). SITVA also integrates a

bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...

system ( Metroplús), a minibus network called ''Sistema Integrado de Transporte'' ( SIT) in Spanish and a bicycle-sharing system ( EnCicla). As of 2022, there are 27

metro station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...

s, 15 Metrocable stations, 3 tramway stations (+ 6

tram stop A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, bu ...

s), 20 BRT stations (+ 42 feeding bus stops) in the SITVA network, all listed in the following table; for a total of 65 stations and 48 stops. Transfer stations are in bold, and the transfer station between metro lines A and B is shown in bold-italic:

Expansions

Metrocable

On 7 August 2004, the city inaugurated a new line known as "Metro Cable" (Line K). The line starts in the Acevedo Station and goes to the up hill district of Santo Domingo Savio. This important addition integrated new additions to the city that since the 1960s that previously were not considered part of the "real city". On 3 March 2008, a second "Metro Cable" line (Line J) was inaugurated. The line starts in the San Javier Station and goes through Juan XXIII and Vallejuelos to the La Aurora district. This new line benefits approximately 150,000 new users. A new Metrocable line (line L) was inaugurated in 2009 with a transfer station at Santo Domingo Savio Station. This line continues further uphill to El Tambo in Arví park near Guarne. The reason for constructing this line is because the city wants to promote tourism in the rural area near Lake Guarne. It takes 14 minutes to ascend to El Tambo and there are no intermediate stations.

Line A extension

Line A was expanded from

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 1 ...

to La Estrella, in the south of the metropolitan area. A new intermediate station, Sabaneta, built near 67th South Street, was opened on 5 August 2012 and the final station, La Estrella, was built near 77th South Street and opened on 17 September 2012.

Train line

In February 2020 it was announced that Medellín will reactivate the train line between Bello and Caldas.

References

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