The Canary Islands have interurban trams, such as the line between Santa Cruz and La Laguna in Tenerife, but no actual train services. This, however, is about to change as there are two projects for developing railway lines on the two most populated islands of the archipelago.
In the case of Gran Canaria, for instance, the project line which will link the north and south of the islands, running on the eastern board would have 11 stations and would require an investment of 1.65 billion euros to complete.
The forecasts are that the train (with a capacity of 240 seats) will stop at each station every 15 minutes, and it will take around 35 minutes to cover the 48 kilometres that separate the stations of San Telmo and Playa del Inglés. Though the entire track would be 57 kilometres to Meloneras, further south from Playa del Inglés.
The demand, according to their forecasts, would make it the fourth most used railway line in Spain. Likewise, the Tenerife line would also link the northern point of the island in Santa Cruz to the Tenerife Sur airport in the south.
The essence of both projects is to ensure that the lines will be 100% sustainable.