In 1885, the first animal traction tram line was established. In 1902, Zaragoza had five main lines and one secondary line. In the same year, one of the lines were electrified. The network was expanding quickly in a radial form across the city, with the present Spain square as the center. The 1950s was the heydey of the Zaragoza Tram. From the 1960s, the tram system declined, with little or no investment and was gradually converted to bus operation On 23 January 1976 the last Zaragoza tram line disappeared and the company changed its name to Transportes Urbanos de Zaragoza. 10 June 2009 The Traza consortium of Tuzsa, CAF, FCC Construcción, Acciona, Ibercaja and Concessia selected to build new tramway. 19 April 2011Phase 1 of Line 1 opened. Phase 2 of the work of the new tram line 1 began for completion in mid-2013. Two more lines are proposed:
The initial north-south line has 25 stops with side platforms except in two of them. The average distance between consecutive stops is about 500 m, adding a total length of 12.8 km line, operating at an average commercial speed of 19 km/h, with an end-to-end journey time of 40 minutes, 19 minutes for the journey Academia General Militar-Plaza de España and 21 minutes from Plaza de España to Plaza Cinema Paradiso. Construction work started on August 18, 2009 and was projected to last four years in two phases:
Construction of the track and electrical system 202 million
Purchase of rolling stock: 82 million
Construction of the depot: 37 million
Private investment due to works' enhancing "private" facilities: 55 million
Traffic light system integration and other expenses: 25 million
The expected traffic in the project is around 100,000 passengers per day, with an average rate of 0.75 euros per passenger. In 2018, the line served 27.8 million passengers.
Rolling stock
The 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams are long, extendable to, a width of and a height of. They have a capacity of 200 people, 54 seated and 146 standing.
Electricity
The trams mostly use conventional catenary, but in the historical city centre they use stored braking energy and, additionally, receive power during stops, thanks to the ACR system. Thus no overhead wires are present in the historic area.
