SITVA

{{Short description|Public transportation system}}

{{Infobox public transit

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| area served = Aburrá Valley

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| vehicles = * 80 trains (3 cars per train)

  • 499 gondolas
  • 31 articulated buses (30 natural gas + 1 electric)
  • 111 feeding buses (47 natural gas + 64 electric)
  • 12 Translohr

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| website = {{url|www.metropol.gov.co/movilidad/Paginas/transporte-publico/sitva.aspx|SITVA}}

| annual_ridership = 450 million (2024)[https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/ETUP/anex-ETUP-IVtrim2024.xlsx "Anexos Encuesta de Transporte Urbano de Pasajeros (ETUP) IV trimestre de 2024"]. sheet 13.

| ridership = 1.2 million (weekday 2023)[https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/hubfs/memorias-de-sostenibilidad/memoria-de-sostenibilidad-metro-de-medellin-2023.pdf "Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2023"]. p. 26.

| stations = * 65 stations

  • 48 stops{{cite web|url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/Portals/1/Images/viaje-con-nosotros/mapa-imagenes/v1-infografico-datos-sistema-2021.jpg|title=Metro facts|publisher=Medellín Metro|format=jpg|date=16 Jun 2021}}

| lines = 12{{cite web|url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/Portals/1/pdf/Mapas/Mapa%20esquem%C3%A1tico%20-%20Metro%20de%20Medell%C3%ADn%202020.pdf?ver=2020-01-23-161019-247|title=Metro map|publisher=Medellín Metro|format=pdf|accessdate=16 May 2020}}

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  • Rapid transit
  • Cable car
  • Translohr
  • Bus rapid transit
  • Bicycle-sharing system

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| locale = Medellín Metropolitan Area, Antioquia, Colombia

| owner = Department of Antioquia, Medellín City

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SITVA (Sistema Integrado de Transporte del Valle de Aburrá in Spanish or Aburrá Valley Integrated Transport System) is the public transportation system of Medellín 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, currently comprising two lines: Line A, which is {{convert|25.8|km|mi}} long and serves 21 stations, and Line B, which is {{convert|5.5|km|mi}} long and serves 6 stations (plus San Antonio station, the transfer station with Line A). There is also a tram line: Line T (Ayacucho Tram).

Additionally, the aerial cable car 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 system ({{ill|Metroplús|es|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 stations, 15 Metrocable stations, 3 tramway stations (+ 6 tram stops), 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:

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!Name

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!Date of opening

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!Commercial speed

!Capacity (per vehicle)

!Capacity (passengers/h-direction)

!Travel time one journey

!Top frequency (rush hour)

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! colspan="9" |Metro services

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{{Color|#386aa8|Line A}}

North to South
{{convert|25.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
21 stations

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|30 November 1995

| rowspan="2" |80 three-car trains; for a total of 240 cars

| rowspan="2" |{{Convert|40|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}; max. speed {{Convert|80|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

| rowspan="2" |300 users per car

|41,480

|42 minutes

|3 minutes

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{{Color|#ec8b48|Line B}}
Center to West
{{convert|5.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
7 stations

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|29 February 1996

|16,231

|10.5 minutes

|3:50 minutes

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! colspan="9" |Metrocable services

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{{Color|#afd355|Line K}}
North to Northeast
{{convert|2.07|km|mi|abbr=on}}
4 stations

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|7 August 2004

|93 gondolas

| rowspan="5" |{{Convert|18|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

| rowspan="5" |8 users sitting, 2 standing; for a total of 10 users per gondola

| rowspan="2" |3,000

|9 minutes

| rowspan="2" |0:12 minutes

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{{Color|#f6c451|Line J}}
West to North
{{convert|2.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}
4 stations

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|3 March 2008

|119 gondolas

|12 minutes

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{{Color|#8a6740|Line L}}
Northeast to far Northeast
{{convert|4.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}
2 stations

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|9 February 2010

|55 gondolas

|1,200

|15 minutes

|0:14 minutes

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{{Color|#eb318e|Line H}}
East to far Northeast
{{convert|1.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}
3 stations

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|17 December 2016

|44 gondolas

|1,800

|5 minutes

|0:13 minutes

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{{Color|#743d90|Line M}}
East to Northeast
{{convert|1.05|km|mi|abbr=on}}
3 stations

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|28 February 2019

|49 gondolas

|2,500

|4 minutes

|0:09 minutes

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{{Color|#ec343a|Line P}}

West to Northwest

{{Convert|2.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}

3 stations

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|10 June 2021

|138 gondolas

|{{Convert|19|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|10 users sitting, 2 standing; for a total of 12 users per gondola

|4,000

|10 minutes

|0:11 minutes

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! colspan="9" |BRT services

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{{Color|#347780|Line 1}}
West to Northeast
{{convert|12.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
20 stations

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|22 December 2011

|30 gas working buses, 1 fully electric bus; for a total of 31 articulated buses

|{{Convert|16|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}; max. speed {{Convert|60|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|154 users per bus

|3,270

|45 minutes

|2:45 minutes

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{{Color|#71cbcc|Line 3}}

Southwest/Southeast

|South Corridor

|Under development

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colspan="9" |Feeding bus services
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{{Color|#66acb1|Line 2}}
West to Northeast
{{convert|13.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
15 stations + 8 stops

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|22 April 2013

|47 gas feeding buses

|{{Convert|13|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}; max. speed {{Convert|60|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|90 users per bus

|1,417

|52 minutes

|4:17 minutes

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{{Color|pink|Line O}}
North to South
{{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}}
27 stops

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|2 December 2019

|64 electric buses

|{{Convert|13|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}; max. speed {{Convert|60|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|80 users per bus

|800

|45 minutes

|6:00 minutes

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! colspan="9" |Tram services

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{{Color|#229f56|Line T}}
Center to East
{{convert|4.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}
3 stations + 6 stops

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|31 March 2016

|12 tramway vehicles

|{{Convert|16|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}; max. speed {{Convert|70|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|300 users per tram

|3,807

|19 minutes

|4:44 minutes

colspan="9" |Total
15px 15px 15px 15px 15px File:Línea H (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Línea M (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Línea P (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Linea L1 (Logo Metro Medellin).png File:Linea L2 (Logo Metro Medellin).png 15x15px File:Línea T-A (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg

|65 stations (48 stops)

|Oldest: 15px 30 November 1995

Newest: File:Línea P (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 6 June 2021

|15px 15px 240 cars

15px 15px 15px File:Línea H (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Línea M (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Línea P (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 498 gondolas

File:Linea L1 (Logo Metro Medellin).png 31 articulated buses

File:Linea L2 (Logo Metro Medellin).png 111 feeding buses

File:Línea T-A (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 12 tramway

|Fastest: 15px 15px max. speed {{Convert|80|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

Slowest: File:Linea L2 (Logo Metro Medellin).png {{Convert|13|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}

|Most capacity: 15px 15px File:Línea T-A (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 300 users per car/tram

Least capacity: 15px 15px 15px File:Línea H (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg File:Línea M (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 10 users per gondola

|82,502

|Fastest journey: File:Línea M (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 4 minutes

Slowest journey: File:Linea L2 (Logo Metro Medellin).png 52 minutes

|Least wait time: File:Línea M (Logo Metro de Medellín).svg 0:09 minutes

Most wait time: 15x15px 6:00 minutes

Expansions

= Metrocable =

File:2018 Línea H del Metrocable entre las estaciones Las Torres y Villa Sierra - MEdellín.jpg]]

On 7 August 2004,{{cite web |url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/Qui%C3%A9nessomos/Historia.aspx |title=Historia |publisher=Metro de Medellín |language=Spanish |trans-title=History |date=4 January 2016 |accessdate=15 January 2016}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=1&lang=en |title=Metrocable - Metrocable Lines |publisher=Metro de Medellín |date=15 November 2013 |accessdate=16 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610210628/https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=1&lang=en |archive-date=2015-06-10 |url-status=dead }} This important addition integrated new additions to the city that since the 1960s that previously were not considered part of the "real city".

Image:Metrocablemed1.png) of the Metro de Medellín.]]

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.

On June 10, 2022 there was a new "Metro Cable" line (Line P). The line starts from the Acevedo station and goes all the way to the El Progreso station, in the northwest. It takes approximately 10 minutes to go through all the stations, and it benefits 200,000 people.

= Line A extension =

Line A was expanded from Itagüí 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{{cite web|title=ESTE DOMINGO 5 DE AGOSTO INICIA LA OPERACIÓN COMERCIAL HASTA LA NUEVA ESTACIÓN SABANETA|url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=518%3Aboletin-metro-1076-este-domingo-5-de-agosto-inicia-la-operacion-comercial-hasta-la-nueva-estacion-sabaneta&catid=1&Itemid=50&lang=es|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=Spanish}} and the final station, La Estrella, was built near 77th South Street and opened on 17 September 2012.{{cite web|title=ESTE LUNES 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE EL METRO INAUGURARÁ LA EXTENSIÓN AL SUR|url=https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=537%3Aboletin-metro-1093-este-lunes-17-de-septiembre-el-metro-inaugurara-la-extension-al-sur&catid=1&Itemid=50&lang=es|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=Spanish}}

=Train line=

In February 2020 it was announced that Medellín will reactivate the train line between Bello and Caldas.{{cite web |last1=El Colombiano |title=Antioquia definió el primer tramo para reactivar su ferrocarril |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/antioquia/reactivacion-del-ferrocarril-de-antioquia-se-definio-tramo-entre-bello-e-industriales-DO12490762 |accessdate=22 February 2020}}

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