Line 1 of the Seville Metro has carried 67 million passengers since it
opened on 2 April 2009. This means an average of 14.16 million a year for the
four full years between 2010 and 2013, since in 2009 the line did not enter
full operation until November, a level of use that meets the demand estimates.

Since it was inaugurated, the metro has helped to reduce CO2 emissions by
3,000 tonnes and has brought about an important increase in the use of public
transport in the metropolitan area.

To celebrate this fifth birthday of line 1, Metro de Sevilla and the
Department of Development and Housing held a programme of activities in the
last weekend of March, entitled ‘Mobility, City, Society.’ The two main
activities were a photographic exhibition in the centre of the Avenida de la
Constitución, Paseo de Cristina and Puerta Jerez station, open from 24 to 30 March,
and seminars with debates and discussions on the challenge of the metropolitan
area of Seville and its region regarding sustainable mobility, held on 26 and
27 in the Convento Nuestra Señora de los Reyes.

The exhibition used 38 images to describe the history of public transport
before the metro arrived as well as a journey along line 1 with the user as the
main character. It also included a brief overview of other metros built by the
Department of Development and Housing in Malaga, Granada and the Bay of Cadiz (train/tram).

The seminars included talks on the challenges of the sustainable mobility
policies of the Department of Development and Housing, the experience of
Seville Metro line 1, given by the Chairman of Metro de Sevilla, Luis Sánchez
Salmerón, and technical talks on other cases and examples of the implementation
of public transport infrastructures and services. The final day featured a
debate with various groups and specialists discussing the challenge of the
Seville metropolitan area and capital in the ambit of public transport and
other communications infrastructures, including models for increasing the
demand for public rather than private transport.

The programme was complemented during the first week of April with various
cultural activities in the Puerta Jerez station, including dance, theatre and
contemporary and flamenco music, among other genres.