METROPOLITANO DE TENERIFE

Constituted on January 22, 2001, Metropolitano de Tenerife (MTSA) is a Public Private Partnership Company. The Cabildo Insular de Tenerife (the Tenerife Island Government) holds an 86% stake in the company and Tenemetro, S.L. (Transdev/Sacyr/Ineco) 14%. MTSA was originally founded to launch an alternative means of transport in the form of railway lines on the island of Tenerife. To do so:

• The first aim of Metropolitano de Tenerife was to carry out all the necessary studies for the design of an effective and efficient railway network within the laws and regulations of the Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands, Spain and the European Union.
• The second aim was the construction and set in motion of the first railway lines, which contribute to relieving traffic congestion, facilitate and meet the transport demands of Tenerife’s population and visitors to the island.

Metropolitano is a member of the UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Light Rail Committee and is one of two Spanish representatives on the Light Metro Committee, and belongs to the Latin American Metro and Subway Association, Alamys, and also to the Collective Urban Transport Association, ATUC.