Yurerosa S. L. won the contest with a fee of 24,000 euros

The Arrecife tourist mini-train is now running along the capital's coastline

The new Arrecife tourist mini-train has premiered this Saturday after being presented to the media. The capital's Mayor, Cándido Reguera, and the councilor were present at the event...

July 18 2010 (19:48 WEST)
The Arrecife tourist mini-train is now running along the capital's coastline
The Arrecife tourist mini-train is now running along the capital's coastline

The new Arrecife tourist mini-train has premiered this Saturday

after being presented to the media. The capital's Mayor was present at the event,

Cándido Reguera and the Councilor for

Tourism, Ángela Hernández, in addition to the directors of the company Yurerosa

S.L., awarded the new means of locomotion after winning the contest

publicly announced by the Arrecife City Council with a fee of 24,000

euros during the first year of management.

This mini-train will help promote tourism in Arrecife, one of the

priority challenges of the government group of the City Council of the capital.

"Our goal is that tourists who visit Arrecife can get to know

the main enclaves and places of interest through a new route of

transport that, after touring the Arrecife coastline, will reach the Market

Tourist located in the Theme Park of the capital", says the mayor of

tourism, Ángela Hernández.

In this way, the first users of the mini-train have been the numerous

tourists and residents who were in the Tourist Market, located

in the Theme Park, and have been able to travel, free of charge,

practically the entire coast of Arrecife, passing through the Playa del

Reducto, the José Ramírez Cerdá Park, the Puente de las Bolas and the Charco

de San Ginés.

Squares and route

The mini train, which is made up of a "locomotive" vehicle and three

more wagons, has 60 seats. Its tourist route begins in the

Juan de Quesada street, meeting point for cruise passengers arriving at

the capital, passing through Vargas, Coll, La Marina streets, Rafael

González Negrín Avenue, Mancomunidad Avenue, Colonel Ildefonso Valls de la

Torre street, José Antonio street, Guenia, Fred Olsen, to return through the roundabout

of the Cabildo de Lanzarote. It is expected that the stops of this mini train will be

located at the intersection of Calle Real with Avenida Mancomunidad and

in the area of ​​the roundabout of the Cabildo de Lanzarote. The mini train will travel

the coast of Arrecife from 08:00 to 20:00 every day, taking a

break at noon.

This motorized tourist train will soon be equipped with a speech and

several television screens that will offer information to tourists and

reaches a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

Finally, it should be remembered that the tender for the concession of this mini

tourist train a total of seven companies were presented, Prodille

Espectacles S.L., Felice Giordano, New Electric Lanzarote S.L., Attractions

Medina S.L. and Mini Tren Lanzarote S.L., one of them being excluded for not

adjust to the model established in the bases.

The initial authorization for the exploitation of this service is two

years, and may be extended for two more years, "always after agreeing with

the City Council three months before the end of the contract".

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