Novales, MargaritaGarcía Cerezo, Juan AntonioOrtega, Román2023-01-092023-01-092013Novales, M., García Cerezo, J. A., Ortega, R. (2013). Alicante light rail: improving the use of existing railway lines. [Manuscrito aceptado] Transportation Research Record, 2353(1), 69–81. https://doi.org/10.3141/2353-07http://hdl.handle.net/2183/32311Manuscrito aceptado para publicación (postprint) de: Novales, M., García Cerezo, J. A., Ortega, R. (2013). Light Rail in Alicante, Spain: Improving the Use of Existing Railway Lines. Transportation Research Record, 2353(1), 69–81. https://doi.org/10.3141/2353-07[Abstract:] The TRAM Metropolitano de Alicante (TRAM) is a unique metric (1,000 mm) gauge system that was born as the first Spanish tram-train, but later lost the tram-train characteristic of sharing the railway tracks with conventional trains due to the evolution of the network. Nevertheless, it still operates in a quasi-tram-train way, as the tram-train vehicle runs partly on railway tracks using the railway signaling system and other railway equipment. This quasi-tram-train operation leads to some specific design issues that are explained in this paper. Additionally, the paper presents a thorough description of the Alicante network, its development, its construction and operational costs, its operation and its demand.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Alicante light-railTRAM Metropolitano de AlicanteTram-trainRailway tracksQuasi-tram-trainjournal articleopen access10.3141/2353-07