Means of transport Málaga

Inaugurated on July 30, 2014, after many years of waiting and delays, the metro currently links the university to the Martín Carpena Sports Palace (in the western part of the city) via two lines that converge in a V-shape, for a total of 12 km of traffic and 20 stations. It is now the second metro in the Andalusian region after Seville, and the seventh in Spain. Initially scheduled for 2017, completion of the entire project (14.8 km and 23 stations) has been postponed several times. As a result, traffic jams persist.

In the Southwest of Málaga, to 9 km of the center, large increased modern airport which counts 3 terminals. Many international connections. The buses of city (EMT) Fast Line A (Final stop 2 for the departures towards Málaga, Final stop 1 for the arrivals since Málaga) are practical to move towards the train stations and road and the downtown (Paseo del Parks, journey time: 20 min): Paseo del Parks-Aeropuerto 6:30 in 23:35 and Aeropuerto-Paseo del Parque of 7:00 at midnight, every half-hour. Connections by cercanias (suburban trains) of the line C1 de Renfe are also possible to join the downtown and Costa del Sol until Fuengirola. As for the access to the airport by road, it is done by the highway A7/E15 or road MA-21.

From the centre and the Alameda Main, the bus line No. 3 goes to the bus station and the train station, the A Express line goes to the airport (every 20 to 30 minutes from 7 h to midnight, journey about 15 minutes). At the beginning of Avenida Cervantes, No. 34 goes to El Pedregalejo, No. 35 to the castillo de Gibralfaro, while No. 11 goes to El Palo.

1 km southwest of the center, the train station expanded to a large shopping center and restaurants. Several direct trains for Cordoba, Seville, Valencia, Madrid (with AVE, high speed train, Talgo 200 or slower trains), Barcelona. Some trains for Algesiras (via Ronda) or Granada (via Antequera) with change to Bobadilla (via El Chorro). Cercanias, suburbs of the line for Álora/C 2 and Fuengirola-Málaga/C 1 (serving Torremolinos, Benalmádena…) leave the railway station (just leaving: Málaga C 1/C 2) or, when the work of the tramway is completed, from Puente de la Misericordia (closer to the city center: Málaga Centro). As for the project to extend line C 1 to Estepona and to link Nerja by train, it is not scheduled until 2015-2020.

Cercanias, suburbs, from line C 1/Fuengirola-Málaga (stop at Terminal 2) drive from the airport to Maria Zambrano Railway Station, about every half-hour: Aeropuerto-Málaga Centro Alameda, traffic from 6:44 a. m. to 00:54 a. m. From Málaga Maria Zambrano-Aeropuerto and further to Fuengirola (serving Torremolinos, Benalmádena…) from 5:23 a. m. to 11:33 p. m. and from Fuengirola to Málaga Maria Zambrano from 6:10 a. m. to 0 p. m. h 20.