New record for the Malaga metro during Holy Week: almost 1.9 million passengers

The queues and saturation of the stations, which even led to restricting passenger exits at the Main Alameda (Atarazanas) station ... during the final stretch of Holy Week, already hinted at the results. Now, the April metro demand data clearly illustrate this reality of public transport in Malaga.

The subway has transported almost 1.9 million users (the exact figure is 1,863,094) during the past month. This number constitutes the highest monthly passenger record for the subway since it began operation (July 30, 2014), as confirmed by the Ministry of Development of the Junta de Andalucía.

Day with the most travelers

Compared to the same month in 2024, the year-over-year growth was 18.9%, although this figure is logically marked by the fact that last year's Holy Week was held in March. Last April also set another historic record, as it was the day of highest demand since its inauguration: this was Holy Monday, April 14, with a total movement of 113,880 travelers.

Regarding the cumulative demand data so far in 2025, the concessionaire company Metro de Málaga has already transported a total of 6,529,781 travelers between January, February, March, and April. This figure represents an 8.36% growth compared to the same period in 2024 (from January to April of the previous 2024, the subway transported a total of 6,025,736). That is, in the first four months of this year, Metro de Málaga has gained more than half a million new users.

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If the trend continues in the second half of the year, this 2025 will be even better than the previous one, when the subway reached its historic record of travelers: 18,259,004. This figure, which was 34.2% higher, is already above the forecasts that were made for lines 1 and 2 when this infrastructure was planned two decades ago. At that time, it was anticipated that up to 18 million people per year would be transported by this means once the trains connected with the Historic Center of the Malaga capital.