The "Suburban Railways of Málaga" was the company responsible for the construction of the railway line that now supports our greenway. There were earlier tramway precedents in the area, but the line was finally put into service on January 23, 1908, with its first section, the one that forms part of our greenway, connecting the city of Málaga to the town of Vélez Málaga, following a route almost right by the beaches.

But it was only the first section because various scenarios for continuation were considered. One of them involved extending the line along the coast toward Nerja and Almería, but that did not succeed. However, what did enter service were the 32 kilometers leading up to Ventas de Zafarraya. And yes, it was an uphill climb. Ventas de Zafarraya is 912 meters above sea level, and the line started almost at sea level. Such a steep incline in such a narrow space was impossible for a single adhesion railway, so it was necessary to equip this section with up to three rack railway sections, one of the rare cases (only four) in all of Spain.

It was a line widely used by the people of Málaga, and despite its potential for success, in the context of mass closures in the late 1960s, the entire suburban network was shut down, with the line to Rincón de la Victoria being the last one to close on April 22, 1968.