At the same time, the direct bus service from Torre del Mar to the city center of Vélez-Málaga was kept.

Construction on an extension of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) (from the northern terminus, Parque Jurado Lorca station, to Esplanada de la Estaciónto in the Vélez-Málaga city center) began during 2008, but upon its completion the tram operator took its chance to ask for a higher support from the city treasury for the operational costs of the system.

With the elections in 2011 the Partido Popular came into power which chose to decline paying for the costs of the tramway system, due to low ridership on the network.

There were also talks of turning part of the street running route in Torrer Del Mar into a heritage tramway, but these plans didn't finalise.

These were leased for use on the Inner West Light Rail line in Sydney, Australia entering service in March 2014.