INSET: CENTRAL MADRID
Chronology of major track abandonments between 1967 and 1972
- Moncloa - Narváez (route 71) and Moncloa - Universidad (route 72): 19/20 Aug. 1967
- Cuatro Caminos - Estrecho (parts of routes 73/76/78): 27 Aug. 1967
- Ventas - Pueblo Nuevo (part of route 75): 17 Nov. 1968
- Colón - Plaza de Castilla (part of route 74): 7 Aug. 1979
- Estrecho - Peña Grande (route 73) : 26 Apr. 1971
- Estrecho - Fuencarral (route 78): 24 Jan. 1972
ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Sociedad Madrileña de Tranvías (S.M.T.) (predecessor of Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (E.M.T.))
| 70 | Plaza de Castilla – Chamartín – Ciudad Lineal – San Blas |
| 77 | Pueblo Nuevo – Ciudad Lineal – Canillejas – Ciudad Pegaso |
UNDERGROUND (METRO) ROUTES
Operator: Compañía Metropolitana de Madrid
| 1 | Plaza de Castilla – Tetuán – Cuatro Caminos – Bilbao – Sol – Atocha – Puente de Vallecas – Portazgo |
| 2 | Cuatro Caminos – Quevedo – Ópera – Sol – Cibeles (Banco de España) – Goya – Ventas |
| 3 | Moncloa – Argüelles – Pl. de España – Callao – Sol – Embajadores – Delicias – Legazpi |
| 4 | Argüelles – San Bernardo – Bilbao – Alonso Martínez – Colón – Goya – Diego de León |
| 5 | Carabanchel – Puerta de Toledo – Ópera – Callao – Alonso Martínez – Diego de León – Ventas – Pueblo Nuevo – Ciudad Lineal |
| R | Ópera – Estación del Norte [Shuttle] |
| S | [Suburbano] Plaza de España – Estación del Norte – Campamento – Carabanchel |
Note: Line S (also known as Suburbano), constructed by the state and opened on 4 Feb. 1961, was owned by a different entity, but managed by the Compañía Metropolitana de Madrid
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: ? km.
- Metro: ? km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (broad gauge): (horse-drawn) 31 May 1871 - 10 Jan. 1906; (electric): 2 Oct. 1898 - 2 June 1972.
- Urban tramways (narrow gauge): (steam) 29 June 1879 - 29 June 1931; (electric) 22 June 1901 - 6 Oct. 1934.
- LRT (Metro ligero) lines: 24 May 2007 - today.
- Parla tramway: 6 May 2007 - today.
- Suburban tramways (C.M.U.): (horse-drawn) 26 July 1899 - 1902?; (steam) 1902 - ? ; (electric) 18 Apr. 1909 - 31 Dec. 1951 (taken over by the municipal lines).
- Metro lines: 17 Oct. 1919 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways (broad gauge): 1435 mm.
- Urban tramways (narrow gauge): 1000 mm.
- Light rail lines (Metro ligero): 1435 mm.
- Parla tramway: 1435 mm.
- Suburban tramways: 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1445 mm.
SOURCES
- López Bustos, C. Tranvías de Madrid [Madrid tramways] Madrid: Edimat, 1998.
- Pulling, N. "Madrid: An example of rapid growth", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2011 (74: 885), p.346-349.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.117: Madrid, Spain", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2017 (80: 955), p.265-269.
- Zurita, F. "Madrid", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Review, Feb. 1966 (29:338), p.70.
WIKIS
- Cercanías Madrid [Madrid commuter railways]
- Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid
- Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (E.M.T.)
- Metro de Madrid
- Transporte en Madrid
- Tranvía de Parla
WEB SITES
- Compañias de tranvías de Madrid
- Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (E.M.T.)
- Historia del transporte en Madrid
- Madrid (on UrbanRail.Net)
- El tranvía de Parla
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