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| Above: YouTubeCA video - The Lightrail/Tram in Madrid, Spain 2022 - Metro Ligero - All Models - Length: 8:57 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Is This Europe's Best Metro System? | Madrid Metro - Length: 16:16 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Metro de Madrid - Length: 73:52 mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL MADRID
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ROUTES
Operator: Metro de Madrid
LRT (METRO LIGERO) ROUTES
| ML 1 | Pinar de Chamartín – Sanchinarro – Las Tablas |
| ML 2 | Colonia Jardín – Pozuelo de Alarcón – Aravaca (Estación) |
| ML 3 | Colonia Jardín – Montepríncipe – Puerta de Boadilla |
| TP | Tramvía de Parla: [Circular route starting and ending at Parla Station; both directions] |
METRO ROUTES
| 1 | Pinar de Chamartín – Chamartín – Plaza de Castilla – Tetuán – Cuatro Caminos – Alonso Cano – Bilbao – Tribunal – Sol – Atocha – Pacífico – Puente de Vallecas – Portazgo – Villa de Vallecas – Valdecarros |
| 2 | Cuatro Caminos – Canal – Quevedo – San Bernardo - Ópera – Sol – Cibeles (Banco de España) – Príncipe de Vergara – Goya – Manuel Becerra – Ventas – La Elipa - Las Rosas |
| 3 | Moncloa – Argüelles – Pl. de España – Callao – Sol – Embajadores – Delicias – Legazpi – San Fermín – Villaverde Bajo – Villaverde Alto |
| 4 | Argüelles – San Bernardo – Bilbao – Alonso Martínez – Colón – Goya – Diego de León – Ave. de América – Prosperidad – Mar de Cristal – Hortaleza – Pinar de Chamartín |
| 5 | Casa de Campo – Campamento – Carabanchel – Oporto - Puerta de Toledo – Ópera – Callao – Alonso Martínez – Diego de León – Ventas – Pueblo Nuevo – Canillejas – Alameda de Osuna |
| 6 | Argüelles – Moncloa – Ciudad Universitaria – Guzmán el Bueno – Cuatro Caminos – Nuevos Ministerios – Ave. de América – Diego de León – Manuel Becerra – Sainz de Baranda – Pacífico – Legazpi – Usera – Plaza Elíptica – Oporto – Alto de Extremadura – Príncipe Pío – Argüelles [Circular route, both directions] |
| 7 | Pitis – Peñagrande – Valdezarza – Guzmán el Bueno – Canal – Alsonso Cano – Gregorio Marañón – Ave. de América – Pueblo Nuevo – San Blas – Estadio Olímpico |
| 7E | Estadio Olímpico - Coslada - Henares - Hospital de Henares [Also known as MetroEste] |
| 8 | Nuevos Ministerios – Colombia – Mar de Cristal – Aeropuerto Madrid-Barajas (T4) |
| 9 | Paco de Lucía – Plaza de Castilla – Colombia – Ave. de América – Príncipe de Vergara – Sainz de Baranda – Vinateros – Vicálvaro – Puerta de Arganda |
| 9b | Puerta de Arganda - Rivas Vaciamadrid - La Poveda - Arganda del Rey |
| 10 | Tres Olivos – Chamartín – Plaza de Castilla – Nuevos Ministerios – Gregorio Marañón – Alonzo Martínez – Tribunal – Plaza de España – Príncipe Pío – Casa de Campo – Colonia Jardín – Cuatro Vientos – Alcorcón (Puerta del Sur) |
| 10b | Hospital Infanta Sofía – La Granja - Las Tablas – Tres Olivos |
| 11 | Plaza Elíptica – Carabanchel Alto – La Peseta - La Fortuna |
| 12 | [Metrosur:] Puerta del Sur – Leganés - Getafe – Fuenlabrada – Móstoles – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Puerta del Sur [Circular route, both directions] |
| R | Ópera – Príncipe Pío [Shuttle] |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- LRT lines (Metro ligero) : 28 km.
- Parla Tramway: 8.3 km.
- Metro: 295 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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