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getting around by metro

The underground (Metro) is the fastest, most efficient and most affordable way to move around in Madrid. The city has a vast metropolitan network, one of the most comprehensive in Europe, and covers almost all the points in the capital and many of the neighbouring cities.

Currently, there are twelve metro lines, three metro ligero (tramway) lines and the branch line connecting Ópera to Principe Pío. Out of all these, line 8 (Nuevos Ministerios – Airport T4) is particularly noteworthy. This modern line connects the capital to Barajas international airport, arriving in T4 in less than 20 minutes and in only 12 minutes to the rest of terminals, and to Madrid’s Trade Fair grounds (Ifema). Also notable are the lines connecting the city to the new urban developments, such as line 11 to the PAU (Urban Development Plan) in Carabanchel and metro ligero line 1 to Sanchinarro and Las Tablas.

This wide underground network, aside from running through the city’s historical quarters, shopping areas and financial districts, connects the capital with neighbouring towns. Line 9 reaches the municipalities of Rivas-Vaciamadrid, La Poveda and Arganda del Rey; MetroSur (line 12) runs through Alcorcón, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Getafe and Leganés; MetroNorte (line 10) connects with Alcobendas and San Sebastián; MetroEste (line 7), with Coslada and San Fernando de Henares, and Metro Ligero Oeste (tramway lines 2 and 3) connect with Pozuelo and Boadilla del Monte.

Madrid's metro network (Download the metro map)

• Line 1: Pinar de Chamartín – Valdecarros
• Line 2: Las Rosas – Cuatro Caminos
• Line 3: Villaverde Alto – Moncloa
• Line 4: Argüelles – Pinar de Chamartín
• Line 5: Alameda de Osuna – Casa de Campo
• Line 6: Circular
• Line 7: Hospital de Henares – Pitis
• Line 8: Nuevos Ministerios – Aeropuerto T4
• Line 9: Herrera Oria – Arganda del Rey
• Line 10: Hospital Infanta Sofía – Puerta del Sur
• Line 11: Plaza Elíptica – La Peseta
• Line 12: MetroSur
• Ramal (R): Ópera – Príncipe Pío

Metro ligero (tramway) 

• Line 1: Pinar de Chamartín – Las tablas
• Line 2: Colonia Jardín – Estación de Aravaca
• Line 3: Colonia Jardín – Puerta de Boadilla

The underground is a fast means of transport that is operative from 6 am to 1.30 am, with trains leaving every 2 minutes in the morning rush hour and every 15 minutes in the small hours (as of midnight). At weekends, trains are less frequent during the day. Pitis station (line 7) and those between Puerta de Arganda and Arganda del Rey station have different opening hours.

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