What is Madrid's underground railway called
"Delicias and Legazpi. Home of Madrid Atocha, the main railway station of the city, the ward is also served by the Metro lines 1 (at Atocha and Atocha RENFE stations), 6 (at Méndez Álvaro station) and by several lines of a commuter rail network named ""Cercanías Madrid"". Atocha (Madrid) Atocha is a central ward (""barrio"") of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. Located in the middle of Madrid, the ward is formed by a strip between the avenue ""Calle de Méndez Álvaro"" (south-west), and the north-eastern area of Madrid Atocha railway station, that occupies great part of its territory."
"Cercanías Madrid Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is known for being the target of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. The total length spans 370 km. The first railroad line departing from Madrid (the second in Spain, the third in the Iberian Peninsula) was built in 1851 between Madrid and Aranjuez. Soon the growing Spanish railway system was dominated by two large companies: the"
"open until 2011. Cercanías Madrid Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is known for being the target of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. The total length spans 370 km. The first railroad line departing from Madrid (the second in Spain, the third in the Iberian Peninsula) was built in 1851 between Madrid and Aranjuez. Soon the growing Spanish railway system was dominated by two"
"a mean of transport the world's fastest 300/360 km per h. AVE (The high velocity in Spain). This Ave is in: Madrid - Valencia Barcelona - Madrid Sevilla - Madrid Ciudad Real - Madrid Tarragona - Madrid Valladolid - Madrid Madrid - Toledo Madrid - Cordoba + Information AVE: Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to 310 km/h (193 mph).[1] The name is literally translated from Spanish ""Alta Velocidad Españolas"" (Spanish High Speed), but its initials are also a play on the"
"Line 1 (Madrid Metro) Line 1 of the Madrid Metro runs entirely underground from Pinar de Chamartín in the north to Valdecarros in the southeast, via Sol. Today it has 33 stations (with 60-metre-long platforms) and spans from end to end. The line was the first metro line of the Madrid Metro, and the first metro line built in all of Spain. It originally contained only 8 stops connecting Cuatro Caminos in the north to the city center at Puerta del Sol. Line 1 marks the start of the Madrid Metro with its inauguration on October 17th, 1919 and public"
"Cuatro Caminos (Madrid Metro) Cuatro Caminos is a station on Line 1, Line 2 and Line 6 of the Madrid Metro, located underneath the Cuatro Caminos roundabout on the border of Chamberí and Tetuán districts in Madrid. It is located in fare Zone A. The station was inaugurated on 17 October 1919, and was opened to the public on 31 October 1919. The station is the deepest in the Madrid Metro system, with its Line 6 platforms located below street level. However, in terms of absolute elevation above sea level, it is not the lowest, as there are other Line"
"the system, and repair tunnel linings and replacing power cables. Replacement buses were offered to patrons. Line 1 (Madrid Metro) Line 1 of the Madrid Metro runs entirely underground from Pinar de Chamartín in the north to Valdecarros in the southeast, via Sol. Today it has 33 stations (with 60-metre-long platforms) and spans from end to end. The line was the first metro line of the Madrid Metro, and the first metro line built in all of Spain. It originally contained only 8 stops connecting Cuatro Caminos in the north to the city center at Puerta del Sol. Line 1"
"serves Madrid and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of Renfe. The total length spans . Main rail terminals are Atocha in the south and Chamartín in the north. The Cercanías network consists of 9 lines and 98 stations. Madrid has a single cable car, the Teleférico de Madrid, which links the Parque del Oeste with the Casa de Campo. The BiciMAD bike-sharing scheme was introduced in 2014. The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Madrid, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 62 min."
"Ramal (Madrid Metro) Ramal (Branch) or Línea R (Line R) of the Madrid Metro is a shuttle train connecting the stations of Ópera and Príncipe Pío. It is located in the Centro district of Madrid, Spain. It is currently the only line in the system to be known by a letter instead of a number, and its name refers to its origins as a branch of Line 2. The line consists of of wide-profile tunnels, and its stations have platforms. Ramal starts at Ópera station in the Plaza de Isabel II, passes under the Plaza de Oriente and the gardens"
"Macri and Kirchner. The national government sought to transfer it to the city, which Macri supported, but the budget and length of the transition period were contested. Macri announced that the city would take over the underground on 13 November 2012. Line A, still using wooden cars almost a century old, received a fleet of modern cars from the national government; Line H also received new cars. Madrid Metro rolling-stock purchases for Line B were criticised, despite their technical superiority, for having a limited compatibility with the line and costing more than new trains for the city's commuter-rail network. The"
"also known as """"Buhos"""" (Owls), run from 11.45pm to 6.00am. The heavy traffic in Madrid can in some cases make the city buses a fairly slow form of transportation but the city of Madrid has more than 90 km of special bus and taxi lines to help solve this issue. Buses serving the outer areas are run by 33 private companies, coordinated by the ""Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid"". This network is fundamentally radial. Spain's railway system, the ""Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles"" (RENFE) operates the vast majority of Spain's railways. Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that"
"Metro Ligero The Metro Ligero is a light rail system in Madrid, Spain. It has three lines, totaling , and 37 stations. Line ML-1 opened between Pinar de Chamartín and Las Tablas on May 24, 2007, with and nine stations, five of which are underground. Both termini offer connections to lines of the Madrid Metro. The only above-ground stations are Antonio Saura, Álvarez de Villaamil, Palas del Rey, and Las Tablas. Line ML-1 serves the new neighbourhoods of Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, in the Fuencarral district. Line ML-2 opened on July 27, 2007, between Colonia Jardín and Estación de Aravaca"
"Line 5 (Madrid Metro) Line 5 has been a part of the Madrid Metro since 5 June 1968. It is the fourth most used line of the Madrid metro, transporting 64 million passengers a year. It is 27 kilometers long. Line 5 also contains the only above ground platform in the Madrid Metro, at its station Aluche. Aluche is also the only station were the metro is above the Cercanías commuter train, which is normally the other way round. Line 5 was opened on 5 June 1968 and originally ran between Callao and Carabanchel, with the Carabanchel station also running"
"Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ""Metro de Madrid"") is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the seventh longest metro in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi), though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Its growth between 1995 and 2007 put it among the fastest growing networks in the world at the time, rivaling many Asian metros such as the Shanghai Metro, Guangzhou Metro, Beijing Subway, and Delhi Metro. However, the European debt crisis greatly slowed expansion plans, with many projects"
"with the Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line, which as of 2015 is under construction. The Madrid–Leon high-speed rail line connects Madrid with León passing the cities of Segovia, Valladolid and Palencia. The line supports the longest railway tunnel in Spain at 28 km in length and is served by up to two S-102 (""Pato"", max speed ) trains per day with the fastest schedule lasting 2 hours and 6 minutes. Other trainsets used on the Madrid–Leon line include S-120 (max speed ) and S-130 (""Patito"", max speed ) for the Alvia services. Madrid–Barcelona high-speed railway line connects Madrid with Barcelona in"
"V, a site at which a variety of streets converge, including the Calle de Atocha, Paseo del Prado, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, Calle de Méndez Álvaro, Paseo de las Delicias, Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, and Ronda de Atocha. Atocha station is a railway complex, formed by the Madrid Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Puerta de Atocha stations of the Spanish national railways and a station of the Madrid underground called Atocha RENFE. At this site, Madrid's first railway station was inaugurated on 9 February 1851 under the name ""Estación de Mediodía"""
"Gran Vía (Madrid Metro) Gran Vía is a station on Lines 1 and 5 of the Madrid Metro located underneath Gran Vía and Red de San Luis Plaza in downtown Madrid. It is located in fare zone A. The station was opened in 1919 as one of the original 8 metro stops in Madrid. The original name of the station was Red de San Luis after the nearby plaza. The Gran Vía street was still under construction at that time, but a year later the station adopted that name. During the dictatorship of Franco, the name was changed again to"
"All passengers receive a plate of the famous delicious local strawberries en route from hostesses on the train, dressed in the period costume of the Spanish 19th century. 25 years of the Strawberry Train by the Aranjuez Municipal archivist - in Spanish Strawberry train El Tren de la Fresa or the Strawberry Train is an excursión train operated over the RENFE line between Madrid and Aranjuez, constructed in 1851 as the second railway line in Spain. The original purpose of the railway was to connect Spain’s capital with the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. It was called the ""Tren de la"
"with the Madrid–Seville main line and Huesca with the Madrid–Barcelona main line. The Madrid–Zamora line is the open section of the under construction Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line connecting Madrid to Zamora via Segovia. The line shares a common section with the Madrid–Leon line for the part between Madrid and Olmedo. The Madrid–Zamora line entered revenue service on 17 December 2015 by Alvia S-730 (""Patito"", max speed ) trains that cover the distance in 1 hour and 33 minutes. Part of the line up to Medina del Campo is also used for the Alvia Madrid–Salamanca service. The Atlantic Axis high-speed railway"
"Strawberry train El Tren de la Fresa or the Strawberry Train is an excursión train operated over the RENFE line between Madrid and Aranjuez, constructed in 1851 as the second railway line in Spain. The original purpose of the railway was to connect Spain’s capital with the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. It was called the ""Tren de la Fresa"", the ""Strawberry Train,"" as it originally went past vast fields of strawberries en route. ""Fresa con Nata"" (Strawberries with whipped cream) is a speciality produce of the town. The excursions run from Spring (late April or early May) until the late"
"Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system. C-3 (Cercanías Madrid) The C-3 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from El Escorial northwest of Madrid to Aranjuez south of Madrid. The C-3 shares tracks for half of its length with Madrid commuter rail service line while it also shares significant parts with lines , and . The line has been in operation since 2001."
"Granada Metro The Granada Metro (""Metro de Granada"" in Spanish) is a light rail line in the city of Granada, Spain and its metropolitan area. It crosses Granada and covers the towns of Albolote, Maracena and Armilla, with underground sections in central Granada and overground sections elsewhere. The line opened on 21 September 2017, and serves 26 stations, of which 3 stations in central Granada are underground. Construction of the line began in 2007. The metro was initially planned to open in early 2012, and by May 2011 the line was 73% completed. However, funding ran out as a result"
"Madrid Atocha railway station Madrid Atocha (, also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha) is the largest railway station in Madrid. It is the primary station serving commuter trains (""Cercanías""), intercity and regional trains from the south, and the AVE high speed trains from Barcelona (Catalonia), Zaragoza (Aragon), Sevilla (Andalusia), Málaga (Andalusia), Valencia and Alicante (Levante Region). These train services are run by the Spanish national rail company, Renfe. As of 2018, this station has daily services to Marseille in France. The station is in the Atocha neighborhood of the district of Arganzuela. The original façade faces Plaza del Emperador Carlos"
"Suburban Railway of the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area The Suburban Railway of the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area (Spanish: ""Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México"") is an electric suburban rail system in Mexico City. It is also known as Valley of Mexico Suburban Rail System and colloquially referred to as ""El Tren Suburbano"". It is designed to complement the extensive Mexico City metro system, Latin America's largest and busiest urban rail network. There are projects to expand in progress and new proposals to expand the total length of the rail system to . The new"
"services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. The attacks triggered a small reduction in the ridership of the system, but it is still the most used and most profitable (by 2004) of the commuter rail services in Spain. The total length spans 339.1 km. Spain's railway system, the ""Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles"" (Renfe), operates the vast majority of Spain's railways. In Madrid, the main rail terminals are Atocha in the south and Chamartín in the north. The crown jewel of Spain's next decade of infrastructure construction is the"
"July 2013, an S730 train derailed in a non-AVE stretch near the Santiago de Compostela station. Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line The Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line is a high-speed railway line partially open in Spain that will link the city of Madrid with the region of Galicia via the cities of Olmedo, Zamora and Santiago de Compostela when completed. The line will also connect the Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line to the rest of the Spanish AVE high-speed network. The Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line is being constructed as double electrified line and is designed for trains running at speeds up to"
"other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system. C-4 (Cercanías Madrid) The C-4 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from Colmenar Viejo and north of Madrid to Parla south of Madrid. The C-4 shares tracks for part of its length with Madrid commuter rail service line through the city of Madrid. The line has been in operation since 1981. The following table lists the name of each station served"
"This was also the first time in the network's history that rolling stock was purchased second hand. In 2003, two stations were added to the line, followed by another two in 2013, meaning that the already old rolling stock was now also stretched to capacity. In 2011, it was announced that the Madrid Metro had sold some of its 5000 series trains to the Underground, which had been in operation in Madrid since 1974, and entered service in 2013 in order to make up shortfalls caused by the line's extensions. The 36 Spanish cars were of lower quality and reliability"
"London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving the capital city London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. Opened in 1863, it is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines; the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network"
"the property of the City of Buenos Aires. The ""Subte"" opened in 1913, becoming the 13th underground system in the world, as well as the first in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere and the Hispanophone world, followed by the Madrid Metro in 1919. The network was originally built and operated by three separate private companies and later nationalised in 1939. In 1952 it was absorbed by a unified state administration, in 1963 it became the property of a newly founded company, which changed hands in 1979. The Subte then entered into a concession model in the mid-1990s through which private"
"and elevated metro system was completed in 2011. A total of 5 metro lines with long trains are planned to carry masses of pilgrims to the religious sites. Another two metros are under construction in Riyadh and Jeddah. In the interwar period the first metros were established at the continent's periphery: The Madrid Metro opened on October 17, 1919 under the direction of the Compañía de Metro Alfonso XIII. Metro stations served as air raid shelters during the Spanish Civil War. Today, Madrid's subway is one of the longest systems in the world. Barcelona Metro followed in 1924. The first"
"in the world, on par with the Shanghai Metro and the Beijing Subway. Unlike normal Spanish road and rail traffic, Madrid Metro trains use left-hand running on some lines due to historical reasons. The metro network consists of 238 stations. It has 12 lines, plus four “light metro” lines recently added. The network consists of diametrical lines, interconnected by one circular line (Line 6). It gives good coverage of much of the municipality – about 50% of the population live within 600m of a metro station. This railway network is supported by an ever-expanding network of city buses. The overall"
"within their zones, and passengers using a CRT pass do not have to pay the airport supplement. The metro is operated by its own company, under the Department of Public Works, City Planning, and Transportation of the autonomous community of Madrid. The passage between Puerta de Arganda (Line 9) and Arganda del Rey (Line 9) is operated by Transportes Ferroviarios de Madrid (TFM). All of Madrid's rapid transit systems are members of the Consorcio Regional de Transportes, which sells monthly passes for unlimited use of the metro, bus and commuter train networks within the area covered by the pass. Madrid"