We were back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see some new towns with my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue the saga of our new road warrior experiences even if now with less in our family,This post is on my latest road warrior tour of wonderful sublime back to Madrid, Therefore, let me tell you about the Metro of Madrid, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
This is Madrid capital of the province and community of Madrid as well as the kingdom of Spain, All central all comes and leaves from here in my dear Spain, A must to visit at least once in your lifetime or more once bitten with the bug as from Madrid to heaven and a hole in the sky to look down on it everyday ! Once again, thrill to be back to my Madrid and this year twice !! Love it !!! Only 202 km from our rental house in Velliza down on the A62, A6, and this time to the M500 and M30 to the Retiro park and our parking at Parking Avenida del Mediterraneo 28 near metro bus Conde de Casal and the Retiro park, From here back to Centro or old town to see more of my Madrid !
Metro de Madrid has a Customer Service Centre at the Sol metro station that also sells official Metro products, where you can purchase different gift items with designs related to the Metro. It has another store in the Customer Service Centre of the Plaza de Castilla metro station, located on Paseo de la Castellana, 189. There are 12 Metro lines with the most useful for the visitors are line 1 ,2,3,4,5,6,8 (airport), and 10. As a general rule, no animals are allowed on the Metro de Madrid. For 10-Journey Tickets, one Public Transport Card can hold up to two 10-journey tickets with a maximum of 20 journeys of the same ticket type. They are ,also good for the bus, For visitors with children, this bit of info : the Children’s Public Transport Card is free of charge and is intended for children aged between 4 and 6 years old.
The Conde de Casal is on line 6 or circular line ,located under the Calle del Dr. Esquerdo, immediately north of the Plaza del Conde de Casal, The station was inaugurated on October 11, 1979 together with the rest of the stations of the Pacific-Cuatro Caminos section, In the hall of the station is the ceramic mural «Formas en el Espacio» or forms in the space of the artist Eladio García de Santibáñez, who already has 18 murals and sculptures in various stations of the Metro of Madrid. The hall of Conde del Casal takes you to Doctor Esquerdo calle del Doctor Esquerdo, 175 (corner Plaza Conde de Casal), Conde de Casal Plaza Conde de Casal, 2. Next to Avenida del Mediterranean, An elevator/lift at Plaza del Conde de Casal, 2 (almost corner with Calle del Doctor Esquerdo) . Dr. Esquerdo odd numbers on Calle del Doctor Esquerdo, 157 (almost corner with Calle Lira) and Dr. Esquerdo, pairs numbers to Calle del Doctor Esquerdo, 116 (almost corner with Calle Ángel Ganivet).
The Diego de León is a station of lines 4, 5 and 6 located under the streets of Francisco Silvela, Diego de León and Conde de Peñalver,The station was inaugurated on September 17, 1932 , The platforms of Line 4, located under Conde de Peñalver, with the accesses of Francisco Silvela and Diego de León. Until 1958 it was part of Line 2 and until March 26, 1973, it was a line header. On February 26, 1970, the platforms of Line 5 were inaugurated and were put in service of the same year, under Calle Juan Bravo with the two accesses of this street, communicating with the station of Line 4 through a long corridor under the streets of Juan Bravo and Conde de Peñalver, on October 11, 1979, the platforms of Line 6 were opened to the public under Calle Francisco Silvela, with the accesses of Azcona, Eraso and Alcántara streets. It is communicated with Line 5 station by a corridor under Calle Juan Bravo, which when you reach the line 5 zone allows you to continue through the hall that communicates with line 4 station to reach the platforms of it. Líne 4, Diego de León with Calle Diego de León, 71a, Calle Francisco Silvela, pairs numbers on Calle Francisco Silvela, 58a, Diego de León-Rampa ,Calle Francisco Silvela, 63a (corner ramp Calle Diego de León), Francisco Silvela-Ramp to Calle Francisco Silvela, 54, The hall Calle Juan Bravo on Line 5, Conde de Peñalver ,Calle Juan Bravo, below 53-56 Boulevard, Alcántara, Calle Juan Bravp , calle Eraso, Calle Francisco Silvela, 40 (corner Calle Eraso) and Calle Alcantara with Calle Francisco Silvela, 47.
The El Carmen is a station of line 5 located under the Calle de Alcalá, between the intersections with the streets mayor López Casero and José María Fernández Lanseros, The station opened the public on May 28, 1964 as part of the line 2, A short time later, on July 20, 1970, it joined the line 5 Hall Alcalde López Casero J. Villena , Calle de Alcalá, 258 (corner Calle José Villena), Hall Alcalde López Casero with Calle López Casero , 2 (almost corner with Calle de Alcalá), Hall Hermanos Fernández Lanseros with Calle de Alcalá, 234 (corner with Calle José Mª Fernández Lanseros), and Calle de Alcalá, 259 (corner with Calle Raquel Meller).
The Manuel Becerra is a station of lines 2 and 6, located under the square of the same name, The station was inaugurated on June 14, 1924 with the opening to the public of the platforms of Line 2 with the first inaugurated section of the same. The station is very shallow, located the platforms under the Calle de Alcalá (west of the square) and the lobby under the Plaza de Manuel Becerra. After the Spanish Civil War, the name of ” Plaza Manuel Becerra ” is changed to “Plaza de Roma”, although the denomination of the Metro station did not vary. The square recovered its old name from Manuel Becerra in 1980. The station in this case (Line 6) is deeper, placing its platforms under the Calle Francisco Silvela-Calle del Doctor Esquerdo axis and under the tunnel that joins both streets. Currently the mouth access located with the Calle de Alcalá (pairs no,) and to the Calle del Dr. Esquerdo, is “classic” style of black wrought iron with granite. The access that is located almost -corner to the Calle de D. Ramón de la Cruz, is in the same style as that of most width lines of the 70s and 80s: The hall of Manuel Becerra leads to Calle D. Ramón de la Cruz, Plaza de Manuel Becerra, 5 (almost corner with calle Don Ramón de la Cruz). The hall of Doctor Esquerdo to Plaza de Manuel Becerra, 20 (corner of Calle de Alcalá).
And to remind me of my nostalgic Madrid, a bit more on my line, The Quintana line 5 crosses the city ,and consists of 32 stations which make up a 23.2 km route between the Alameda de Osuna and Casa de Campo stations. The line as such was inaugurated on June 6, 1968 between the stations of Callao and Carabanchel, although they are part of its current network two sections previously inaugurated and belonging in its day to other lines, such as my section between Ventas and Ciudad Lineal was inaugurated on May 28, 1964 as part of joining with Line 2. In 1980 the line went east to Canillejas, (here lived my aunt and then in the early 1970 ‘s was going by electric tram from Ciudad Lineal!) and was extended under the Calle de Alcalá (I lived right on it!!! on metro Quintana station) until its end next to the camino de Barcelona and highway A2.
The metro Ciudad Lineal is a station of line 5 of the Metro de Madrid, located under the Plaza de Ciudad Linear, Initially, the section of line 5 that goes from Ventas to Ciudad Lineal, opened on May 28, 1964, functioned as a prolongation of line 2, and would not be incorporated into line 5 until July 20, 1970, when the section of line 5 was opened linking the Ventas and Callao stations, leaving the correspondance in Ventas to take line 2, On January 18, 1980, it ceased to be terminal to continue the line to Canillejas. Memorable line as my mom’s aunt lived in Canillejas and we visited her several times using the transvia or electric tramway of old now gone after this expansion ! The salidas or exits are lobby Arturo Soria : Hermanos García Noblejas calle Hermanos García Noblejas, 2 (corner with Calle de Alcalá). Lobby Misterios Calle de Alcalá, 413 (corner with Calle Arturo Soria) and lobby Arturo Soria Calle Arturo Soria, 2 (corner with Calle de Alcalá), The lobby Albarracín Calle de Alcalá, 434 (next to corner with Calle Albarracín), The main interesting thing to see and visit is that at about 30 meters from the access of Hermanos García Noblejas is the Alcalá Norte Shopping Center,(mall) at the confluence of Calle de Alcalá and the Calle de los Hermanos García Noblejas.
The official Metro de Madrid on itineraries : https://www.metromadrid.es/en
The Madrid tourist office on getting around by metro : https://www.esmadrid.com/en/getting-around-madrid-metro
There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Madrid, Do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Metro of Madrid, part II !!! as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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