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Madrid Metro · 13 lines · 242 stations

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Stations worth a stop

  • Line 1Line 2Line 3

    Sol lies beneath the Puerta del Sol, the square that marks the centre of Madrid, where a plaque in front of the old Royal Post Office shows Kilometre Zero of the Spanish road network. Lines 1, 2 and 3 meet here along with a Cercanías commuter station, and the Plaza Mayor is about five minutes' walk to the southwest.

  • Line 1Line 5

    Gran Vía station, on lines 1 and 5, opens onto the grand avenue of the same name, built in stages from 1910 and lined with early twentieth-century theatres, cinemas and shops. The Telefónica building, once the tallest in Madrid, stands at the corner beside the station, and an underground passage links it to the Cercanías platforms at Sol.

  • Line 3Line 5

    Callao, on lines 3 and 5, opens onto Plaza del Callao, the busiest stretch of Gran Vía, with large cinemas and department stores around the square. The pedestrian shopping streets of Preciados and Carmen lead from here down to Sol.

  • Line 2Line 5Ramal

    Ópera, served by lines 2 and 5 and the short Ramal shuttle to Príncipe Pío, lies under Plaza de Isabel II beside the Teatro Real opera house. The Royal Palace and the Almudena Cathedral are about five minutes' walk west, and remains of an old fountain and water channels found during works are displayed inside the station.

  • Line 5

    La Latina, on line 5, is the stop for one of Madrid's oldest quarters, where the Calle Cava Baja is lined with taverns and tapas bars. On Sunday mornings the El Rastro flea market fills the streets that slope down from here along Ribera de Curtidores.

  • Line 1

    Antón Martín, on line 1, sits at the edge of the Barrio de las Letras, where Cervantes and Lope de Vega once lived and quotations from Spanish writers are set into the pavement. The Antón Martín market and the Cine Doré, home of the national film archive's cinema, are both beside the station.

  • Line 1

    Estación del Arte, on line 1, takes its name from the art museums around it. The Reina Sofía Museum, home of Picasso's Guernica, is directly beside the exit, and the Prado and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums are a walk of ten to fifteen minutes north along the Paseo del Prado.

  • Line 1

    Atocha, on line 1, connects with Madrid Puerta de Atocha, the city's main railway station for high-speed trains to the south and east and the hub of the Cercanías network. The original iron-and-glass train shed from 1892 still stands beside the modern platforms, and the Retiro park begins just across the road to the north.

  • Line 2

    Banco de España, on line 2, opens onto Plaza de Cibeles, where the fountain of the goddess Cybele stands in front of the white Palacio de Cibeles, now the city hall. The Bank of Spain building fills one corner of the square, and the Paseo del Prado and Calle de Alcalá meet here.

  • Line 2

    Retiro, on line 2, lies beside the Puerta de Alcalá, the eighteenth-century granite gate on Plaza de la Independencia, and the northern entrance to the Retiro park. The park's large boating lake and its monument to Alfonso XII are about ten minutes' walk inside.

  • Line 4

    Colón, on line 4, lies under Plaza de Colón, where a tall column carries a statue of Christopher Columbus and a large Spanish flag flies over the gardens. Beside the square, one long nineteenth-century building houses both the National Library and the National Archaeological Museum.

  • Line 4

    Serrano, on line 4, serves Calle de Serrano, the main shopping street of the Salamanca district, with Spanish and international fashion houses in nineteenth-century apartment buildings. The surrounding grid of streets is one of the most elegant residential areas of the city.

  • Line 6Line 10Ramal

    Príncipe Pío, where lines 6 and 10 meet the Ramal from Ópera, is built into the former North Station, whose iron hall now holds shops and a Cercanías station. The small chapel of San Antonio de la Florida, with ceiling frescoes by Goya and his tomb, is about ten minutes' walk along the river.

  • Line 3Line 10

    Plaza de España, on lines 3 and 10 and linked to Noviciado on line 2, opens onto the large square with the Cervantes monument and statues of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. The Edificio España and Torre de Madrid rise over the square, and the Temple of Debod, an Egyptian temple rebuilt on a hill to the west, is about ten minutes' walk away.

  • Line 3Line 6

    Moncloa, on lines 3 and 6, is the gateway to the northwest, with a large underground bus interchange for towns in the Sierra de Guadarrama. The Arco de la Victoria and the Museo de América stand nearby, and the university campus stretches beyond.

  • Line 1Line 10

    Chamartín, on lines 1 and 10, connects with Chamartín-Clara Campoamor railway station, the city's second main terminus, used by trains to the north and by many Cercanías lines. The business towers of the northern Castellana are visible from the station area.

  • Line 6Line 8Line 10

    Nuevos Ministerios, where lines 6, 8 and 10 meet a Cercanías station, takes its name from the large government complex beside it. Line 8 runs from here directly to Madrid-Barajas Airport, and the AZCA business district with its office towers lies across the Paseo de la Castellana.

  • Line 10

    Santiago Bernabéu, on line 10, opens directly beside Real Madrid's stadium on the Paseo de la Castellana. The stadium has been rebuilt with a steel outer skin and a retractable roof, and its museum and tour are open on most non-match days.

  • Line 1Line 9Line 10

    Plaza de Castilla, where lines 1, 9 and 10 meet, lies under the square marked by the two leaning towers of the Puerta de Europa, which tilt towards each other over the Castellana. A large bus interchange sits below, and the four skyscrapers of the Cuatro Torres business area rise a little further north.

  • Line 2Line 5

    Ventas, on lines 2 and 5, opens beside Las Ventas, the brick bullring in neo-Mudéjar style that opened in 1931 and is now also used for concerts. Its decorated tilework and horseshoe arches can be seen from the square in front.

  • Line 2Line 4

    Goya, where lines 2 and 4 cross, sits at the busy junction of Calle de Alcalá and Calle de Goya, one of the main shopping streets of the Salamanca district. The indoor arena of the Palacio de Deportes, used for basketball and concerts, is about five minutes' walk away.

  • Line 8

    Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3, on line 8, serves the older terminal buildings of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with the station beneath Terminal 2. Terminal 4 is one stop further on the same line, and a free airport bus also links the terminals.

  • Line 8

    Aeropuerto T4, the end of line 8, lies beneath Terminal 4, the long building designed by Richard Rogers and Estudio Lamela with an undulating roof lined in bamboo. A Cercanías station shares the terminal, with trains to Chamartín and Atocha.

  • Line 8

    Feria de Madrid, on line 8, serves the IFEMA exhibition centre, where the city's major trade fairs and congresses are held. The Juan Carlos I park, a large modern park with sculptures and a lake, lies right next to the fairgrounds.

  • Line 7

    Estadio Metropolitano, on line 7, serves the stadium of Atlético de Madrid, opened in 2017 on the eastern edge of the city. Line 7 is divided into two operating sections here, so passengers continuing towards Hospital del Henares change trains at this station.

  • Line 3

    Lavapiés, on line 3, lies in one of the most diverse neighbourhoods of central Madrid, with Indian, Senegalese and Bangladeshi restaurants alongside old corrala tenement buildings. The Reina Sofía Museum is about ten minutes' walk to the east.

  • Line 3Line 6

    Legazpi, on lines 3 and 6, is the stop for Matadero Madrid, a former municipal slaughterhouse turned into a cultural centre with exhibitions, theatre and a cinema. Beyond it, the Madrid Río park follows the banks of the Manzanares river.

  • Line 6

    Arganzuela-Planetario, on line 6, sits beside the Tierno Galván park, home to the Madrid Planetarium. The Madrid Río riverside park and the Matadero cultural centre are a short walk to the west.

  • Line 6

    Méndez Álvaro, on line 6, connects with Estación Sur, Madrid's main long-distance coach terminal, and with a Cercanías station. It is a practical change point for intercity buses to many cities across Spain.

  • Line 5

    Puerta de Toledo, on line 5, takes its name from the neoclassical gate completed in 1827 that stands in the middle of the roundabout. The street running north leads up through La Latina towards the Plaza Mayor.

  • Line 5

    Chueca, on line 5, opens onto the small Plaza de Chueca at the heart of a lively neighbourhood known as the centre of Madrid's LGBT community and of the city's Pride celebrations each summer. The San Antón market, with food stalls and a rooftop terrace, is a few steps away.

  • Line 1Line 10

    Tribunal, on lines 1 and 10, is the stop for Malasaña, a neighbourhood of small bars, vintage shops and cafés around the Plaza del Dos de Mayo. The Museum of the History of Madrid, behind an ornate baroque doorway by Pedro de Ribera, faces the station on Calle de Fuencarral.

  • Line 10

    Lago, on line 10, stands inside the Casa de Campo, a former royal hunting estate and the largest public park in Madrid. The station is named after the park's lake, a few minutes' walk away, where rowing boats and terrace cafés line the shore.

  • Line 10Line 12

    Puerta del Sur in Alcorcón is where line 10 meets line 12, the MetroSur loop that links the southern suburbs of Alcorcón, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Getafe and Leganés. The full loop takes around an hour to travel and runs mostly underground.

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