Talk:Madrid Metro
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[edit] Ridership
Does anybody know the ridership of the system and the individual lines? Lee Haber 04:47, 06 Aug 2006 (UTC)
[edit] British side circulation of trains
Does anybody know why the trains ride on the left side as opposed to the way cars and buses go? I don't know many metro systems but the ones I do know, run accordingly with their street systems: London undergorund, trains ride on the left, like their streets. Paris, NYC, Mexico City, trains ride on the right, like their streets and so on alfonso.lomeli —Preceding comment was added at 22:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Madrid Metro trains ride on left side because when first line was built on 1919 there was no united running in one side for cars all over the nation. Each city or province had different regulations. In 1919 cars run on left side on Madrid, so Metro did the same. The running on streets and roads was regulated nationwide to the right on 1930, but Metro kept running on the left due to high costs of changing all signals in stations and semaphores to the opposite side. Subsequent enlargements of the network (new lines) were built the same in terms of having a unified system and not to bother users with lines running on different sides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike T2008 (talk • contribs) 22:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Unusually deep
I was just there in Dec of 05 and I though they were very deep compared to other subways (Boston,London, Montreal,Washington), is this significant. Were they designed that way as blast shelters?Tjb891 03:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe, but it could also be because of all the underground car parks and the sewer system - Madrid has no river to dump everything in so needs more sewerage than most western cities.
- Also, there's nothing on this article about the new station under construction between colombia and mar de cristal on line 8. I only saw it briefly, called pino del rey or something similar... anyone know? Proto::type 22:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
It's "Pinar del Rey", I think that it's already open but not sure. 81.44.222.149 14:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ghost stations
Isn't there another ghost station between Avenida de la Ilustración and Lacoma, or Lacoma and Pitis? At the very least, there is a perfectly workable station, which isn't being used because there is a huge gitano camp nearby, or so I heard. I passed it once, and I believe it was called Arroyofresno. I don't know if that could be called a ghost station, but isn't it worth mentioning in the article? Does anyone know more about it? Raystorm 11:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Why take away the info on the ghost stations? I thought it was pretty interesting, even if it was anecdotic. It could be put in a trivia section. Please put it back? Raystorm 23:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
It is not exactly a ghost station. The name is Arroyo del Fresno, after the zone's name. It is located between Lacoma and Pitis (end of the line). When Line 7 was extended in late 90's from Avenida de América to Pitis, the station was built for a future urban development in the zone, scheduled to be made in the next few years. That development still today is very incomplete, so the station still remains closed due to low population of the zone. The overall structure is all finished, so when the station be needed, it will just need cleaning and light refurbishment. Mike T2008 (talk) 22:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] New Map
This: http://estaticos.elmundo.es/documentos/2007/04/16/metromadrid.pdf will be the new Madrid's Metro Map after May 2007. The Madrid's people don't like the new map... but foreigns understand it better. 81.44.222.149 14:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Light Metro
Does Light Metro in the table in this article mean Light rail or the meaning it does in Moscow Metro when it comes to Butovskaya?? Georgia guy 00:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- I think the light rail lines should be included in the current article because there is no other tram-like service in Madrid. Feel free to revert me if you have objections. Habbit 16:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fares
Does anyone familiar with the fare structure think it should be included in the article. It is nice to be able to compare costs associated across the different metros, and other important systems have them listed in their WP articles. 24.68.249.197 23:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 317 km??????
Why 317, from where does the source come. The spanish page states 281.780 km and 27.774 km of light rail. Please correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.54.197.181 (talk) 18:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
- I have removed the following unsourced statement:
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- the round of expansions completed in spring 2007 increased its length to 322,3 km, making it the second largest in Europe after Moscow.
