Puerta de Arganda (Madrid Metro)

Puerta de Arganda
Madrid Metro station
General information
LocationVicálvaro, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates40°24′05″N 3°35′46″W / 40.4013157°N 3.5959768°W / 40.4013157; -3.5959768
Owned byCRTM
Operated byCRTM
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
Opened1 December 1998; 25 years ago (1998-12-01)
Services
Preceding station Madrid Metro Following station
San Cipriano Line 9 Rivas Urbanizaciones
Out of system interchange
Preceding station Cercanías Madrid Following station
Coslada
towards Chamartín
C-2 Santa Eugenia
towards Guadalajara
Coslada C-7 Santa Eugenia
Coslada
towards Cercedilla
C-8 Santa Eugenia
towards Guadalajara
Location
Puerta de Arganda is located in Madrid
Puerta de Arganda
Puerta de Arganda
Location within Madrid

Puerta de Arganda [ˈpweɾta ðe aɾˈɣanda] is a station of the Metro Madrid. It is located in fare Zone A of the CRTM.[1]

Due to it being the southern endpoint of Line 9A, it serves as an interchange station to both Line 9B towards Rivas-Vaciamadrid and Arganda del Rey and via Vicálvaro railway station to the Cercanías service (lines C-2, C-7 and C-8. Connecting bus lines include 4, 71, 100, E3, T23 and the night line N7.[2]

The name of the above-ground Cercanías station is Vicálvaro instead of Puerta de Arganda, although there also is a distinct Metro Vicálvaro.

Travellers will have to validate their tickets once more upon leaving the station

History

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The underground metro station was opened to the public on 1 December 1998,[3] when line 9 was extended to the south, with the remaining section toward Arganda del Rey being inaugurated on 7 April 1999.[4]

During the first few years of operation, one out of every three or four trains from the old terminus Herrera Oria passed through Puerta de Arganda in the direction of Arganda del Rey, with the rest reversing their course, until the CRTM separated the line into two sections, the latter operated under concession by TFM.

The station has two platforms and two tracks with one platform located in the middle to ensure a smooth passage between trains of the two sections.

References

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  1. ^ "Línea 9". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ "NAVEGAxMADRID". navegapormadrid.emtmadrid.es. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "ABC (Madrid) - 02/12/1998, p. 64 - ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ Neira, Fernando; Zafra, Ángel (8 April 1999). "Arganda y Rivas toman la calle para recibir al primer metro interurbano" (in Spanish). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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