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Line 8 (Madrid Metro)

Rapid transit line of the Madrid Metro

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name	Line 8
native_name	Línea 8
native_name_lang	es
color
logo_width	100px
image	Aeropuerto T4 1411.jpg
image_alt	Aeropuerto T4
caption	Aeropuerto T4
type	Rapid transit
system	Madrid Metro
locale	Madrid
start
end
stations	8
planopen
open
yearcommenced
yearcompleted
close
owner	CRTM
operator	CRTM
character	Underground, at-grade
stock	CAF 8000
linelength_km	16.467
gauge
website
map
map_state	collapsed

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Line 8 of the Madrid Metro opened between Mar de Cristal and Campo de las Naciones (now Feria de Madrid) on 24 June 1998. An extension to Barajas via Madrid Airport was opened in 1999 and in 2002 an extension to Nuevos Ministerios and Colombia opened. Originally this line was a small-profile line, but in 2002 it became a large rolling stock line. The line uses 4-car versions of class 8000 trains. In 2007 an intermediate station called Pinar del Rey opened between Colombia and Mar de Cristal, as did an extension to the new Terminal 4 of Madrid Airport.

The line was temporarily closed for renovation from 26 January to 12 April 2017.

History

Original Line 8

As part of network extension plans in the 1970s, the construction of a north–south line along the Castellana-Recoletos-Prado axis originating in Fuencarral and headed toward Madrid Atocha and further to the south was initiated. The southern stretch toward Carabanchel is now the current Line 11. From this project the construction of the section between Fuencarral and Nuevos Ministerios which opened on 9 June 1982 on the occasion of the celebration of the World Cup in Spain began, as the line gave service to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Given the economic difficulties of the Metro in the 70s and 80s, the rest of the project from the original Line 8 was discarded, and instead only tunnel that connected via line 8 to line 7 is enabled. This way, on Tuesday 23 December 1986, the extension of line 8 from Nuevos Ministerios and Americas Avenue was opened.

Current Line

The project developed between 1995 and 1998 to merge lines 8 and 10 by building a tunnel between Alonso Martínez and Nuevos Ministerios, left down the stretch Nuevos Ministerios - Avenida de America. Subsequently, on 10 December 1996 the tunnel was opened, after which the line 8 disappeared to lease its infrastructure to line 10. To make this possible, it was necessary to install the platforms projections because, since then, the stretch began to exploit narrow gauge trains.

Future

An additional station called Corralejos is planned to be built between Feria de Madrid and Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3, where transfer to the planned line 5 extension will be made.

Plans also exist to extend Line 8 in the future beyond . A date for this extension has not yet been given, as it is only in the planning stage. All proposed stops, with the exception of Prado, are existing Metro or Cercanías stations. These stations, along with their connecting services, include:

(Lines 7 and 10)
(Line 5)
(Line 4)
Recoletos (Renfe intercity services)
(Line 2)
Prado
(Line 1), future (Line 11, Cercanías Madrid, and Renfe intercity services)
(Line 6) and Renfe intercity services)

Stations

District	Station	Opened	Zone	Connections
Chamartín / Chamberí / Tetuán		2002	A	Madrid Metro:
Cercanías Madrid:
Renfe Media Distancia: 53
Chamartín		2002	A	Madrid Metro:
Hortaleza		2007	A
	1998	A	Madrid Metro:
Barajas		1998	A
	1999	A
	1999	A
	2007	A	Cercanías Madrid:

References

Barqueros, Isidro. (2011-12-07). "El transporte que no fue (9): La ampliación sur de la línea 8".

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