Line 6 (Madrid Metro)

Line 6
Line 6 train in Guzmán el Bueno station
Line 6 train in Guzmán el Bueno station
Overview
Other name(s)Línea 6 Circular
Native nameLínea 6
OwnerCRTM
LocaleMadrid
Stations28
Websitewww.metromadrid.es/en/linea/linea-6
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMadrid Metro
Operator(s)CRTM
Rolling stockCAF 8400 and CAF 5000
History
Opened7 May 1981; 43 years ago (1981-05-07)
Technical
Line length23.5 km (14.6 mi)
CharacterUnderground
Track gauge1,445 mm (4 ft 8+78 in)
Route map
Line 6
Lucero
Laguna
Carpetana
Oporto
Opañel
Plaza Elíptica
Usera
Legazpi
Arganzuela-Planetario
Méndez Álvaro
Pacífico
Conde de Casal
Sainz de Baranda
O'Donnell
Manuel Becerra
Diego de León
Avenida de América
República Argentina
Nuevos Ministerios
Cuatro Caminos
Guzmán el Bueno
Vicente Aleixandre
Ciudad Universitaria
Moncloa
Argüelles
Príncipe Pío
Bus interchange
Puerta del Ángel
Alto de Extremadura
Lucero
Laguna
Map of the line, its stations and interchanges.

Line 6 (Spanish: Línea 6 Circular) of the Madrid Metro opened originally between Cuatro Caminos and Pacifico in 1979. This is one of two circular lines in Madrid, but unlike Line 12, it did not open as a full circle. The circle was completed in 1995, taking four stages from its original opening. It has a length of 23.5 km (14.6 mi) and is coloured grey on route maps.[1][2]

The line is made up of 28 stations with 115-metre platforms, linked by 23.472 km of wide gauge tunnel tracks. It allows one to transfer twice to all the lines of the network (three times in the case of lines 3 and 4) with the exception of lines 8 and 11, which start from the circular route and do not enter it, and the peripheral lines. (such as line 12 and the Light Metro lines).

Being built to allow transfers with many other lines and to cover the entire central area of the city, plagued by unevenness, it is one of the first lines, along with line 5, that was built at great depth, so that it would not suffer major damage from unevenness in its route. Thus, for example, the greatest depth of the Madrid Metro system is reached at the Cuatro Caminos station (a depth of 45 meters below ground) given that the tunnel is at the same altitude above sea level as, for example, in Príncipe Pío, its most superficial point (where it still remains two stories below the ground). This means that although the line is of very high utility in the system, sometimes some of the transfers are longer than the average in the network.

Along its route are some of the large interchanges built in recent years: Moncloa, Príncipe Pío, Plaza Elíptica and Avenida de América, in addition to the correspondence with Cercanías Renfe in Nuevos Ministerios, Laguna and Méndez Álvaro (which also coincides with the South Bus Station of Madrid).

  1. ^ "Línea 6 Circular | Metro de Madrid". Metromadrid.es. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  2. ^ "A Comprehensive Guide to the Madrid Metro". Thegirlwhogoes.com. 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-06-05.