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.
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 Bernabeu 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.
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.
A date for this extension has not yet been given, as it is only in the planning stage.[1] 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.
^Barqueros, Isidro (2011-12-07). "El transporte que no fue (9): La ampliación sur de la línea 8". ecomovilidad.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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line, madrid, metro, line, madrid, metro, opened, between, cristal, campo, naciones, feria, madrid, june, 1998, extension, barajas, madrid, airport, opened, 1999, 2002, extension, nuevos, ministerios, colombia, opened, originally, this, line, small, profile, l. 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 Line 8Aeropuerto T4OverviewNative nameLinea 8OwnerCRTMLocaleMadridTerminiNuevos MinisteriosAeropuerto T4Stations8Websitewww wbr metromadrid wbr es wbr en wbr linea wbr linea 8ServiceTypeRapid transitSystemMadrid MetroOperator s CRTMRolling stockCAF 8000HistoryOpened24 June 1998 25 years ago 1998 06 24 TechnicalLine length16 467 km 10 232 mi CharacterUnderground at gradeTrack gauge1 445 mm 4 ft 8 7 8 in Route mapLegendAeropuerto T4Cercanias lines C 1 C 10BarajasAeropuerto T1 T2 T3Corralejos proposed Line 5 proposed Feria de MadridMar de Cristal Line 4 Pinar del ReyColombia Line 9 Madrid Leon lineLine 10Nuevos Ministerios Line 5 citation needed This diagram viewtalkeditLine mapThe line was temporarily closed for renovation from 26 January to 12 April 2017 Contents 1 The old Line 8 2 Stations 3 Future of Line 8 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksThe old Line 8 edit nbsp Route map of old line 8As 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 Bernabeu 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 The project developed between 1995 and 1998 to merge lines 8 and 10 by building a tunnel between Alonso Martinez 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 Stations editStation Opened Zone ConnectionsAeropuerto T4 nbsp 2007 A Cercanias Madrid nbsp nbsp Barajas nbsp 1999 AAeropuerto T1 T2 T3 nbsp 1999 AFeria de Madrid nbsp 1998 AMar de Cristal nbsp 1998 A Madrid Metro nbsp Pinar del Rey nbsp 2007 AColombia nbsp 2002 A Madrid Metro nbsp Nuevos Ministerios nbsp 2002 A Madrid Metro nbsp nbsp Cercanias Madrid nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Future of Line 8 editPlans exist to extend Line 8 in the future beyond Nuevos Ministerios Projected stops are Station ConnectionsGregorio Maranon nbsp nbsp Ruben Dario nbsp Colon nbsp Recoletos nbsp Banco de Espana nbsp PradoAtocha nbsp nbsp nbsp future nbsp Mendez Alvaro nbsp nbsp Key nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Madrid Metro lines nbsp Renfe suburban services nbsp Renfe intercity servicesA date for this extension has not yet been given as it is only in the planning stage 1 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 See also editMadrid Transport in Madrid List of Madrid Metro stations List of metro systems Portals nbsp Spain nbsp Trains nbsp Transport nbsp EngineeringReferences edit Barqueros Isidro 2011 12 07 El transporte que no fue 9 La ampliacion sur de la linea 8 ecomovilidad net in Spanish Retrieved 2019 09 05 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madrid Metro nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Madrid Madrid Metro official website Schematic map of the Metro network from the official site in English Madrid at UrbanRail net ENGLISH User guide ticket types airport supplement and timings Network map real distance Madrid Metro Map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Line 8 Madrid Metro amp oldid 1170565531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
