Príncipe Pío (Madrid Metro)

Príncipe Pío
Madrid Metro station

Lines 6 and 10 platforms, Príncipe Pío
Location Moncloa-Aravaca, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates 40°25′16″N 3°43′13″W / 40.4210681°N 3.7203687°W / 40.4210681; -3.7203687Coordinates: 40°25′16″N 3°43′13″W / 40.4210681°N 3.7203687°W / 40.4210681; -3.7203687
Owned by CRTM
Operated by CRTM
Other information
Fare zone A
History
Opened 27 December 1925 (1925-12-27)
Services
Preceding station   Madrid Metro   Following station
clockwise / outer
Line 6
anticlockwise / inner
Line 10
Terminus
RamalTerminus
Location
Príncipe Pío
Location within Madrid

Príncipe Pío station is a Madrid Metro and Cercanías station in Madrid city center. It was opened on December 27, 1925 and is one of the busiest station on the Madrid Metro and Cercanías system.

It has three levels. The highest level is elevated is used by Cercanías trains and has an island platform. The middle level is partially underground used by Madrid Metro lines 6 and 10 trains and has a dual-island platform (not a Spanish solution). Line 6 trains use the two inner tracks while Line 10 trains use the two outer tracks. The lowest level is used by Line R trains. It has two side platforms while both of them are used by trains to Ópera station.

References

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