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Metro Overview
Madrid's rail transit
consists of the Metro, 12 lines, mostly underground; three main line
terminal stations; and a RER-like commuter rail system running through
a downtown tunnel connecting north and south suburbs.
The Metro has trains of two sizes, wide and narrow. The
wide trains are approx. the same size as New York IND subway 60 foot
cars. The narrow cars are REALLY narrow-- smaller than New York IRT
cars. The older lines are the narrow ones but unfortunately some of
those are the most used lines. Line 6, a newer ring line, is a deep
bore tunnel way, way below all of the others. For example at the
transfer station at Cuatro Caminos between line 6 and line 1 requires
*four* escalators the length of those at 53rd/Lex in New York or those
at the PATH World Trade Center station. There is some surface running
on lines 5, 9, and 10. Metro tickets are extremely inexpensive-- 80
pesetas each if bought in multiples of 10 (that's approximately 50
cents each!) The Madrid metro is left hand running like in London, and
again, no railfan windows. The lines are all operated via overhead
catenary wire, not third rail.
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