Line 3 (Metro Madrid)
| 3 | ||
| Moncloa | 6th | |
| Argüelles |
4th
6
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| Ventura Rodríguez | ||
| Plaza de España | 10 | |
| Callao | 5 | |
| Sol |
1
2 |
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| Lavapiés | ||
| Embajadores |
5
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| Palos de la Frontera | ||
| Delicias |
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| Legazpi | 6th | |
| Almendrales | ||
| Hospital 12 de Octubre | ||
| San Fermín | ||
| Ciudad de los Ángeles | ||
| Cruce de Villaverde | ||
| San Cristobal | ||
| Villaverde Alto |
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The Line 3 (span. Línea 3 , shortly L-3) is a metro -line of the Metro Madrid . It leads from Moncloa to Villaverde Alto , is 16.4 kilometers long and has 18 stations. The average station distance is 912 meters. The route is completely underground. The L-3 belongs to the metro's small-profile network and the length of the stations is 108 meters. You can change to other metro lines at seven stations, and at three stations to the Cercanías suburban railway .
history
On August 9, 1936, a few weeks after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War , the first section of the L-3 between Sol and Embajadores was opened. This section of the route had been planned as a branch of the L-1 almost twenty years earlier, but the metro company later decided on an independent line.
After the conquest of Madrid by Francisco Franco's troops in March 1939, the Metro company and the new nationalist government wanted to give the appearance of normality as quickly as possible. That is why they pushed ahead with the construction of the extension to Argüelles , although this part of the city was still completely in ruins at the time. Finally, this section was opened on July 16, 1941.
A civic association in the south of Madrid expressed the wish to extend the L-3 in the direction of Legazpi. Construction work began in June 1946 and on March 26, 1949, the Embajadores - Delicias section was opened. This also gave Delicias station a connection to the metro network (this station was in operation until 1969 and was the terminus for trains from Portugal and Extremadura ). Legazpi was reached on March 2, 1951.
Since the 1940s, the builders of the new campus of the Complutense University of Madrid had repeatedly requested an extension of the L-3 beyond Argüelles . But the metro company always refused, on the grounds that the expected number of passengers was too low. After years of back and forth, the section between Argüelles and Moncloa was finally put into operation on July 22nd, 1963 . However, the Moncloa station does not provide sufficient access to the extensive university campus and is located on its southern edge. It was not until 1987 that the metro entered the center of Ciudad Universitaria , albeit with the L-6 .
All existing platforms were expanded from 60 to 90 meters in length in 2006. In addition, the line was extended on April 21, 2007 from the southern endpoint Legazpi by 8.7 kilometers to Villaverde Alto .
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Two further extensions are in the planning phase. From Moncloa , the line should lead northwards via Islas Filipinas to Cuatro Caminos . For this purpose, the old Moncloa station was replaced by a completely new building in order to bring the tunnel into the correct position. From the future southern terminus of Villaverde Alto , the line is to run to Perales del Rio in the neighboring city of Getafe . At El Casar there is a possibility to change to the L-12 (MetroSur).
Web links
- Plano del Metro de Madrid on planosdemetro.com with basic information about the line
