• These are the lines cut off from the Madrid Metro due to heavy rains in the capital
• These are the fastest Metro lines (and the slowest ones) of the Madrid Metro

Although most of the work in Metro Madrid is carried out in summer to harm citizens as little as possible, the transport network continues with its plans to renew its infrastructure. The public company is beginning the procedures for planning reform works on line 6. Specifically, there will be cuts between the Conde de Casal and Ciudad Universitaria stations.

The Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM) thus includes the “contract for the comprehensive renewal of the track superstructure of L6”. A specific date has not yet been set to undertake these works, but the document reflects that “they will last 12 months”. In any case, the cuts will not occur in the short term, since the project is still in an initial phase.

The reforms will seek to replace the circulation routes with others that will require less maintenance with an investment of 38 million euros by the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Infrastructure. In the first phase, the works will affect the section between Conde de Casal and República Argentina and the second will cover from República Argentina to Ciudad Universitaria.

Large influx of travelers

Due to the interruption of circulation, as is usually the case in these cases, an alternative transportation plan is expected to be undertaken.. The proposed project is similar to the one being undertaken on Line 1, closed since June between the Sol and Valdecarros stations to modernize the infrastructure and replace the transit routes.

L6, which closed last year for two months between Sainz de Baranda and Nuevos Ministerios to remove asbestos and improve the accessibility of four stations, is one of the lines with the most passenger traffic in the suburban network. In 2019 – before the pandemic – it registered a total of 111.7 million trips, according to Metro data. It allows connecting peripheral points of Madrid without passengers having to go through the center of the capital. Along its route there are busy interchanges such as Moncloa, Príncipe Pío, Plaza Elíptica and Avenida de América.