Sainz de Baranda [ˈsajnθ ðe βaˈɾanda] is a station on Line 6 and Line 9 of the Madrid Metro, located at the intersection of Doctor Esquerdo and Alcalde Sainz de Baranda streets in the Retiro district in Madrid, Spain. It is located in fare Zone A.[1][2] The station is named after the street, which in turn is named after the first mayor of Madrid, Pedro Sainz de Baranda.
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 Sainz de Baranda station platforms | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Retiro, Madrid Spain | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′54″N 3°40′10″W / 40.4150675°N 3.6695171°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | CRTM | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | CRTM | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | A | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 October 1979 | |||||||||||||||
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  Sainz de Baranda Location within Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
The station opened on 10 October 1979 when the first section of Line 6 was inaugurated.[3] On 31 January 1980, the first section of Line 9 was opened from Pavones to Sainz de Baranda, where it connected to the rest of the Madrid Metro network.[4][5] It ceased to be a terminus station when Line 9 was extended to Avenida de América on 24 February 1986.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Línea 6 Circular". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Línea 9". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "El Rey inauguró la nueva línea de Metro entre Pacífico y Cuatro Caminos" [King inaugurates new Metro line between Pacífico and Cuatro Caminos]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 11 October 1979. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Moratalaz inaugura hoy su metro" [Mortalaz inaugurates its metro today]. ABC (in Spanish). 30 January 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Moratalaz festeja la llegada del Metro" [Mortalaz celebrates Metro's arrival]. El País (in Spanish). 31 January 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "La nueva 9" [The new 9]. ABC (Press release) (in Spanish). 23 February 1986. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Inaugurado el tramo del 'metro' que completa la línea 9" [New 'metro' stretch inaugurated, completing line 9]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 1986. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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