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The Community of Madrid allocates €6 million to install cutting-edge light and acoustic warning devices on Metro train doors, marking a significant stride towards enhancing accessibility for users with disabilities.
The re-opening of Metro Line 9 represents a significant stride in Metro de Madrid's journey towards creating an inclusive and accessible transportation network that serves the needs of all residents and visitors.
In order to enhance safety and improve the service provided to passengers, Metro de Madrid will use government investment to upgrade escalators, the Fire Protection Systems and the Centralised Traffic Control.
By undertaking the renovation, Metro de Madrid will improve quality levels and increase stability on the underground line between Colombia and Mar de Cristal stations.
In order to increase reliability and safety, the Regional Government of Madrid has approved a €6.96 million investment to modernise the centralised control of Metro de Madrid's underground trains.
Following several years of suffering the impact of the economic crisis on business activity – clearly illustrated by the drop in user demand and required budgetary adjustments – Metro Madrid has persisted in its efforts to remain the preferential mobility option in the Madrid region. The following article by Rubén…
8 December 2015 | By Carlos Rodríguez Sánchez & Juan Moreno García-Loygorri
For Intelligent Transport, Metro de Madrid colleagues Carlos Rodríguez Sánchez and Juan Moreno García-Loygorri, take a look at the feasibility of carrying Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) data over a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. CBTC data is mostly critical, but most of the services carried over mobile networks, like LTE,…
24 October 2014 | By Ignacio González Velayos, Chief Executive, Metro de Madrid
After completing its biggest ever expansion in its history during the 2003-2007 legislature with the construction of 80km of new network and 90 new stations, Metro de Madrid is now directing its efforts in maintaining a modern and quality metro network – essential to this plan is, of course, effective…
3 March 2014 | By Jean-Luc Bruyelle, El-Miloudi El-Koursi, Amaury Flancquart, IFFSTAR Richard Seddon, Tecnalia; Conor O'Neill, NewRail; Antonio De Santiago Laport, Metro de Madrid
In recent years, terrorist attacks on metro systems have noticeably increased, as illustrated for instance by the Paris, Madrid, and London attacks. These dramatic events have raised concern regarding the ability to increase the efficiency of the management of similar crises in order to reduce the number and gravity of…
19 August 2010 | By Manuel Bravo Puente, Coordinator of Energy Installations in Civil Works, Metro de Madrid
The use of underground geothermal energy, as shown through the practical demonstration in the installations at Pacifico station of the Madrid Metro, makes it possible to heat and cool underground spaces, reducing energy consumption, CO2 emissions and machine maintenance by more than 40%. We can begin by saying that tunnels,…
20 September 2009 | By Manuel González Márquez, Department of New Rolling Stock, Metro de Madrid
Metro de Madrid has grown significantly in the last 15 years, from a network of 121km in 1995 to the current 283km. The fleet of rolling stock operated by the company has also grown in parallel, from 1,076 wagons in 1995 to the current 2,281. The detail of trends in…
