Since Monday of this week, the cuts of line 1 have been announced in the 302 stations that make up the Madrid metro network, which will start on June 24.
The metro management is announcing the inoperability of the 19 stops of the 33 that make up the line between Sol and Valdecarros. The cut is being announced at all the stops that make up the Madrid metro network with public address messages, teleindicators and billboards at various points in the stations. In addition, since yesterday there is also a group of promoters providing information to users at the stations affected by the cut. An informative triptych is delivered to users with the transport alternatives.
In addition, since June 8, a special has been published on the metro website about the cut and information on existing transport alternatives is also being reported on social networks.
The itinerary of the special free alternative transport service will start from Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona, continue along Avenida de la Albufera, Carretera Vicálvaro a Vallecas, Avenida de la Democracia, Calle Sierra de Guadalupe, Sierra Gador, Real de Arganda until reaching Avenida of the Ensanche de Vallecas. The return journey will circulate along Avenida del Ensanche de Vallecas, Real de Arganda, Jesús del Pino, Avenida de la Democracia, Carretera Vicálvaro to Vallecas, Avenida de la Albufera, Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona and Paseo Infanta Isabel, to conclude on Avenida City of Barcelona.
In addition to this free service on the surface, which will have a frequency of between 2 and 5 minutes, the Madrid metro informs of all the bus lines that can be used, such as 26, 32, 37, 54, 141, 24, 57,58,143 and 142.
Another option is to travel on the suburban trains and get off at the nearest station to the destination of each traveler.
The action will be on 13 kilometers of tracks and the objective is to modernize them to improve maintenance and reduce incidents. These works have a budget of 26 million euros.
