The holidays are over and with it the routine starts again. Both students who resume classes at the university and those workers who must get used to going to their workplace every day, millions of people choose Madrid’s public transport to get around in their daily lives. However, they will have to be attentive to the cuts that will still continue in this month of September.
It is common for the Government of the Community of Madrid to take advantage of the summer to carry out a series of reforms and improvements in its transport services. This year, the novelty has arrived with the preparation of the long-awaited metro of the future. Starting in 2027, line 6 will have automated driving meters. An objective for which they have been carrying out works and tests throughout the year, which has led to numerous cuts in said line.
The cuts on line 10 of Metro Madrid will remain until the end of the year
For all these reasons, the section of the L6 of Metro Madrid between Argüelles and Ciudad Universitaria It has remained closed during the summer months. Coinciding with the start of the university course, its circulation will be reactivated from September 1, although the service hours are still reduced. advancing its closing time to 11:00 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday.
Something similar to what happened with the section that runs between Gregorio Marañón and Pitis on line 7which was reopened last August 29. And with the line 9Bwhose section between the stations Rivas y Arganda was reopened on August 14. However, not all metro lines will have returned to their usual route.
Users of the line 10specifically in the section between Cusco and New Ministrieswhich will remain closed until the end of the year on the occasion of the comprehensive renovation works at the Santiago Bernabéu station. To facilitate the journey of its regular users, since its closure on March 28, there is a free bus replacement service.
Cercanías users will also have to deal with the cuts
Not all cuts affect Madrid Metro users, but also those who depend on the Cercanías network to be able to move in your daily life. Especially those who usually use the line C-8bwhich will not make its journey between Cercedilla and Mills due to works on the catenary, although only until next September 5. To prevent the reform from being an inconvenience for residents in the area, Renfe has arranged 38 buses on weekdays and 36 for weekends.
Likewise, between the days September 5 and 6, lines C-3 and C-4 They will not make their usual stop at the sun station. The C-3 will take the station as its provisional head. Atochawhile C-4 will have as its header New Ministriesending its journey in Atocha. This cut will also affect branches C-4a and C-4b. Affected users will be able to use EMT buses for free during these two days.
Limited traffic on some of Madrid’s roads
On the other hand, those with their own vehicle who prefer to go to school or work on their own will also have to deal with a series of cuts on Madrid roads. Although the progress of the works of burial of the A-5 has allowed the reopening of the affected section of the M-30 tunnel with exit towards Badajoz, the conditions will still continue in the section of the walk from Extremadura to Huerta de Casañeda next to those on Paseo de la Castellana, between Sinisio Delgado and Nudo Norte.
Likewise, for the same reason as the burying of the A-5, there will be night cuts between August 31 and September 2 between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., in both directions. This work has the objective of eliminating the temporary bypass of the Extremadura highway, so starting at 6:00 a.m. on September 3, drivers They will be able to circulate again on the original section of the highway.