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The M-40 is the second highway belt of Madrid and was built between 1989 and 1996. [1] It has a total length of 63.3 km (39.3 mi), looping around Madrid and its suburb Pozuelo de Alarcón at a mean distance of 10.1 km (6.3 mi) to the Puerta del Sol.
In terms of longer-distance transport, Madrid is the central node of the system of autovías and of the high-speed rail network , which has brought major cities such as Seville and Barcelona within 2.5 hours travel time. [1]: 72–75 Madrid is also home to the Madrid-Barajas Airport, the fourth largest airport in Europe.
Aeropuerto T4 ([aeɾoˈpweɾto te ˈkwatɾo], "Airport Terminal 4") is a station on Line 8 of Madrid Metro and Lines C-1 of Cercanías Madrid on the lower level of the new terminal T4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport. The metro station was opened on 3 May 2007 and the commuter rail station was opened on 22 September 2011; and presents the ...
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD) is the main international airport serving Madrid, the capital city of Spain. At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres; 30.5 km 2) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Line map. Line 8 of the Madrid Metro opened between Mar de Cristal and Campo de las Naciones (now Feria de Madrid) on 24 June 1998. An extension to Barajas via Madrid Airport was opened in 1999 and in 2002 an extension to Nuevos Ministerios and Colombia opened. Originally this line was a small-profile line, but in 2002 it became a large rolling ...
Line 2 of the Madrid Metro is a rapid transit line in Madrid.It runs through the city center between the Las Rosas and Cuatro Caminos stations, for a total of 20 stations (the Cuatro Caminos - La Elipa section with 60-metre platforms and the La Almudena - Las Rosas with 90-metre platforms), linked by 14.1 km of track in a narrow gauge tunnel, with a journey that lasts approximately 33 minutes.
Notably, Marcadet–Poissonniers is an interchange station consisting of the original Marcadet on Line 4 and the original Poissonniers on Line 12. In many instances, however, the practice of double naming was extended to other stations, usually because these stations are located at the intersection of streets carrying these names.
Madrid Atocha (Spanish: Estación de Madrid Atocha), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the oldest major railway station in Madrid.It is the largest station serving commuter trains (), regional trains from the south and southeast, intercity trains from Navarre, Cádiz and Huelva and La Rioja, and the AVE high speed trains from Girona, Tarragona and Barcelona (), Huesca ...