HIGH-SPEED rail services between Spain's largest two cities and France have been snapped up by half a million passengers in less than nine months, reveals the transport board.
Madrid metro airport line open in time for Easter
14/04/2017
LINE 8 on Madrid's metro – the only one which leads directly to the airport – has reopened a week earlier than planned after two-and-a-half months of maintenance and renovation works.
Most of the construction involved improving facilities, upgrading the platform, replacing parts of the track and fixing ceiling leaks.
As a result, Line 8 can now travel faster and more safely.
Already the fastest route on Madrid's underground train network, Line 8 – which covers eight stations over 16.5 kilometres, from Nuevos Ministerios to Adolfo Suárez-Barajas airport terminal 4 – carries an average of 45,000 passengers a day, and Easter is one of its busiest times of the year.
Work was not originally due to finish until Easter Monday, April 18 – which is not a bank holiday in Madrid as Maundy Thursday is taken instead – but civil engineers upped the pace to ensure swift airport transport in time for the long holiday weekend.
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LINE 8 on Madrid's metro – the only one which leads directly to the airport – has reopened a week earlier than planned after two-and-a-half months of maintenance and renovation works.
Most of the construction involved improving facilities, upgrading the platform, replacing parts of the track and fixing ceiling leaks.
As a result, Line 8 can now travel faster and more safely.
Already the fastest route on Madrid's underground train network, Line 8 – which covers eight stations over 16.5 kilometres, from Nuevos Ministerios to Adolfo Suárez-Barajas airport terminal 4 – carries an average of 45,000 passengers a day, and Easter is one of its busiest times of the year.
Work was not originally due to finish until Easter Monday, April 18 – which is not a bank holiday in Madrid as Maundy Thursday is taken instead – but civil engineers upped the pace to ensure swift airport transport in time for the long holiday weekend.
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