Avenida de América (Avenue of the Americas) is a
multimodal station in
Madrid
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,
Spain
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that services
Madrid Metro
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Line 4,
Line 6,
Line 7, and
Line 9, as well as
city buses and
intercity and long-distance coaches. Between 1986 and 1996, it also served
Line 8. The station is located below the intersections of Avenida de América and Francisco Silvela and Príncipe de Vergara streets. The station consists of several underground levels, with the bus terminal located in the upper three and the Metro station located in the lower four. It serves the neighborhood of
Prosperidad
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and
El Viso
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It is next to Belalcázar, Hinojosa del Duque, Villaralto
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in
Chamartín district and
La Guindalera in
Salamanca district
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. It is about 15 minutes from
Madrid Barajas Airport and 10 minutes from the city centre of Madrid.
History
Madrid Metro station
The station was inaugurated on 26 March 1973 when Line 4 was extended from
Diego de León to
Alfonso XIII
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. The metro station was built from the start to service four Metro lines, and each platform was opened to the public when the corresponding line went into service. The Line 4 platforms are the shallowest in the Metro station, located at the fourth level below the street and aligned with Francisco Silvela street.
On 17 March 1975, Line 7 was extended to Avenida de América. The Line 7 platforms are the second shallowest in the Metro station, and are arranged in a
Spanish solution
In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution is a station layout with two railway platforms, one on each side of the track, which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting.
Description
This platform arrangement allo ...
layout with one central platform and two side platforms.
Four years later, on 10 October 1979, the Line 6 platforms entered service when the first stretch of Line 6 was inaugurated between
Pacífico and
Cuatro Caminos.
Like the Line 7 platforms, it features a central platform and side platforms.
Another four years later, on 30 December 1983, a segment of Line 9 known as Line 9B was built, connecting Avenida de América to
Plaza de Castilla
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Location
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. This segment was not connected to the rest of Line 9 until 24 February 1986, when the stretch from Avenida de América to
Sainz de Baranda was built. The Line 9 platforms are the deepest in the station.
On 23 December 1986, service on the old
Line 8 began between Avenida de América and
Nuevos Ministerios
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using the existing Line 7 tunnel, so that each line used one track. When Line 8 and
Line 10 were merged in 1996, Line 8 service ended at Avenida de América, and in 1998 Line 7 resumed the use of both tracks.
In recent years, the Line 6 and Line 4 platforms have undergone renovations. The Line 7 platforms were temporarily closed during September 2006 in order to replace the
catenaries.
Bus terminal
At the end of the 1990s, a three-level underground bus station was built above the metro station in the area previously used the Metro station vestibule. The station, which was the second underground bus station to be built in Madrid, was completed in 2000. It services city buses as well as interurban and long-distance coaches, and it houses stores and a parking garage.
Between 2009 and 2014, the second level of the bus station underwent renovations.
Station layout
References
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Madrid Metro stations located underground
Line 4 (Madrid Metro) stations
Line 6 (Madrid Metro) stations
Line 7 (Madrid Metro) stations
Line 9 (Madrid Metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1973
1973 establishments in Spain
Bus stations in Spain