Valdebernardo is a station on line 9 of

Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its gro ...

which runs under Indalecio Prieto Boulevard, in the Vicálvaro district of Madrid district, serving the

Valdebernardo Valdebernardo is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Vicálvaro. It was formally constituted as independent entity in 2017, after the administrative reorganization of the district carried out by the ...

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

''. It is located in fare Zone A. The station opened its doors on 1 December 1998. The project leaders rejected the original name "Lucio de Mingo" (a war hero to some) because of possible conflicts. Valdebernardo, the name eventually chosen, translates to "Bernardo's Valley" and refers to the Barcelonian Bernardo Gomez, ancestor of the landlord. Metro Valdebernardo is special in the way its exits are located at the end of the spacious platforms and not, as is usual for most single-line stations, in hallways that branch off to the sides. Due to the station having been built underneath a green strip in the middle of the central road of the neighbourhood, it also has skylights.

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Line 9 (Madrid Metro) stations Buildings and structures in Vicálvaro District, Madrid Railway stations in Spain opened in 1998 {{Madrid-metro-stub