Costa Brava*
			Mirasierra
	*		Herrera Oria
			Barrio del Pilar
			Ventilla
			Plaza de Castilla
			Duque de Pastrana
			Pío XII
			Colombia
			Concha Espina
			Cruz del Rayo
			Avenida de América
			Núñez de Balboa
			Príncipe de Vergara
			Ibiza
			Sainz de Baranda
			Estrella
			Vinateros
			Artilleros
			Pavones
			Valdebernardo
			Vicálvaro
			San Cipriano
			Puerta de Arganda
B1			Rivas Urbanizaciones
			Rivas Futura
B2			Rivas Vaciamadrid
B3			La Poveda
			Arganda del Rey
			(*) In project

Line 9 of the Madrid Metro

Madrid Metro

The Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...

opened on 31 January 1980 between Sainz de Baranda and Pavones. Later it was extended from Avenida de América to Herrera Oria on 3 June 1983, however this section was separate from the original section until the missing part from Avenida de América to Sainz de Baranda was opened on 24 February 1986. On 1 December 1998, the line was extended from Pavones to Puerta de Arganda. This part of the way was decorated each station with just one colour walls, with the useful idea of knowing the station by one look, so the people that lives in this area have less probability of passing the station because of sleepy mood after long way home. As the innovation worked it was used in many of the new stations on the suburbs all over Madrid metro net. The colours can be useful for turist but is not symbolized by it in the map yet. After Pavones old style of stone walls you can see Valdebernardo(plastic yellow), Vicálvaro(plastic soft green), San Cipriano(plastic orange)and Puerta de Arganda (plastic pink). This área is known as the Vicálvaro district, and it is common also the outsiders mistake to think that Vicálvaro metro station is somehow connected to Vicálvaro railway station, but it isn´t true. Vicálvaro railway station is connected to Puerta de Arganda station. The reason is obvious for the locals:
Vicálvaro railway station is the historical railway for the town of Vicálvaro when it was not yet part of the city of Madrid. As town the railway station is ubicated far from downtown. When the city of Madrid grew and "covered" Vicálvaro,it was necessary to extend the Metro line, so Vicálvaro was the name choosed for the oldtown, and Puerta de Arganda (Door of Arganda) to the railway station,with the symbolic meaning of the beginning of the historical way of road-connection(ex-pedestrian way) between the ancestors of Vicálvaro and Arganda del Rey to give a symbolic legitimitation to the logic extension of the line. At Puerta de Arganda, an island platform was built, so passengers who required to use line 9B could do so by just crossing to the other side. Line 9B is the mostly service section from Puerta de Arganda to Arganda del Rey, which runs through mostly unpopulated areas connecting the three towns of Rivas, La Poveda and Arganda. The line runs with only two car trains and at longer intervals. The line in parts is very scenic, running through Spanish desert between the towns. Rivas Urbanizaciones and Arganda del Rey are underground with large island platforms, and Rivas Vaciamadrid and La Poveda are surface stations with side platforms. Line 9 has many plans for the future, however a station called Rivas Futura is the only one actually being built at this time. It is due to open in 2008 between Rivas Urbanizaciones and Rivas Vaciamadrid, this station will be a surface station. The proposed plans show the line should be extended north from Herrera Oria to Mirasierra, with a station called El Sacarel between. Also, between Puerta de Arganda and Rivas Urbanizaciones, there are three stations under planning. These stations shall be built when proposed building up of the current desert has finished, so a date for any of these stations is unknown. Line 9 uses mostly class 6000, however sometimes series 5000, 7000 and two series 8000 coupled together have been seen to run on this line.