Príncipe Pío (Madrid Metro)

Príncipe Pío
Madrid Metro station
Lines 6 and 10 platforms, Príncipe Pío
Location	Moncloa-Aravaca, Madrid Spain
Coordinates	40°25′16″N 3°43′13″W / 40.4210681°N 3.7203687°W / 40.4210681; -3.7203687Coordinates: 40°25′16″N 3°43′13″W / 40.4210681°N 3.7203687°W / 40.4210681; -3.7203687
Owned by	CRTM
Operated by	CRTM
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	27 December 1925 (1925-12-27)
Services
Preceding station   Madrid Metro   Following station Argüelles clockwise / outer Line 6 Puerta del Ángel anticlockwise / inner Plaza de España toward Hospital Infanta Sofía Line 10 Lago toward Puerta del Sur Ópera Terminus Ramal Terminus   Out of system interchange   Preceding station   Cercanías Madrid   Following station Terminus C-1 Pirámides toward Aeropuerto T4 Aravaca toward Alcalá de Henares C-7 Pirámides toward Fuente de la Mora Aravaca toward Villalba C-10 Pirámides toward Aeropuerto T4
Location
Príncipe Pío Location within Madrid

Príncipe Pío station is a Madrid Metro and Cercanías station in Madrid city center. It was opened on December 27, 1925 and is one of the busiest stations on the Madrid Metro and Cercanías systems.

It has three levels. The highest level is elevated, used by Cercanías trains and has an island platform. The middle level is partially underground, used by Madrid Metro lines 6 and 10 trains and has a dual-island platform and four tracks in a cross-platform interchange. Line 6 trains use the two inner tracks while Line 10 trains use the two outer tracks. The lowest level is used by Line R trains. It has two side platforms and both of them are used by trains to and from Ópera station.

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