Sainz de Baranda (Madrid Metro)

Sainz de Baranda is a station on Line 6 and Line 9 of the Madrid Metro, located at the intersection of Doctor Esquerdo and Alcalde Sainz de Baranda streets in the Retiro district in Madrid, Spain. It is located in fare Zone A.[1][2] The station is named after the street, which in turn is named after the first mayor of Madrid, Pedro Sainz de Baranda.

Sainz de Baranda
Madrid Metro station
Sainz de Baranda station entrance
LocationRetiro, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates40.4150675°N 3.6695171°W / 40.4150675; -3.6695171
Owned byCRTM
Operated byCRTM
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
Opened11 October 1979 (1979-10-11)
Services
Preceding station   Madrid Metro   Following station
clockwise / outer
Line 6
anticlockwise / inner
Line 9
Location
Sainz de Baranda
Location within Madrid

The station opened on 10 October 1979 when the first section of Line 6 was inaugurated.[3] On 31 January 1980, the first section of Line 9 was opened from Pavones to Sainz de Baranda, where it connected to the rest of the Madrid Metro network.[4][5] It ceased to be a terminus station when Line 9 was extended to Avenida de América on 24 February 1986.[6][7]

References
  1. "Línea 6 Circular". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. "Línea 9". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. "El Rey inauguró la nueva línea de Metro entre Pacífico y Cuatro Caminos" [King inaugurates new Metro line between Pacífico and Cuatro Caminos]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 11 October 1979. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. "Moratalaz inaugura hoy su metro" [Mortalaz inaugurates its metro today]. ABC (in Spanish). 30 January 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. "Moratalaz festeja la llegada del Metro" [Mortalaz celebrates Metro's arrival]. El País (in Spanish). 31 January 1980. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. "La nueva 9" [The new 9]. ABC (Press release) (in Spanish). 23 February 1986. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  7. "Inaugurado el tramo del 'metro' que completa la línea 9" [New 'metro' stretch inaugurated, completing line 9]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 1986. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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