Nuevos Ministerios		21-05-2002 - Nuevos Ministerios station lies above the Line 10 station and on the same level as Cercanías, under Paseo de la Castellana. - The huge station complex houses check-in desks for some airlines
	Colombia		21-05-2002
	Pinar del Rey		15-01-2007 - station added on the existing line
	Mar de Cristal		24-06-1998
	Feria de Madrid		24-06-1998 - this station serves the Madrid Fairgrounds (Feria de Madrid) and the Palacio de Congresos - until June 2017 "Campo de las Naciones"
	Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3		14-06-1999 - Aeropuerto station is located near Terminal 2 and also serves T1 and T3
	Barajas		07-09-1999 - Barajas station serves the village of that name, next to the airport.
	Aeropuerto T4		03-05-2007 - this station had already been completed in early 2006 when the new airport terminal opened. Adjacent to it was a platform ready to accommodate a Renfe Cercanías station, which was eventually brought into service in Sept. 2011.

Special Features of Line 8:

Total length: ~16 km, 8 stations

Large profile line with 110 m long platforms (initially 3-car trains of class 8000 in service, later extended to 4 cars). Line 8 was initially operated with small-profile rolling stock.

1500 V dc

Airport Express Metro

On 21 May 2002, a 5.9 km stretch opened from Mar de Cristal towards Colombia (L-9) and Nuevos Ministerios (transfer to L-6, L-10 and Cercanías). Construction of the extension began in March 2000 and was partly carried out with tunneling machines (Mar de Cristal - Colombia) and by the classical Madrid method for the section Colombia - Nuevos Ministerios. At the latter station, situated in the business district of Madrid under Paseo de la Castellana, an airport check-in terminal was built. From Nuevos Ministerios the airport can be reached in 12 minutes.

At a later date another station may be added between Pinar del Rey and Colombia (under Arturo Soria Street) to create a transfer station to L-11 which will reach Chamartín one day in the future.

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