Paco de Lucía		25-03-2015 Initially planned as Costa Brava, renamed in Feb. 2014 in honour of the famous Spanish guitarist Future interchange with Cercanías	View full panorama below!
	Mirasierra		28-03-2011
	Herrera Oria		03-06-1983
	Barrio del Pilar		03-06-1983
	Ventilla		03-06-1983
	Plaza de Castilla		03-06-1983
	Duque de Pastrana		03-06-1983
	Pío XII		03-06-1983
	Colombia		03-06-1983
	Concha Espina		03-06-1983
	Cruz del Rayo		03-06-1983
	Avenida de América		03-06-1983
	Núñez de Balboa		24-02-1986
	Príncipe de Vergara		24-02-1986 Most stations on the urban stretch of Line 9 resemble those on Line 6 which was built at the same time.
	Ibiza		24-02-1986
	Sainz de Baranda		31-01-1980
	Estrella		31-01-1980
	Vinateros		31-01-1980
	Artilleros		31-01-1980
	Pavones		31-01-1980
	Valdebernardo		01-12-1998
	Vicálvaro		01-12-1998
	San Cipriano		01-12-1998
	Puerta de Arganda		01-12-1998 At Puerta de Arganda all passengers have to change trains as the southern suburban stretch is operated with shorter trains at longer intervals.
	Rivas Urbanizaciones		07-04-1999
	Rivas Futura		11-07-2008
	Rivas Vaciamadrid		07-04-1999 - surface station
	La Poveda		07-04-1999 - surface station
	Arganda del Rey		07-04-1999

Special Features of Line 9:

Total length: 39 km - 28 stations (2011):

   Mirasierra - Puerta de Arganda - 21 km
   Puerta de Arganda - Arganda del Rey - 18 km

Large profile, deep level line with 110 m long platforms (6-car trains of class 5000 and 6000 in service) - 600 V dc

Line 9 is actually operated as two separate lines, the proper Line 9 from Paco de Lucía to Puerta de Arganda, and Line 9b from Puerta de Arganda to Arganda del Rey. The latter is operated with 3-car trains at longer intervals, so all passengers have to change at Puerta de Arganda. Line 9b runs almost entirely on the surface, through largely unpopulated areas, with underground stations at Rivas Urbanizaciones and Arganda del Rey.

From 1983 until 1986 the northern section from Herrara Oria to Avenida de América was operated as an isolated line labelled 9b.

The 2007-2011 expansion programme included a northern extension from Herrera Oria to Mirasierra and further north to Paco de Lucía (previously known as Costa Brava) where interchange will be provided to Cercanías; this extension took advantage of the existing access tracks to the Mirasierra metro depot.

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