Puerta del Ángel (Madrid Metro)
Puerta del Ángel (Angel's Gate) is a station on Line 6, located beneath the Paseo de Extremadura near the Puente de Segovia (Bridge of Segovia) in the district of Latina. It is located in fare Zone A.[1] The station is named after the Puerta del Ángel neighborhood, which is in turn named after a former access gate to the Casa de Campo park.
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Location | Latina, Madrid Spain | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.4138996°N 3.7272354°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | CRTM | ||||||||||
Operated by | CRTM | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | A | ||||||||||
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Opened | 10 May 1995 | ||||||||||
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Puerta del Ángel Location within Madrid |
History
The station opened to the public on 10 May 1995 when the Line 6 segment between Laguna and Ciudad Universitaria was opened, converting the line into a circular route.[2][3]
On 10 April 2006, two maintenance trains collided in the station, causing two deaths and two injuries.
Between 4 July 2015 and 13 September 2015, Puerta del Ángel functioned as a temporary terminus for Line 6 when the line was closed between Puerta del Ángel and Oporto for maintenance.[4]
References
- "Línea 6 Circular". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Lucía Enguita Mayo (11 May 1995). "Madrid estrena la línea redonda del metro" [Madrid debuts round metro line]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- Mercedes Contreras (11 May 1995). "Abiertas las 27 estaciones sin fin del Metro circular" [The 27 stations of the endless circular Metro are open]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- "El tramo de la línea 6 de Metro entre Puerta del Angel y Oporto reabre este domingo" [Metro Line 6 between Puerta del Ángel and Oporto to reopen this Sunday]. Telemadrid (in Spanish). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2018.