Overview
- Metro de Madrid began planned 48-hour safety tests this weekend between Cuatro Caminos and Lucero with those stations acting as temporary termini and free replacement buses covering the closed section.
- The region has taken delivery of 42 new automatic trains that are undergoing overnight, no‑passenger trials on other lines as engineers validate controls before running on Line 6.
- Platform screen doors are installed across much of the tested section and will be synchronized with trains to reduce the platform gap to about three centimetres and improve boarding safety.
- The Comunidad de Madrid says automation aims to raise Line 6 capacity from roughly 400,000 to 730,000 daily passengers and to allow frequencies near one train every two minutes, with a target to start automated service in Q1 2027.
- Officials say the transformation was negotiated with Metro staff to avoid layoffs and that further weekend tests through year‑end will determine whether the planned 24‑hour weekend operation and timetable can be approved.