Sainz de Baranda | |
Symbol Location: | madrid |
Symbol: | metro |
Type: | Madrid Metro station |
Address: | Retiro, Madrid |
Country: | Spain |
Coordinates: | 40.4151°N -3.6695°W |
Map Type: | Spain Madrid |
Owned: | CRTM |
Operator: | CRTM |
Line: | 9 |
Accessible: | yes |
Zone: | A |
Sainz de Baranda pronounced as /es/ 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, .
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]