confirmed the day it will be fully operational again

This is the message that you can read on the Madrid Metro website by inquiring about work on line 6being the second phase, since the section between Moncloa and Méndez Álvaro was already closed between May and September for the same reason.

With this information, it is confirmed that the official reopening of the capital’s circular metro was scheduled for December 31 this year. But, as the community’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced last week, The complete reopening of line 6 will take place earlier than expected.

Since the removal of this section, an extraordinary bus service has been set up to ensure connections between the lines concerned, which are University City, Vicente Aleixandre, Guzmán el Bueno, Cuatro Caminos, Nuevos Ministerios, Argentine Republic, Avenida de America, Diego de León, Manuel Becerra, O’Donnell, Sainz de Baranda, Conde de Casal, Pacífico, Méndez Álvaro and Arganzuela-Planetario.

But still, the earlier reopening than announced at the start of the work This is good news for manysince this bus service entails more trips and waiting times, in addition to the fact that many also modify their routes, lengthening the journeys necessary to reach the desired station.

Reopening date for line 6 of the Madrid metro

Thus, following the words spoken by Ayuso during his speech to the Madrid Assembly on December 11, Madrid Metro Line 6 fully reopens on December 20, 2025SATURDAY. It is worth remembering that, until then, you can continue to consult on sites such as Moovit the best alternative routes depending on your origin and destination to travel by public transport.

The president of the Community celebrated it, indicating that this advance in reopening will allow a better and greater service to Madrid residents and tourists “throughout Christmas”as reported by Servimedia. From the social networks of the Madrid Metro they also announced the official date of reopening of the Circular:

According to the metro website, this work will serve to improve “the user experience by increasing comfort and reducing traffic incidents; they are part of the automation process of the suburban L6, which will become in 2027 the first with automatic driving on the entire network to increase the capacity and frequency of a service that around 430,000 people use daily.

The installation of the platform doors will result in the end of the L6 service at 11:00 p.m. Sunday to Thursday starting January 7, offering free buses

In addition, they indicate that the automatic doors they want to install on the platforms of this line will begin to be assembled from next January and they add:

“These elements, which will be present in the 28 stations, will be implemented at night and without affecting the normal operation of L6 for most of the day. And since January 7, The end of the service is brought forward to 11:00 p.m., from Sunday to Thursday, while on Fridays and Saturdays it maintains the usual schedule.coinciding with the most requested sections. During this period, as happened in the two phases in which the entire Circular did not remain operational, the metropolitan company will guarantee the mobility of travelers who use the line in this band with free buses that will travel on the surface between 11 p.m. and 11 p.m. and 1h30“.