Madrid plans {EUR}215m Metro extension and new BRT

摘要

Madrid is to invest {EUR}215m in extending its Metro in the northeast of the city and introducing a new bus rapid transit (BRT) system. The Metro project, planned to be open in the middle of next year, takes the lion's share of the cash - {EUR}200m - and was included in the Community of Madrid's Reactivation Plan submitted by regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso last May. The city is to build three new Metro stations as part of the 4.5km extension from Feria de Madrid station on line 8 to Valdebebas. The first is next to the current Cercanias station and will be an interchange with the city's EMT buses and the new BRT, which will run on a 3.6km route with new electric buses and reserved fast lanes.