Diego de León (Madrid Metro)

Madrid Metro station

Preceding station		Following station
Lista towards Argüelles	Line 4	Avenida de América towards Pinar de Chamartín
Ventas towards Alameda de Osuna	Line 5	Núñez de Balboa towards Casa de Campo
Manuel Becerra clockwise / outer	Line 6	Avenida de América anticlockwise / inner

Location
Diego de León Location within Madrid

Diego de León [ˈdjeɣo ðe leˈon] is a station on Line 4, Line 5, and Line 6 of the Madrid Metro, located at the intersections of Francisco Silvela, Diego de León, and Conde de Peñalver streets in the Salamanca district of Madrid. It is in Zone A.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The station is named after Diego de León street, which in turn is named after the 19th-century Spanish military and political figure Diego de León.

History

The station was inaugurated on 17 September 1932 as part of a branch line of Line 2 that ran from Diego de León to Goya, where it connected to the rest of Line 2. The branch was considered to be part of Line 2 until 1958, when it was transferred to Line 4.

In 1970, Line 5 was extended to Diego de León. The Line 5 platforms under Juan Bravo street were inaugurated on 26 February, and service began on 2 March.^[4]^[5]^[6] On 26 March 1973, Diego de León ceased to be a terminus station for Line 4 when the line was extended to Alfonso XIII. On 10 October 1979, the first stretch of Line 6 from Pacífico to Cuatro Caminos was inaugurated, including a stop at Diego de León.^[7]

References

^ "Línea 4". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Línea 5". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Línea 6 Circular". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Portada del ABC del día 26 February 1970" [ABC front page 26 February 1970]. ABC (in Spanish). 26 February 1970. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ "Viaje inaugural" [Inaugural trip]. ABC (in Spanish). 27 February 1970. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ "El Ministro de Obras Públicas inaugura la nueva línea del Metro Callao-Ventas" [Minister of Public Works inaugurates new Metro line Callao-Ventas]. ABC (in Spanish). 27 February 1970. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ "El Rey inauguró la nueva línea de Metro entre Pacífico y Cuatro Caminos" [King inaugurates new Metro line between Pacífico and Cuatro Caminos]. El País (in Spanish). 11 October 1979. Retrieved 7 March 2014.