Starting this Friday, July 25, coinciding with the start of the long weekend for the feast of St. James the Apostle, Metro line 7 will be subject to cuts until next Tuesday, July 29. The reason? Some re-signaling works.
The works will take place in the section between Barrio de la Concepción and Canal stations, leaving the following stations without service:
- Parque de las Avenidas.
- Cartagena.
- Avenida de América. It will maintain the service of lines 4, 6 and 9.
- Gregorio Marañón. Will maintain the service of line 10.
- Alonso Cano.
Metro line 7 will continue to provide service between Canal and Pitis stations, and between Barrio de la Concepción and Estadio Metropolitano-Barrio del Puerto stations.
Free EMT substitute service
As an alternative to the cuts on Metro Line 7, the Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid (CRTM), in collaboration with Metro, the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) and the Madrid City Council has designed a special device of alternative bus transport.
It is totally free of charge and will reinforce the urban lines in the area (as is the case of line 12 between Cristo Rey and Marqués de Zafra), covering on the surface the routes between Barrio de la Concepción and Canal stations.
Bus itinerary
- Direction Barrio de la Concepción-Canal: Virgen del Val, Torrelaguna Street, Badajoz Avenue, La Paz Bridge, Bristol, Guindalera Avenue, Camilo José Cela Avenue, America Avenue, María de Molina, Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo del General Martínez Campos, Alonso Cano, Ríos Rosas, Bravo Murillo and José Abascal to its terminus.
- Direction Canal-Barrio de la Concepción: José Abascal, María de Molina street, Avenida de América, Avenida de la Guindalera, Bristol, Puente de la Paz, Avenida de Badajoz, Martínez Villergas and Virgen del Val, to its terminus.
You can consult the map with the route in this link.
Frequency and timetables
The frequency of buses will be 6 minutes on July 25, 26 and 27 and 5 minutes on July 28 and 29, 2025 in the following schedule:
- First services at 6:05 am.
- Last services at 1:49 hours from Barrio de la Concepción and at 1:54 hours from Canal.
On weekdays up to 14 buses per hour and Saturdays and holidays up to a total of ten buses per hour, according to the Madrid City Council.
Cuts also in Cercanías (suburban trains)
The Madrid suburban is not the only means of transport that will be affected this summer: the works in Cercanías Madrid, which began last July 2 and will last until August 30, affect the following lines to different degrees:
- C-5
- C-10
- C-3
- C-4
You can consult the details about the total and partial closures, as well as the alternatives for getting around, in this article.