Public transport timetables in Madrid (from metro to buses) will undergo important changes during the New Year’s Eve (December 30 and 31) and New Year’s Eve (January 1) festivities, as already happened during the most important dates of Christmas last week.
As happens every year, the suburban network and the bus fleet of the Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT), but also the interchanges and some BiciMad stations, will be subject to measures such as reduced schedules.
There will also be changes in frequencies and special service lines. Below, we have compiled all the information you should have at hand to move around the capital by public transport during these days.
Metro de Madrid Timetables on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve
As is customary at this time of year, in view of the large number of passengers expected on the occasion of the pre-New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve chimes, Sol metro station will be closed on December 30 and 31 from 6 p.m. until the end of the service.
The following day, on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2026), the service will be resumed throughout the network at 7 am. It is also worth remembering that until January 6th a special reinforcement device will be active on the metro between 10 am and 11 pm.
This will increase the frequency on the six busiest suburban lines: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and L10.
Bus timetables in Madrid on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve.
In general terms,municipal buses also reinforce their service until January 7 on 23 lines (1, 2, 6, 9, 17, 18, 20, 23, 23, 31, 32, 35, 50, 51, 53, 74, 133, 146, 147, 148, 150 and M1) on working days between 15h and 21h. Lines 001 and E1 do the same between 9 am and 10 pm.
On New Year’s Eve (December 31) most of the municipal lines will make their last departures from the head end between 9:30 pm and 9:45 pm, while on New Year’s Eve (January 1) the daytime service will start between 7:15 am and 8:45 am, depending on the line and the head end, except for special lines and routes to cemeteries.
As for the night service -from N1 to N26-, it will start at 22:30h from Cibeles and will operate until 7:00h on January 1st. Lines N28 and N31 will start the service from Moncloa at 22:50h and will run their last route at 7h from the same head of the line.
Express Line to the Airport
The last daytime journey will be on December 31 at 21:30 from T4 and at 21:45 from Atocha. The night shift will start at 22:30h from both terminals and will end at 7h. Its frequency will vary between 35 and 45 minutes.
On January 1st, daytime service will resume at 7:40 am from both terminals.
University lines
Lines E, F, G and U suspend service until January 7, 2026, inclusive. On the other hand, lines A and H operate during this Christmas period (not school) with a reduced timetable on working days:
- Line A (Moncloa-Campus de Somosaguas). Every 25-30 minutes from the beginning of the service until 19h and every 45 minutes from 19h until the end of the service.
- Line H (Aluche-S Somosaguas Campus). Every 25-30 minutes from the beginning of the service until 18h and every 45 minutes from 18h until the end of the service.
Line 180 and special services
Line 180 suspends its service until January 7th. From January 8 it will return to its usual route between Legazpi and El Pozo station. Regarding the special services due to the works on the A-5, the following timetables are established:
- SE 866 (Batán-Lucero) and SE 898 (Plaza Elíptica-Cuatro Vientos): both services will end at 20:45h on Christmas Eve and at 21:45h on New Year’s Eve. On December 25th and January 1st, both services will start at 7:40h.
If you need to know the situation line by line of each EMT bus in real time, you can consult this link.
Metro and bus timetables at the interchanges for Christmas.
The changes in the interchanges of Moncloa, Príncipe Pío, Plaza de Castilla and Avenida de América will not affect the EMT Madrid service. In addition, at the Plaza Elíptica interchange, the planned early closure on December 31 will not affect the last departures.
However, on January 1, the interchange will open at 8 am, so the departures of line 155 scheduled before that time will be made from the Via Lusitana stop.
Closure of BiciMad stations
Until January 6 the following BiciMad stations will not provide service:
- Calle Mayor, 6 (station 1)
- Plaza de Celenque, 1 (stations 25A and 25B)
- Calle Mayor, 16 (station 31)
- Plaza de la Provincia (station 32)
- Calle de Carretas, 3 (station 33)
- Plaza de Jacinto Benavente (station 34)
- Calle de la Abada, 2 (station 56)
- Calle de las Tres Cruces, 7 (station 210)