Nuevos Ministerios Station

Nuevos Ministerios is a large rail transport interchange for the Madrid Metro and Cercanías located under the Nuevos Ministerios near the AZCA financial complex, at the crossroads of Paseo de la Castellana, Joaquín Costa street and Raimundo Fernández Villaverde street, on the border between the districts of Tetuán, Chamberí and Chamartín in Madrid (Spain).

Its fare corresponds to zone A according to the Madrid Regional Transport Consortium, although it belongs to zone 0 according to the zoning of Cercanías Madrid.

Railway situation

The station, which is located at an altitude of 656 meters, is part of the routes of the following railway lines:

• Iberian width line Madrid-Valencia, kilometric point 5,0.
• Iberian wide line Atocha-Chamartín, kilometric point 4,4.

History

The railway station, currently belonging to the Renfe Operadora Madrid Cercanías network, was inaugurated in 1967 as part of the so-called Laughter Tunnel. It would take 12 years for the Madrid Metro to arrive here, when the line 6 station with the same name was built. Subsequently, new Metro stations for lines 8 and 10 were added. Line 6 station was renovated in the platform area, replacing marble walls with white stained glass.

Therefore, today the Nuevos Ministerios station provides transfers between three Metro lines and another seven of Cercanías Madrid, to which must be added some Media Distancia lines of Renfe Operadora. Direct access to the Madrid-Barajas airport is provided via Metro line 8 and also has a billing terminal, which operated until the opening of the new Terminal 4 (T4), at which time this service was no longer provided. despite the fact that the trains arrive at the new terminal since May 3, 2007. Since 2011 the service provided by line 8 is complemented by the Cercanías C-1 line between Príncipe Pío and T4.

Commuter station

Since its inauguration on July 18, 1967, the Nuevos Ministerios station has gone from being a simple halt to a large station with a large influx of passengers, due to its strategic location in the city of Madrid. Currently, it has six platforms where Madrid Cercanías trains have a stop corresponding to lines C-1, C-2, C-3, C-3a, C-4, C-7, C-8 and C-10.

The platforms are divided into two parts. On the one hand, there are four platforms with four tracks (two central platforms and two lateral ones) where the trains that circulate through the old tunnel of laughter pass, corresponding to lines C-1, C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10. On the other, in parallel and a few meters to the west, there are two platforms with two tracks where the trains that circulate through the so-called new tunnel of laughter pass since July 9, 2008, corresponding to lines C- 3, C-3a and C-4.

Metro Station

The history of the arrival of the Madrid Metro at this station begins in 1979 with the opening of the first section of line 6 between Cuatro Caminos and Pacífico, with the accesses to the Shopping Center, Calle Orense and Calle Agustín de Betancourt. The connection between the Cercanías station and the Metro line 6 station is made through long corridors.

Tube in Po Castellana.

Later, on June 10, 1982, the then line 8 between Fuencarral and Nuevos Ministerios was opened, connected to line 6 by a long corridor and with two entrances on Paseo de la Castellana.

In 1986, the then line 8 was extended to Avenida de América, a section that was closed ten years later to carry out the junction of line 10 and the old line 8, inaugurating said junction on January 22, 1998, the year in which the Nuevos Ministerios-Fuencarral line became part of line 10, being called line 10 (Aluche-Fuencarral). The architecture of the station was not substantially modified, only some metal projections were added to the platforms of line 10 to temporarily adapt it to the circulation of narrow gauge trains. More or less at the same time, a new access for the commuter station was created next to the Shopping Center and the AZCA

Already at the beginning of the XXI century, in 2001, the station suffered prolonged closures for its comprehensive reform in the area of Line 10, where the metal projections were removed when the circulation of wide-gauge trains (Ansaldo-Breda 7000 series) was recovered, at the commuter station, where the southern access was modified to make room for the extension of the new line 8 and a lobby with billing terminals. In 2002 the extension of line 8 was inaugurated and with it the new underground interchange decorated with white glass. The extension of the entrance hall to lines 8, 10 and Cercanías Madrid is such that it has been used on numerous occasions for exhibitions and shows.

From July 30 to September 9, 2022, the Sainz de Baranda - Nuevos Ministerios section of metro line 6 was cut off due to works, so this station acted as the gateway. In its place, there was a special bus service free of charge for the traveler and with a stop near the affected stations. Service on lines 8 and 10 was not affected.

Entrance to the Station

Access in C/ Agustín de Betancourt, 25.

It's near the Recoletos tunnel.

Accesses

Ourense Lobby

• Augustine of Bethancourt C/ Agustin de Bethancourt, 25. Access to Line 6 platforms
• Orense C/ Orense, 2. Access to Line 6 platforms

AZCA Lobby (Metro-Cercanías Renfe common) Open from 6:00 to 0:30

• Commercial Centre Entrance to El Corte Inglés
• Elevator no. 1 Entrance to El Corte Inglés
• Elevator no 2 Entrance to El Corte Inglés
• Raimundo Fernández Villaverde C/ Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, s/n (esquina Po de la Castellana). Level -1, limit between Metro and Renfe accesses
• AZCA Po de la Castellana, 67

Paseo de la Castellana Lobby (Common Metro-Cercanías Renfe)

• Po de la Castellana, impares Open from 6:00 to 0:30 Po de la Castellana (esquina C/ Raimundo Fernández Villaverde)
• Po de la Castellana, pares Po de la Castellana, 110 (esquina C/ Joaquín Costa)
• Po de la Castellana, impares (bulevar) Po de la Castellana, 67 (in the boulevard)
• Po de la Castellana, pares Po de la Castellana, 100
• Elevator no. 5 Paseo de la Castellana, 67 (in the boulevard)
• Elevator no. 6 Paseo de la Castellana, 100
• Ministries Open from 6:00 to 0:30 Po de la Castellana, 65 (against the New Ministries). Level -2 of RENFE Distributor

Lines and connections

Commuters

Station service lines

provenance/destiny	► station	Line	station oriented	destination/procedurement
Airport T4	Chamartín		Collections	Prince Pio
Chamartín				Guadalajara
			Sun	Aranjuez
Santa María de la Alameda-Peguerinos The Escorial
Alcobendas - S.S. de los Reyes				Parla
Old Colmenar
Prince Pio			Collections	Alcalá de Henares
Cercedilla				Guadalajara
Airport T4				Villalba

Distribution of tracks

via	lines / destinations
1	Chamartín
	Chamartin - Las Rozas - Prince Pio
	Chamartín - Villalba - Cercedilla - Segovia
2	- Atocha-Cercanías - Alcalá de Henares - Guadalajara
	Recollects - Atocha-Cercanías - Alcalá de Henares
	- Atocha-Cercanías - Alcalá de Henares - Guadalajara
3	Chamartín - Fuente de la Mora - T4 Airport
	Chamartín - Fuente de la Mora - T4 Airport
4	- Atocha-Cercanías - Prince Pio
	Recollects - Atocha-Cercanías - Prince Pio - Las Rozas - Villalba
6	Chamartín
	Chamartín - El Escorial
	Chamartin - Alcobendas S.S. Reyes / Colmenar Viejo
8	Sol - Atocha-Cercanías - Aranjuez
	Sol - Atocha-Cercanías - Aranjuez
	Sun - Atocha-Cercanías - Parla

Subway

Metro lines serving at the station

;	► station	line	station oriented	header 
circular	Four Ways		Argentina	circular
end line			Colombia	Airport T4
Infanta Sofia Hospital Train change in Tres Olivos	Santiago Bernabéu		Gregorio Marañón	South Gate

Buses

Several bus lines pass through the area around the station during the day and night. One of them has its head in Nuevos Ministerios under the Raimundo Fernández de Villaverde and Joaquín Costa bridge with Paseo de la Castellana and the rest pass through the Paseo de la Castellana itself or through the streets of Raimundo Fernández de Villaverde and Joaquín Costa.

Urban buses

Diurnos
Buses with header in Nuevos Ministerios
Line	Destination	Stop.
126	Barrio del Pilar Via Dehesa de la Villa	3570 NEW MINISTERIA (Under bridge C/ Raimundo Fdez. Villaverde)
Internship buses in Nuevos Ministerios
Line	Destination	Stop.
7	Plaza de Alonso Martínez	49 NEW MINISTERIAS-CERCANIES (Po Castellana facing No. 110)
14	Plaza del Conde de Casal
40	Court
147	Plaza del Callao
150	Sol / Sevilla
7	Manoteras	52 NEW MINISTERIAS-CERCANIES (Po Castellana, 96)
14	Avenida de Pío XII
27	Plaza de Castilla
40	Alfonso XIII
147	Barrio del Pilar via Plaza de Castilla
150	Colonia Virgen del Cortijo
5	Sol / Sevilla	1903 NEW MINISTERIA (C/Orense)
149	Court
C1	Circular 1 (105 Ambassadors)	2696 NEW MINISTERIA (C/ Raimundo Fdez. Villaverde-Po Castellana)
C2	Circular 2 ( Four Ways)	2697 NEW MINISTERIA (C/ Raimundo Fdez. Villaverde-Po Castellana)
27	Balloon of Ambassadors	5613 NEW MINISTERIAS (Po Castellana, 67)
Nocturnos
Internship buses in Nuevos Ministerios
Line	Destination	Stop.
N22	Plaza de Cibeles	49 NEW MINISTERIAS-CERCANIES (Po Castellana facing No. 110)
N24
N22	Barrio del Pilar	52 NEW MINISTERIAS-CERCANIES (Po Castellana, 96)
N24	The Tables