Paco de Lucía (Madrid Metro)

Paco de Lucía
Entrance
General information
LocationFuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates40°29′58″N 3°42′33″W / 40.4995522°N 3.709039°W / 40.4995522; -3.709039
SystemMadrid Metro station
Owned byCRTM
Operated byCRTM
Construction
Accessibleyes
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
Opened25 March 2015 (2015-03-25)
Services
Preceding station Madrid Metro Following station
Terminus Line 9 Mirasierra
Out of system interchange
Preceding station Cercanías Madrid Following station
Pitis
towards Chamartín
C-3 Ramon y Cajal
towards Aranjuez
Pitis C-7 Ramon y Cajal
Pitis
towards Cercedilla
C-8 Ramon y Cajal
towards Guadalajara
Location
Paco de Lucía
Location within Madrid

Paco de Lucía [ˈpako ðe luˈθi.a] station completes the extension of Line 9 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone A[1] and serves around 50.000 potential new users. It opened on 25 March 2015,[2] becoming the 301st station in the Metro Madrid network at the time. While the station was originally to be named Costa Brava, it was ultimately named after the Spanish musician and guitarist Paco de Lucía (1947–2014), a former resident of the district in which the station is located, who died in 2014.[3]

The new station also has a special feature that makes it unique in Spain with it being the first Metro station decorated with street art, specifically a great 300-square metre mural showing the face of the man it was named after. Street artists Okuda and Rosh333, in collaboration with architect Antonyo Marest and under the supervision of the Madrid Street Art Project, created the impressive work of art, which presides over the forecourt of the station.[4]

The homonymous Cercanías Madrid station, built by Adif above the Metro station, was inaugurated on 5 February 2018.[5] It allows connection with lines C-3, C-7 and C-8.

References

  1. ^ "Línea 9". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ Barroso, F. Javier (26 March 2015). "Metro abre la estación de Paco de Lucía en el barrio de Mirasierra" (in Spanish). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Paco de Lucía dará nombre a una estación de Metro". europapress.es (in Spanish). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ Morato, Luis. "Paco de Lucía Metro Station". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  5. ^ "La estación de Cercanías Mirasierra-Paco de Lucía, en servicio desde este martes". telemadrid.es (in Spanish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.