Madrid Metro Line 5
From Alameda de Osuna to Casa de Campo, north-east to south-west via Alcalá, the centre and Carabanchel: 32 stations.
About Line 5
With 32 stations, Line 5 crosses Madrid diagonally. In the north-east it runs along Calle de Alcalá; in the south-west, along General Ricardos, through Carabanchel and Aluche. Between Alonso Martínez and Acacias it runs deeper than other lines because it passes under buildings rather than following the streets above, and between Eugenia de Montijo and Empalme it runs in the open air.
You can change to Line 1 at Gran Vía, Line 3 at Callao, Line 2 and the Ramal at Ópera, Line 9 at Núñez de Balboa, Line 7 at Pueblo Nuevo, the circular line at Oporto and Diego de León, and Line 10 at Casa de Campo, where both lines have their terminus. There are Cercanías commuter-rail connections at Aluche and Pirámides.
Length: the sum of the distances between consecutive stations published by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM) in its open data (network routes, updated on 29 May 2026), in one direction and counting every section of the line. It measures from the first station to the last, without the track that continues beyond the termini, so other published figures for the length of the line may be higher. Neither Metro de Madrid nor the CRTM publishes an official length for each line.
Stations on Line 5
32 stations, 10 of them with an interchange to another line (marked with a ring and the colours of the other lines).
Alameda de Osuna – Casa de Campo
Main route, 32 stations
History
The line was assembled from pieces of others. The Carabanchel–Campamento section opened on 4 February 1961 as part of the Carabanchel suburban railway (Ferrocarril Suburbano de Carabanchel), and the Ventas–Ciudad Lineal section on 28 May 1964 as part of Line 2. Line 5 proper opened on 5 June 1968 between Callao and Carabanchel, already with 90 m platforms, and on 26 February 1970 it was joined via Ventas to the Ciudad Lineal section.
In October 1977 it took over the Aluche–Carabanchel section, and on 18 January 1980 it reached Canillejas along Calle de Alcalá. Eugenia de Montijo opened on 27 October 1999, and on 22 October 2002 the section to Casa de Campo was added, a new terminus shared with Line 10. On 24 November 2006 it reached Alameda de Osuna along the Vía de la Gasolina, the old railway link that supplied fuel to the airport.
In summer 2017 it closed for two months to install rigid catenary and new signalling. Work to extend it 1.7 km further to Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 began on 19 May 2025, with opening planned for 2028.
Hours and frequency
Monday to Friday the interval is 3 to 4 minutes between 7:30 and 9:30 and 4.5 to 5.5 for most of the day. On Saturdays there is a train every 6 or 7 minutes from 11:00, and on Sundays and public holidays every 5.5 to 6.5. From 22:00 the interval is 7.5 minutes; after midnight, 15 Sunday to Thursday and 10 on Fridays and Saturdays. At Casa de Campo, Line 5 arrives at a central platform between the two platforms of Line 10.
The trains
From 1968 the line used the 1000 series, which made its last run in July 2002; the 300 series ran from 1997 to 2002. The 2000A series arrived in the late eighties and the 2000B in 1997. On 13 June 2018 the 3000 series joined, with 12 units adapted to dual voltage that replaced most of the 2000A trains. Today the 2000 and 3000 series are in service; the 2000A units only run as extra trains.
Frequently asked questions
The stretch between Eugenia de MontijoES and Empalme. It was part of the old Carabanchel suburban railway, opened in 1961 and handed over to Line 5 in stages between 1977 and 2002. To open Eugenia de Montijo in 1999, service between Aluche and Carabanchel had to be suspended for more than a year.
Work to extend it from Alameda de OsunaES to Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3, where it will connect with Line 8, began on 19 May 2025. The extension is 1.7 km long with a budget of €181 million, and opening is planned for 2028.
Between Alonso Martínez and Acacias its tunnel rarely follows the streets above and passes under buildings, where for safety and space reasons it has to run deeper. The designers also wanted to avoid overlapping with the other lines at the interchanges.