98-581: Line 12 , also known as MetroSur (Spanish for "MetroSouth"), is a line of the Madrid Metro inaugurated on 11 April 2003. Line 12 is a circle line that is not in the city of Madrid , but links five suburban towns southwest of the city, serving around one million people. The towns linked by Line 12 are Alcorcón , Leganés , Getafe , Fuenlabrada and Móstoles . Despite parts of the line running through uninhabited territory, there are no above-ground sections in an effort to facilitate future urban development. At
196-454: A Pride flag , mounted on a flagpole atop the Churchmouse and Firkin pub, which automatically raised or lowered itself based on the volume of positive or negative commentary about LGBT issues on Twitter , and promoted the hashtag #raisethepride to attendees wishing to help raise the flag. The event's slogan was "Rise Up". Parachute Club, whose 1983 single " Rise Up " has long been considered
294-470: A pride parade (which may either be the host city's existing pride parade, or a bespoke event organized specifically for WorldPride), and an LGBT human rights conference. The inaugural WorldPride was held in Rome in 2000. In 2019, it was estimated that Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras —host of WorldPride 2023—would have a 25–40% increase in attendance over normal years, and contribute over AU$ 664 million to
392-509: A Canadian gay anthem, released a contemporary remix of the song a week before the festivities. The closing ceremony, held at Yonge-Dundas Square following the parade, featured performances by Tegan and Sara , Robin S , CeCe Peniston , Rich Aucoin , God-Des and She and Hunter Valentine . When estimating the potential economic impact of WorldPride for Toronto, Pride Toronto officials said that Pride Week 2009 drew an estimated one million people to Toronto and contributed C$ 136 million to
490-433: A branch that had been intended to be part of Line 4 since its construction but was operated as a branch of Line 2 until construction works had finished. In the 1960s, a suburban railway was constructed between Plaza de España and Carabanchel , linked to lines 2 (at Noviciado station with a long transfer) and 3. A fifth metro line was constructed as well with narrow sections, but 90 m platforms. Shortly after opening
588-599: A crisis. Works already started were finished during the 1980s and all remaining projects were abandoned. After all those projects, 100 km (62 mi) of rail track were completed by 1983 and the suburban railway had also disappeared since it had been extended to Alonso Martínez and subsequently converted to the new Line 10 . Work on a major expansion of the metro began in 1995, with 172 km (107 mi) of new line and 132 new stations opened by 2011, built in 4 phases. The average construction pace throughout that era (more than 10 km (6 mi) of new line per year)
686-455: A day and earned an average of 6,530 pesetas a day in ticket sales. Due to their success, the company decided to expand more, and created 12,000 new shares to sell to the public to raise more funds to fund further expansion. The Company then began to gather materials necessary to expand the Line 1 from Sol with the new stations Progreso , Antón Martín and finally Atocha . The latter was then and
784-452: A direct connection between downtown Madrid ( Nuevos Ministerios ) and the airport , a further extension of Line 8, and adding service to the outskirts with a 40 km loop called MetroSur serving Madrid's southern suburbs. MetroSur , one of the largest ever civil engineering projects in Europe, opened on 11 April 2003. It includes 41 km (25 mi) of tunnel and 28 new stations, with
882-581: A film festival, exhibitions, and literary and political events. The parade was cancelled but the Jerusalem Open House announced that it would hold a parade on November 10 after reaching an agreement with the police and the municipality. The 27th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2008 in Vancouver , Canada, voted for the bid from Pride London, over Stockholm Pride , to host WorldPride 2012 in
980-664: A large parade, a leather dance, and a concert featuring Gloria Gaynor , The Village People , RuPaul , and Geri Halliwell . The 22nd annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2003 in Montreal , Quebec, Canada, with over 150 delegates from 51 cities from around the world in attendance, voted to accept the bid of the Jerusalem Open House to host WorldPride 2006 in the Holy City. The first attempt to hold WorldPride in Jerusalem
1078-611: A line from Sol to Goya. On 26 December 1921 the Sol-Atocha section of the Line 1 was inaugurated, adding three new metro stops to the line: Progreso, Antón Martín, and Atocha. The king and queen, Don Alfonso XIII and Doña Victoria , attended the inauguration. In 1924, traffic in Madrid switched from driving on the left to driving on the right, but the lines of the Madrid Metro kept operating on
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#17328514795541176-416: A long history: the first trainsets were delivered in 1974 for the newly opened, first wide-profile line 7, while the latest subseries, 5500, of which 24 trainsets of 6 cars each were built, entered service in 1993. They were the last to use the old, square "box-like" design from CAF, which was already becoming unpopular for its exaggerate priming of effectiveness versus aesthetics. The first iteration featured
1274-682: A manufacturer other than CAF, and to a non-Spanish dealer, 37 series 7000 trainsets service the extremely busy line 10. They were the first in the network to feature a full "boa" layout, allowing commuters to traverse the whole six cars. They are extremely functional, with ample 1.3m doors and a sleek, unobtrusive design for a total capacity of 1,260 people per trainset (180 seated). This model also features two TV screens in each car, but they are left unused, both regularly or in emergencies. Series 9000 trains are similar to their previous incarnation, but include better accessibility for disabled people and more safety measures, such as visual and auditive warnings for
1372-400: A maximum of 1,070 passengers (144 seated). The interior distribution is rather like that of series 7000, with a bigger clear area (i.e. without seating) in the first car for people carrying luggage to/from the airport and disabled people in wheelchairs. Like the narrower series 3000 trainsets, its bogies are insonorized and feature a hybrid rubber-pneumatic suspension system. Series 8000 primed
1470-529: A new interchange station on Line 10, connecting it to the city centre and stations linking to the local train network. Its construction began in June 2000 and the whole loop was completed in less than three years. It connects Getafe , Móstoles , Alcorcón , Fuenlabrada , and Leganés , five towns located in the area south of Madrid. As the metro line is part of a project to develop the area, some stations lay in sparsely populated places or were even surrounded by fields at
1568-474: A new, sleeker and rounder design. As it was to serve TFM, the stretch of line 9 connecting Madrid to Arganda del Rey (the first extension of the Metro network outside Madrid proper), its interior resembles the regional Cercanías trains more closely than any other Metro trains: compact seats in couples set perpendicularly to the train walls, more places to grasp in case of a sudden brake/acceleration, etc. They were also
1666-494: A patented system for its installations: a solid rail hung from the ceiling of the tunnels, instead of the usual copper or aluminium wire hung from overhead gantries at regular intervals. This type of overhead line is rigid, making it more robust and less prone to failures. Installations outside tunnels are rare, as they require many more support structures compared to traditional wire based overhead lines, making them more expensive to install. This system of rigid overhead power supply
1764-430: A project on line 8 connected it to the new T4 terminal of Madrid-Barajas Airport . The Great Recession and subsequent European debt crisis, which affected Spain particularly hard, brought metro expansion to a halt as austerity measures all but dried up available funding. The age of many Madrid Metro stations is evident by their design: Older stations on the narrow lines are often quite compact, similar to stations of
1862-596: A similar system is used in Copenhagen Metro and Prague Metro systems. There are plans to build two new stations: "Fuenlabrada Oeste" between Loranca and Hospital de Fuenlabrada , and secondly "Fuenlabrada Este" between Arroyo Culebro and Parque de los Estados . No completion dates for these new stations have been given, as they are still in the planning stage. Line 12 uses CAF's 8000 and AnsaldoBreda 's 9000 series in MRM composition. Both series use 3-car train, as there
1960-414: A total length of 40.6 km (25.2 mi), it is the longest line in the network and even more extensive than Lines 9 and 10 with their appendages to the north and south. Despite this, Line 12 accumulated only about 32 million trips in 2018, down from 34.8 million in the previous year, making it the only line to lose users in that time and the third least used after the yet-to-be-completed Line 11 and
2058-595: A total of 8 aboveground stations. Additionally, some 30 km (19 mi) of Metro Ligero (light rail) lines across serve the various regions of the metropolitan area which have been deemed not populated enough to justify the extraordinary spending of new Metro lines. Combined, they have 38 stops, of which 4 also connect to the conventional Metro system. Most of the ML track length is on surface, usually running on platforms separated from normal road traffic. However, ML1 line has some underground stretches and stations. Traditionally,
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#17328514795542156-443: A wood lookalike coating for the inner walls and a novel seat distribution in two-seat rows perpendicular to the train walls, making them look not unlike older regional trains. Subseries 5100–5200 returned to the traditional seating along the train walls, but still included another feature from the first iteration, automatic opening of all the gates in the train. The final subseries, 5500, has a distinct, darker color scheme and returns to
2254-537: Is activated when the train approaches a station or a level crossing with pedestrians, which has given rise to complaints from people living near the tracks because of the noise generated. Safety features also include door activity warnings for passengers and emergency brakes comparatively more effective than in any other train dedicated to Metro service, as the trams, though remaining in their own lanes separated from other traffic, can cross roads and populated areas. Currently, Metro Ligero has four lines, although one of them
2352-676: Is also used in other metro systems. Similar installations exist in some mainline rail tunnels where space is limited, e.g. Leipzig City Tunnel or the lower level of Berlin Hauptbahnhof , The Metro conventional network has 242 stations on 12 lines plus one branch line, totalling 294 kilometres (183 mi), of which approximately 96% of stations are underground. The only surface parts are between Empalme and west of Eugenia de Montijo ( [REDACTED] ); between Lago and north of Casa de Campo ( [REDACTED] ); and between south of Puerta de Arganda and Arganda del Rey ( [REDACTED] ), for
2450-608: Is currently doing service on line 9b (TFM). In 2013, 73 of the 108 cars ordered were sold to Buenos Aires for operation on Line B of the metro system; the sale totalled €32.6 million for the retirement of Japanese-built units, with a further 13 cars ordered at a later date. These trains have been widely criticised in Argentina, and been called the worst purchase in the history of the Buenos Aires Underground. Ansaldobreda series 7000 & 9000 : The first purchase to
2548-497: Is located outside the city of Madrid in its entirety: Until the early 1990s and the transfer of the Metro system to the Autonomous Community of Madrid , the rate of investment in the network by the central government was extremely low, and thus very old trains were used way beyond their intended lifespans. Particularly loathed was the case of line 5, which was serviced by the nearly 40-year-old series 300 and 1000 from CAF. It
2646-498: Is made up of: CAF series 2000 : This series has two separate sub-series usually called A and B. The first batch, while reliable and practical, was extremely "box-like" in its looks. They are nicknamed 'Pandas', after a car by Seat with the same name and similar boxy design. In contrast, the B sub-series train sets can be told apart by its sleeker, rounder forms, which has granted them the nickname of "bubble" ( burbuja ) for their round driver cabin window. Series 2000A are currently
2744-415: Is not enough demand, up to three extra coaches per train can be ordered 40°20′05″N 3°45′09″W / 40.3347°N 3.7525°W / 40.3347; -3.7525 This Madrid Metro article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Madrid Metro Network map [REDACTED] The Madrid Metro (Spanish: Metro de Madrid ) is a rapid transit system serving
2842-800: Is not the norm. Most stations are built with two side platforms , but a handful of them (the busiest transfers) have a central island platform in addition to the side platforms theoretically dedicated to exits. This system was originally used on the Barcelona Metro and is called the Spanish solution . The 12 stations with this setup are: Two stations have cross-platform interchange arrangement with two island platforms, which allows extremely fast transfers between lines. Both of these stations are on Line [REDACTED] , with cross-platform interchanges at Príncipe Pío (with [REDACTED] ) and Casa de Campo (with [REDACTED] ). On both occasions, Line 10 uses
2940-445: Is now an important train station for mainline rail. On 31 July 1920 the company submitted it proposal to extend Line 1 from Atocha to Puente de Vallecas . In 1921 the company declared its interest in beginning the line from Sol to Ventas , with the first phase of the project being built from Sol to Goya , along Calle Alcalá . Work began on 27 March 1921 to expand the Line 1 from Atocha to Vallecas, and to begin construction on
3038-438: Is required for passengers to change to smaller trains to continue their journeys, normally to towns outside Madrid like Alcobendas or Coslada . This is done so the island platform can be used for passengers to change easily between trains. In the latter three stations, the island platform is equipped with fare gates for tickets to be validated for travel between fare zones. These stations are: Since 1999 Metro de Madrid has used
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3136-547: The Paris Metro . They were decorated with tilings in different colour schemes depending on the station similar to the scheme architect Alfred Grenander implemented at Berlin U-Bahn around the same time. In recent years, most of these stations have been refurbished with single-coloured plates matching those in the newest ones, alongside other improvements such as modernized signalling technology and elevators. The stations built between
3234-403: The light rail lines are low-floor articulated trams in a five-section "boa" configuration, which allows for a maximum of about 200 passengers per tram (60 seated). They can reach a top speed of 100 km/h (65 mph), but in practice, they are limited to 70 km/h (45 mph) in most track stretches, and even less in urban sprawls. The tram features a bell-like proximity warning that
3332-691: The 40th anniversary of the first demonstration in Spain in support of the rights of LGBT people – which took place in Barcelona in 1977 – and the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals ( FELGTB , from Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales ). The opening ceremony of the event took place at the Calderón Theatre on Friday, June 23, 2017. Few days later, on Monday, June 26,
3430-618: The 45th anniversary of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras —Australia's largest and longest-running LGBT pride event, and five years since same-sex marriage was recognized in Australia. It was the first WorldPride hosted in the Southern Hemisphere and Asia-Pacific . The event planned to highlight the state of LGBT rights in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the involvement of First Nations in Australia's LGBT community (which would be
3528-514: The Italian gay rights group Mario Mieli along with InterPride. Rome officials had promised to put up US$ 200,000 for the event, however bowing to ferocious opposition from the Vatican and conservative politicians, Rome's leftist mayor, Francesco Rutelli , on May 30, 2000 withdrew logistical and monetary support. Hours after his announcement, Rutelli mostly reversed himself in response to harsh criticism from
3626-450: The Madrid Metro has 1,710 escalators and 559 elevators . On 19 September 1916, a royal decree approved the 4-line plan for the creation of the metro of Madrid. The engineers who created the plan, Mendoza, González Echarte, and Otamendi then began the process of raising the 8 million pesetas to begin the first phase of the project, the construction of Line 1 from Sol to Cuatro Caminos . Carlos Mendoza made contact with Enrique Ocharán,
3724-637: The Madrid Summit, the International Conference on Human Rights, was inaugurated at the Autonomous University of Madrid . Several cultural events took place in the subsequent days, including the traditional and massive demonstration on July 1, with up to 52 floats going through the 2 kilometers between Atocha ( Plaza del Emperador Carlos V ) and Plaza de Colón . The WorldPride closing ceremony took place on July 2 at Puerta de Alcalá , giving
3822-490: The Madrid metro was restricted to the city proper, but today nearly one third of its track length runs outside the border of the Madrid municipality. Today, the Metro network is divided in six regions: At most of the borders between the regions, one has to switch trains even when staying in the same line, because the train frequency is higher in the core MetroMadrid than in the outer regions. Madrid also has an extensive commuter train ( Cercanías ) network operated by Renfe ,
3920-463: The Metro, in recent years the Italian AnsaldoBreda has also provided trains for the wide-profile lines. Every rolling unit in the Madrid Metro has a unique ID that singles it out in the whole network. Those IDs are grouped by the rolling unit model (the "series") and thus is used to categorize the trains, as they bear no user-visible statement of the model specified by the manufacturer. An ID
4018-632: The WorldPride Parade was more celebratory and included floats, musical acts, and dancers. All three marches were the longest of their kind in Canadian history. Over 12,000 people registered to march in the WorldPride parade and over 280 floats took part in the march. The parade lasted over five hours, marking it as one of the longest parades in Toronto's history. The parade's grand marshal was Brent Hawkes ,
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4116-471: The account the guidance and recommendations" of government agencies. Organisers have also said that they will not cancel or postpone the events, instead moving to a digital model if in-person events cannot be delivered. At InterPride's 2019 meeting in Athens, WorldPride 2023 was awarded to Sydney , which received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal (36%) and Houston (3%). It would mark
4214-413: The airport connection Line 8 . This decrease was mainly caused by renovation works necessitating the temporary closure of sections of the line. The line only interchanges with the rest of the Madrid Metro at one station, with a connection to Line 10 at Puerta del Sur . There are plans to extend Line 3 to provide a further interchange station at El Casar . MetroSur is one of the longest tunnels in
4312-578: The baton to New York City for the celebration of WorldPride 2019. In 2019, WorldPride was hosted in New York City by Heritage of Pride as Stonewall 50 — WorldPride NYC 2019; it marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969 in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, which are widely considered to be the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and
4410-746: The bid of Pride Toronto to host WorldPride 2014 for the first time in North America. In the first round of voting Toronto won 77 votes to Stockholm's 61. In the second round of voting Stockholm was eliminated and Toronto won 78% of the vote, fulfilling the 2/3 majority needed to finalize the selection process. WorldPride 2014 festivities included an opening ceremony at Nathan Phillips Square featuring concert performances by Melissa Etheridge , Deborah Cox , Steve Grand and Tom Robinson , an international human rights conference whose attendees included Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , Frank Mugisha and Edie Windsor amongst 2,400 attendees and 195 presenters from around
4508-488: The bus and Metro hub Príncipe Pío ( [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ). Notes: Traditionally, the trains operating in the Madrid Metro have been built and supplied by the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) . This was particularly true under Francisco Franco 's dictatorship, due to the politic of autarky his administration initially pursued. However, despite CAF still working for
4606-512: The capital of Denmark , and the Swedish neighbouring city Malmö , both in the Øresund Region . WorldPride was hosted by Copenhagen Pride, with Malmö Pride as a partner. The cities are a twenty/thirty-minute commute apart. WorldPride was combined with EuroGames and other activities held simultaneously in that same area, with the event branded as 'Copenhagen 2021'. The WorldPride event will coincide with two LGBTQ anniversaries: seventy years since
4704-694: The capital of the United Kingdom just ahead of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and during the anticipated year-long celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II 's Diamond Jubilee . Pride London planned a parade with floats, a large performance area in Trafalgar Square with street parties in Golden Square and Soho . However, London's World Pride event was significantly "scaled back" at an emergency all-agencies meeting on June 27, 2012, nine days before
4802-484: The city of Madrid , capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its growth between 1995 and 2007 put it among the fastest-growing networks in the world at the time. However, the European debt crisis greatly slowed expansion plans, with many projects being postponed and canceled. Unlike normal Spanish road and rail traffic, which drive on
4900-504: The city's economy, and stated that they expected WorldPride's impact to be about five times bigger. Results showed that WorldPride brought in C$ 791 million, nearly six times the 2009 figure. In October 2012, InterPride's membership voted at its annual conference in Boston , Massachusetts , United States , to award WorldPride 2017 to the city of Madrid , Spain . The other candidate cities to host
4998-408: The clock during these days from 2023 onwards. It has only stayed open 24 hours during the 2017 World Pride and during the 2021 Madrid snowstorm . A light rail system feeding the metro opened in 2007 called Metro Ligero ("light metro"). The Cercanías system works in conjunction with the metro, with a majority of its stations providing access to the underground network. As of January 2024,
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#17328514795545096-416: The director of Banco de Vizcaya , who offered 4 million pesetas on the condition that the public pledged an additional 4 million. Mengemor published a brochure to persuade people to make donations. The men were able to raise 2.5 million pesetas of the 4 million they needed. King Alfonso XIII intervened and invested 1.45 million pesetas of his own money. The first phase of construction
5194-411: The eastern and northern outskirts as well ( Coslada , San Fernando de Henares , Alcobendas , San Sebastián de los Reyes ). For the first time in Madrid, three interurban light rails ( Metro Ligero or ML) lines were built to the western outskirts ( Pozuelo de Alarcón, Boadilla del Monte ) – mL2 and mL3 – and to the new northern districts of Sanchinarro and Las Tablas – mL1. As a last minute addition,
5292-760: The entertainment and stages were all cut, and licence applications for street parties in Soho withdrawn. Instead, the event plans included a Pride Walk (without floats or vehicles), and a scaled-back rally in Trafalgar Square. On July 5, the Metropolitan Police issued a licence regulations notice to all venues in Soho, reminding them that Pride London had no licence for street events in the Soho area, and therefore venues should treat WorldPride as "any normal day". Peter Tatchell and former Pride London Associate Director James-J Walsh in an article for PinkNews criticised
5390-412: The event in 2017 were Berlin and Sydney , but Madrid won unanimously in the voting of more than 80 delegations from around the world. This celebration in Madrid coincided in time with the 24th Europride , which was hosted for the second time in the Spanish capital (the first one was in 2007). It took place from June 23 to July 2, 2017. The event's slogan was "Whoever you love, Madrid loves you!", and
5488-447: The event was due to take place and after the festival fortnight had started. Pride London organisers had failed to secure the funds necessary for contractors of key areas of the work, and they announced that all activities were being cut or cancelled. The London Evening Standard reported that four contractors from the previous year's Pride event were owed £65,000 in unpaid debts, though this has been denied by Pride London. Consequently,
5586-560: The event, that it was an "offence to the Christian values of a city that is so dear to the hearts of Catholics across the world." The organisers claimed 250,000 people joined in the march to the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, two of Rome's most famous ancient sites. It was one of the biggest crowds to gather in Rome for decades. Among the scheduled events were conferences, a fashion show,
5684-604: The first WorldPride to be held in Asia. However, WorldPride and the Kaohsiung hosts came into conflict over the branding of the event, and withdrew in August 2022; WorldPride had requested that the event be named "WorldPride Kaohsiung" or "WorldPride Kaohsiung, Taiwan", despite having previously agreed to using "Taiwan" (which was chosen for alignment with Taiwan Pride and mark associated events being held across Taiwan). WorldPride stated that this
5782-520: The first section of Line 5, the platforms of Line 1 were enlarged from 60 to 90 m, permanently closing Chamberí station since it was too close to Iglesia (less than 500 m). Chamberí has been closed ever since and was recently reopened as a museum. In the early 1970s, the network was greatly expanded to cope with the influx of population and urban sprawl from Madrid's economic boom. New lines were planned with larger 115 m long platforms. Lines 4 and 5 were enlarged as well. In 1979, bad management led to
5880-436: The first to include luminous panels stating their destination, as the line they service was effectively split in two stretches, and travellers had to switch trains at Puerta de Arganda. Finally, they primed the "boa train" layout, but the walkable aisle only spanned two cars, while a trainset would usually carry 4 or 6. These trains are equipped with automatic train protection (ATP) and automatic train operation (ATO). Series 6000
5978-449: The head to the tail without actually exiting the train. This has earned them the nickname of "boa", a term usually applied in Spain to double-length buses with such joints. They are currently servicing lines 2, R, 3, 4 and 5. Series 3000 trains look rather like a narrowed version of series 8000, while the interior uses mainly yellow and light blue tones. CAF series 5000 : Currently servicing line 9 and occasionally line 6, this model has had
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#17328514795546076-464: The inclusion of air conditioning and station announcements through pre-recorded voice messages and LED displays. They are currently used in line 5, with no plans for retirement. CAF series 3000 : The newest of the narrow line trainsets, series 3000 were commissioned for the reopening of line 3 after its complete renewal in the early 2000s. Their constituent subunits can be completely joined through crossable articulations , making it possible to go from
6174-409: The introduction of regenerative braking in the Madrid Metro. The system reverses the normal circuit of the electric motors when braking, thus making the deceleration return power to the network. Also, they feature the now-standard informative panels and gate activity warnings in the interior. A second batch was ordered for line 11 to replace the series 3000 operating on the line since the extension of
6272-471: The journey, a lunch was served on the Cuatro Caminos platform, and the engineers were congratulated for creating a "miracle." Two days later, on 19 October 1919, the Madrid metro was opened to the public. On its first day, 390 trains ran, 56,220 passengers rode the metro, and the company earned 8,433 pesetas in ticket fares. During November and December 1919, the metro had an average of 43,537 passengers
6370-413: The late 70s and the early 90s are slightly more spacious, with most of them having cream-coloured walls. On the other hand, the most recent stations are built with space in mind, and have natural-like lighting and ample entryways. The colour scheme varies between stations, using single-colored plates and covering the whole station in light colors. Recently built transfer stations have white walls, but this
6468-535: The left hand side. In 1936, the network had three lines and a branch line between Ópera and the old Estación del Norte (now Príncipe Pío ). All these stations served as air raid shelters during the Spanish Civil War . After the Civil war, the public works to extend the network went on little by little. In 1944, a fourth line was constructed, absorbing the branch of Line 2 between Goya and Diego de León in 1958,
6566-554: The left. He restored the funding and promised to help with permits, but declined to back down on a demand that organizers remove the city logo from promotional materials. The event was staunchly opposed by Pope John Paul II and seen as an infringement on the numerous Catholic pilgrims visiting Rome for the Catholic Church's Great Jubilee . Pope John Paul II addressed crowds in St. Peter's Square during WorldPride 2000 stating, in regards to
6664-493: The line to La Fortuna in 2010. The original batch currently services lines 12 and 8, while also providing rush hour support to lines 9 and 10 while the second batch currently services line 11. CAF series 8400 : Derived from the recent series 8000 trains, the 8400 series are the newest train type to enter service on the Madrid Metro on line 6 since 2010 to complement the older series 5000 serving on that line. It currently services line 6. Alstom Citadis 302 : The vehicles serving
6762-412: The local economy. Due to its scale and the bidding process, WorldPride was colloquially referred to as "the gay Olympics " by Australian media outlets. At the 16th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 1997 in New York City , InterPride's membership voted to establish the "WorldPride" title and awarded it to the city of Rome, Italy , during July 1 to July 9, 2000. The event was put on by
6860-519: The management of Pride London's management of World Pride. Tatchell said "Whatever the rights and wrongs, this scaling down of WorldPride is a huge embarrassment for London and for our LGBT community. We promised LGBT people world-wide a fabulous, spectacular event. It now looks like WorldPride in London will go down in history as a damp squib. We're not only letting down LGBT people in Britain, we're also betraying
6958-582: The modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States . An estimated five million people attended events in Manhattan during the final weekend of WorldPride NYC alone, making it the largest LGBT pride event ever held . The NYC Pride March had an estimated 150,000 pre-registered participants, making it the largest parade in city history. For the first time in history, WorldPride was held in two cities in two countries from 12 to 22 August 2021— Copenhagen ,
7056-464: The more numerous in the network: 530 cars were built and delivered between 1985 and 1993, having serviced every narrow profile line. They are also among the oldest stock in operation in the Madrid Metro. The most reliable ones are being refurbished and painted with new, lighter colors like the ones used in Series 3000. Series 2000B were delivered in lesser numbers (about 126 cars) between 1997 and 1998, with
7154-645: The national rail line, which is intermodal with the metro network. In fact, 22 Cercanías stations have connections to the Metro network, which is indicated on the official map by the Cercanías logo. Many of the new lines since 1999 have been built to link to or end at Cercanías stations, like the ML2 line , which ends at the Aravaca station providing a fast entry into Madrid though the C-7 or C-10 commuter lines and arriving in only one step to
7252-447: The old red corporate image), but they were also retired with the arrival of more series 2000B and, finally, series 3000. World Pride WorldPride is a series of international LGBT pride events coordinated by InterPride ; they are hosted in conjunction with local LGBT pride festivals, with host cities selected via bids voted on during InterPride's annual general meetings. Its core events include opening and closing ceremonies,
7350-444: The outside tracks, so passengers unboarding there leave through the "right" side of the train instead of the usual left side. In addition, 10 stations are built with just one island platform instead of the usual side platforms. These stations are: Another system is where there is one island platform with one side platform. This system is used in two stations on lines 2 and 4 as termini, and three stations on Lines 7, 9, and 10 where it
7448-650: The pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto , and Georgian activist Anna Rekhviashvili served as international grand marshal. There were many free public stages throughout Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, featuring drag queen and king shows, burlesque shows, cultural performances, and musical acts including Carly Rae Jepsen , Peaches , Against Me! , Hercules and Love Affair , Chely Wright , Pansy Division , Lydia Lunch , The Nylons , k.d. lang , Carole Pope , Parachute Club , Dragonette and The Cliks . PFLAG sponsored
7546-425: The right , Madrid Metro trains use left-hand running on all lines because traffic in Madrid drove on the left until 1924, five years after the system started operating. Trains are in circulation every day from 6:00 am until 1:30 am, though during the weekends, this schedule is to be extended by one more hour in the morning in 2020. Furthermore, the regional government intends to keep stations opened around
7644-501: The royal family, and others, then took part in the first official metro ride which went from Cuatro Caminos to Río Rosas , and took 40 seconds. There they stopped for one minute, before traveling to the Chamberí station which took 45 seconds. The trip went all the way to the end point, Sol. The king and his family then rode the metro back to Cuatro Caminos from Sol, this time without stopping. The journey took 7 minutes and 46 seconds. After
7742-453: The sold 6000s. CAF series 8000 : Originally designed for the MetroSur line 12, 45 trainsets were built and delivered by CAF in 2002. Each one is composed of three cars or four cars joined in the "boa" layout, with the three car version servicing line 12 and the four car version servicing line 8 as-is, while line 9 & line 10 services use two such trainsets to form a MRM-MRM configuration for
7840-470: The song chosen as the anthem was " ¿A quién le importa? " by Alaska y Dinarama , which was specially adapted for the event with the collaboration of several Spanish popular singers among the LGBT community, including Fangoria – the band of two of the three former members of Alaska y Dinarama. WorldPride Madrid 2017 also coincided with two key anniversaries in the history of the LGBT community in Madrid and Spain:
7938-465: The subject of an event programme at Carriageworks ). Sydney WorldPride 2023, with its official theme 'Gather Dream Amplify', was held between 17 February and 5 March during Australia's summer. The festival's official theme song was " We the People " by Electric Fields . WorldPride consisted of a 17-day combined 45th Anniversary Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras/WorldPride 2023 Festival. The centrepiece
8036-605: The time of opening. Most of the efforts of Madrid regional government in 2000s were channeled towards the enlargement of the Metro network. In the 2003–2007 term, President Esperanza Aguirre funded a multibillion-euro project, which added new lines, and joined or extended almost all of the existing metro lines. The project included the addition of 90 km (56 mi) of railway and the construction of 80 new stations. It brought stations to many districts that had never previously had Metro service ( Villaverde , Manoteras , Carabanchel Alto , La Elipa , Pinar de Chamartín ) and to
8134-444: The train gates and more effective emergency brakes, they also brought small aesthetic changes like the removal of the wood effect from the ceiling and the change of the red top stripe of the doors to a blue color. Series 7000 currently service the main part of line 10 from Puerta del Sur to Tres Olivos and occasionally on line 9; while series 9000 comprise the main fleet of line 7 and 12, occasionally on line 10, and on line 9 to cover for
8232-459: The trust and confidence of LGBT people world-wide. This is an absolute disaster." Walsh added "This will mar the work of Pride London for years to come. Pride London has lost the focus of being an LGBT campaigning organisation, instead focusing on partying rather than politics, which is what the community needs when legislation around equal marriage and LGBT rights are still to be won both in the UK and around
8330-502: The underground network towards the airport. The enlarged Line 9 was the first to leave the outskirts of Madrid to arrive in Rivas-Vaciamadrid and Arganda del Rey , two satellite towns located in the southeast of Madrid. Control of the network was transferred to a public enterprise, Metro de Madrid S.A. In the early 2000s, a huge project installed approximately 50 km (31 mi) of new metro tunnels. This construction included
8428-479: The usual on-demand opening of train gates with a button on each one. Being the oldest rolling stock in operation in the wide profile lines, many cars were retired or sold to the Buenos Aires Underground for operation on Line B to make up for shortfalls on the line following extensions. CAF series 6000 : This model, of which 29 trainsets were built and delivered in 1998, was the first by CAF to feature
8526-577: The world's first successful genital reconstructive surgery in Denmark in 1951; and fifty years after Gay Liberation Front 's Danish chapter was founded in 1971. The Crown Princess of Denmark was patron of the event, making her the first ever royal to serve as patron for a major LGBTQ event. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic having an impact on major events, organisers of Copenhagen 2021 said in early January 2021 that they are "continuing to plan for full delivery of all Copenhagen 2021 events taking into
8624-587: The world, a gala and awards event, a variety of networking and social events including Canada Day and American Independence Day celebrations and an exhibition commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots . Three marches occurred over the last three days of the ten-day celebration: the Trans march, the Dyke march, and the WorldPride Parade. Of these marches, the Trans and Dyke marches were more political, while
8722-603: The world. At the time of its opening it was the second longest fully underground subway in Europe. As of 2024 it remains the longest subway tunnel in the European Union. Line 12 stations have elements of art, such as the murals in the Hospital Severo Ochoa Station honoring the Nobel Prize winning biochemist, Severo Ochoa . Surface level stations are covered by massive roofs, with some glass to allow daylight -
8820-641: The world." Following community pressure, Pride London, a registered charity since 2004, withdrew from organising future Pride events in London. In December 2012 the Mayor of London's Office awarded the contract to Pride in London. Pride Toronto, in partnership with the city's tourism agency, Tourism Toronto, submitted a bid to host WorldPride 2014 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada from June 20 to June 29, 2014. The 28th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida , United States, voted to accept
8918-515: Was a three-day LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Conference focusing on LGBTIQ+ people's experiences of discrimination and persecution in the Asia Pacific region and more broadly. Other signature events included: WorldPride 2025 is scheduled to be hosted by Washington, D.C. 's Capital Pride , which was awarded the event in November 2022. It was originally scheduled to be hosted by Kaohsiung , Taiwan , marking
9016-409: Was among the fastest in the world at that time and was equalled or surpassed by only very few metros in the global north (one notable example being Seoul Metro ) either then or since. This included the extension of lines 1, 4 and 7 and the construction of a new Line 11 towards the outlying areas of Madrid. Lines 8 and 10 were joined into a longer Line 10 and a new Line 8 was constructed to expand
9114-521: Was cancelling its own annual Pride Weekend in 2006 to make sure that more Israelis attended the main march. As WorldPride started in 2006, the main parade was scheduled for August 6, but was strongly opposed by Israeli religious Orthodox Jews, Muslims and Christian leaders from the outset. However, due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict , Jerusalem's government cancelled the march, saying there were not enough soldiers to protect marchers. A week of events took place as scheduled and included five conferences,
9212-420: Was disturbed for several years as some stations at a time were closed and refitted, while line 3 was closed for two consecutive summers in order to expand its platforms to 90 m. Then, new rolling stock was also requested: 1998 saw the arrival of the first CAF series 2000B, retiring the infamous series 1000. Initially, the better-preserved series 300 were refitted and painted in the new blue-white colour scheme (from
9310-469: Was finished in 1919. It was constructed in a narrow section and the stations had 60 m (200 ft) platforms. The enlargement of this line and the construction of two others followed shortly after 1919. The Madrid metro was inaugurated on 17 October 1919 by King Alfonso XIII. At the time of inauguration, the metro had just one line, which ran for 3.48 kilometres (2.16 mi) between Puerta del Sol and Cuatro Caminos , with eight stops. The king,
9408-422: Was for consistency with its prior events (which have typically used the host city name), but reports indicated that WorldPride's changes may have been politically-motivated due to China's political influence . Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed regret over the cancelation, claiming the outcome would harm Asia’s vast LGBTIQ+ community. Taiwan Pride claimed "major discrepancies between our stances on
9506-539: Was in 2005, however it was postponed until 2006 because of tensions arising from Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It was called “Love Without Borders” as a nod to the many barriers within Israel, and for gays and lesbians in other ways. World Pride was a key project of Jerusalem's Open House, the city's gay community centre. After Jerusalem was selected as the WorldPride 2006 City, the city of Tel Aviv announced that it
9604-479: Was not uncommon that a child would ride to school on the same train his/her parents took decades earlier. Some renewals, along with the purchases of series 2000A and 5000, were started by the socialist regional government of Joaquín Leguina , but in 1995 the People's Party took over the government with the promise to widely extend and improve the Metro service. New lines were built and old ones refurbished: line 5 service
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