Editing Community of Madrid (section)

==Transportation==

===Air===
{{main|Barajas International Airport}}
[[File:Terminal T-4 Madrid - Barajas Airport (8520153689)b.jpg|thumb|Barajas Airport]]
Madrid is served by [[Barajas International Airport]]. Barajas is the main [[Airline hub|hub]] of [[Iberia Airlines]] and consequently serves as the main gateway to the Iberian peninsula from Europe, the Americas, and the rest of the world. Current passenger volumes range upwards of 52 million passengers per year, putting it in the [[World's busiest airport|top 10]] busiest airports in the world.<ref>http://www.airports.org/aci/aci/file/Press%20Releases/2007_PRs/PR060307_PrelimResults2006.pdf Preliminary Air Traffic Results for 2006 from Airports Council International</ref> Given annual increases close to 10%, a new fourth terminal has been constructed. It has significantly reduced delays and doubled the capacity of the airport to more than 70 million passengers per year. Two additional runways have also been constructed, making Barajas a fully operational four-runway airport.

===Commuter rail===
{{main|Cercanías Madrid}}
[[File:Parla - Estación de tren de cercanías 1.jpg|thumb|right|Commuter rail station in [[Parla]]]]
Cercanías Madrid is the [[commuter rail]] service that serves [[Madrid]], the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by [[Cercanías]], the commuter rail division of [[Renfe]], the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of [[11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings]]. The attacks triggered a small reduction in the ridership of the system, but it is still the most used and most profitable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.renfe.es/empresa/index.html |title=Renfe Empresa |access-date=2006-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103062634/http://www.renfe.es/empresa/index.html |archive-date=2010-01-03 }}</ref> (by 2004) of the commuter rail services in Spain. The total length spans {{cvt|339.1|km}}.

Spain's railway system, the ''Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles'' ([[Renfe]]), operates the vast majority of Spain's railways. In Madrid, the main rail terminals are [[Madrid Atocha railway station|Atocha]] in the south and [[Chamartín (Madrid)|Chamartín]] in the north.

=== High-speed rail ===
[[File:Estación de Madrid Puerta de Atocha, tren AVE con destino Valencia, España. Renfe serie 112.JPG|thumb|right|AVE trains in Atocha]]
{{Main|AVE}}
The crown jewel of Spain's next decade of infrastructure construction is the Spanish high-speed rail network, Alta Velocidad Española [[AVE]]. Currently, an ambitious plan includes the construction of a {{convert|7,000|km|mi|adj=on}} network, centered on Madrid. The overall goal is to have all important provincial cities be no more than four hours away from Madrid and no more than six hours away from [[Barcelona]]. As of 2008, [[AVE]] [[high-speed trains]] link Madrid-Atocha station to [[Seville]], [[Málaga]], and [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] in the south, Valencia, Albacete, Cuenca and Alicante in the east, and to [[Zaragoza]], [[Tarragona]], Girona, Leida, Huesca and [[Barcelona]] in the north-east. [[AVE]] trains also arrive to [[Segovia]], [[Valladolid]], Zamora and León.

Already connected by tunnels used by conventional rail lines, a tunnel link connecting the Atocha and Chamartín stations with high-speed rail services is finished but, as of August 2019, yet to be inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/10023959/08/19/Adif-invertira-1460-millones-en-integrar-Atocha-y-Chamartin-en-una-megaestacion.html|work=El economista|title=Adif invertirá 1.460 millones en integrar Atocha y Chamartín en una megaestación|first=África|last=Semprún|date=2 August 2019}}</ref>

===Metro===
[[File:Red de metro de Madrid.svg|thumb|Madrid's metro map]]
{{main|Madrid Metro}}
Serving the city's population of some six million, the [[Madrid Metro]] is one of the most extensive and fastest-growing [[rapid transit|metro]] networks in the world.<ref name="Metro de Madrid">{{cite news
 |url          = http://urbanrail.net/eu/mad/madrid.htm
 |publisher    = Robert Schwandl
 |title        = Madrid Metro
 |date         = August 17, 2006
 |access-date  = April 25, 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20040229075159/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/mad/madrid.htm
 |archive-date = February 29, 2004
 |url-status   = dead
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref> With the addition of a loop serving suburbs to Madrid's south-west "Metrosur", it is now the second largest metro system in [[Western Europe]], second only to London's [[London Underground|Underground]]. In 2007, Madrid's metro system was expanded, and it currently runs over {{convert|322|km|mi|sp=us}} of line. The province of Madrid is also served by an extensive [[commuter rail]] network called [[Cercanías]].

Metro fees are regulated by the [[Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid]] (CRTM) jointly with fees for commuter rail, bus transport and light-rail.