Mirasierra (Madrid Metro)
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Mirasierra is a station on Line 9 of the
Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of . Its growth between 1995 and 200 ...
, serving the
Mirasierra Mirasierra (, "Mountain View") is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. Mirasierra was founded in 1953. Public transport Bus Mirasierra is connected by a large bus network. The followi ...
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''. It is located in fare Zone A. The building of the station faced controversies since the original project (approved by the
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of the region
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) supposed the wrecking of a high school in order to build the entrances on that lot. In the end, the high school was not demolished and the entrance was relocated. The entrance to the station is on Calle Ventisquero de la Condesa 28. It is open from 6am to 1:30am except for the entrances with special opening times. From 25 March 2015 the station is no longer a terminus, as Line 9 was extended to
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Line 9 (Madrid Metro) stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 2011 {{Madrid-metro-stub