Line 10 will reopen a key section before the end of the year

The metro will resume service between Nuevos Ministerios and Cuzco without stopping at Bernabéu

Service will return at the end of December between Nuevos Ministerios and Cuzco. Trains will pass through Bernabéu without stopping. The station will remain closed until the first quarter of 2027. The free bus will continue to run every three to five minutes.

Line 10 went from an average of 326,668 daily passengers in 2025 to 265,680 during the works.

The metro will run again between Nuevos Ministerios and Cuzco at the end of December, although the Consejería de Transportes has not specified the exact day. The reopening will be partial: trains will pass through Santiago Bernabéu without stopping. During the service interruption, free buses run every three to five minutes and go as far as Plaza de Castilla.

The station will remain closed until its renovation is complete.

The Consejería de Transportes put the progress of the works at 77% and expects them to finish in the first quarter of 2027. The forecast is that this will coincide with the 125th anniversary of the founding of the club blanco and the 80th anniversary of the stadium. The project has a budget of 66 million euros. The civil works include demolishing the old cavern and integrating it into the new design; the main concourse and intermediate levels, as well as various connecting galleries to the platforms, have already been completed.

The area will increase from 4,843 to more than 12,400 square metres. There will be two entrances linked to the stadium and another towards the Azca financial district. The station will have 12 lifts and 24 escalators; Carlos Zorita, head of Infraestructuras y Estaciones for the metro, explained that four lifts have already been installed.

Bernabéu, opened in 1982 as Lima, took the name Santiago Bernabéu in 1997. In 2025 it recorded nearly four million entries and there were days with more than 34,000 passengers, coinciding with matches and major events.

The section between Nuevos Ministerios and Cuzco has been closed since 28 March. Previously, on 4 July, service was interrupted between Plaza Castilla and Cuzco for the same project; that section reopened on 25 August.

Line 10 is also planned to be extended from Puerta del Sur, in Alcorcón, to Móstoles. The new route will add 6.5 kilometres and at least six stations, with a budget of 1,050 million euros. Studies and project drafting are scheduled between 2027 and 2029; construction is planned for 2030 to 2034. The extension is part of a regional plan with 32 new kilometres and works in Leganés and Las Tablas. The Comunidad also plans for Line 6 to operate 24 hours at weekends once its automation is complete.