Running lovers from all over the world will gather in the capital of Spain this Sunday. This entails, in addition to hosting a major sporting event, numerous alterations in the functionality of the city. Next, we detail the changes that the city will adopt:
Scheduled schedule
The date and time scheduled for the start of the competition are 07:45 (approximately), while the end will be around 15:30.
Impact on traffic
On the occasion of the celebration of this new edition of the Rock and Roll Running Series Marathon Madrid 2021 and in order to preserve the safety of both those attending it and other users of the public road, Traffic cuts will be made in the following roads through which the 10, 21 and 42 kilometer Races will run:
Paseo de la Castellana, Plaza de Castilla, Paseo de la Castellana ‘Puerta Europa’, Sinesio Delgado, Bravo Murillo, Glorieta de Cuatro Caminos, Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Joaquín Costa, Plaza República Argentina, Velázquez, Diego de León, Francisco Silvela, Plaza of Manuel Becerra (tunnel), Doctor Esquerdo, Nazaret Avenue, Plaza del Niño Jesús, Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, Plaza de Mariano de Cavia, Paseo Reina Cristina, Paseo Infanta Isabel, O’Donnell, Goya, Serrano, Príncipe de Vergara, Paseo by Eduardo Dato, Plaza de Rubén Darío, Santa Engracia, José Abascal, Glorieta de Quevedo, San Bernardo, Glorieta de Ruiz Giménez, Alberto Aguilera, Princesa, Fernández de los Ríos, Plaza del Cardenal Cisneros, Avenida de la Complutense, Avenida Juan de Herrera, Martin Fierro, Avenida de Séneca, Avenida de Valladolid, Paseo de la Florida, Glorieta de San Vicente, Puente Del Rey, Paseo del Embarcadero (and interior streets of Casa de Campo), Paseo de la Venta, Ronda Lago, Glorieta of the Patin It is, Paseo Puerta del Ángel, Avenida de Portugal, Paseo Marqués de Monistrol, Paseo de la Ermita del Santo, San Isidro Bridge, Paseo de los Melancólicos, San Alejandro, Paseo Virgen del Puerto, Segovia, Ronda Segovia, Paseo Imperial, Plaza Francisco Morano, Paseo Doctor Vallejo Nájera, Plaza Ortega y Monilla, Paseo de las Acacias, Glorieta de Embajadores, Ronda de Valencia (right of the tunnel), Ronda de Atocha, Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, Paseo del Prado and Plaza de Cibeles.
As a complement to the above and due to the assembly / disassembly of the start and finish line of the sporting event, the following traffic cuts are planned:
Paseo de Recoletos (Central lanes area in both directions) in the section between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza de Colón from 0 am on September 25 to 7 pm on September 26, 2021.
Paseo de la Castellana (central lanes in both directions), from Plaza de Colón to Plaza de Gregorio Marañón, from 10 p.m. on September 25 to 5 p.m. on September 26, 2021.
Although the use of public transport – preferably suburban – is recommended to travel around the city, if it is necessary to use a private vehicle to enter or leave the area affected by traffic interruptions, the following alternative itineraries are recommended:
Tetouan District
Access: Sister Angela de la Cruz tunnel.
Exit: Sor Ángela de la Cruz tunnel and through the Cuatro Caminos tunnel (Raimundo Fernández Villaverde-Avenida de Reina Victoria).
Salamanca district
Access: Plaza de Manuel Becerra along Calle Alcalá.
Departure: Plaza de Manuel Becerra along Calle Alcalá and side of Paseo de la Castellana-María de Molina-underpass to N-II.
Downtown District and Chamberí District (areas covered by the circuit)
Access and exit: Cuesta de San Vicente.
Retiro District. Jerónimos neighborhood
Departure: accesses to Alfonso XII (by filtration when the race allows it) to Plaza de la Independencia-Alcalá and O’Donnell.
Cuts in bus lines
EMT buses will also be affected by this massive event. In total, six night lines and 115 day lines will modify their routes.
Night lines
The lines that will deviate from your usual itinerary are the following: N1, N22, N23, N24, N25 and N26.
Daytime lines
The lines that will undergo changes in their routes will be the following: 001, 002, 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 82, 83, 85, 86, 106, 107, 110, 116, 118, 119, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 143, 146, 148, 150, 152, 156, 160, 161, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 210, 215, C1 and C2, C03, E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, Airport Express and the Pza. Castilla-Fuencarral Cemetery Special Service.
Furthermore, lLines 3, 5, 147 and 149 will not provide their service from 07:00 to 13:30. And line 61 will not operate it from 07:00 to 14:30.
