Barajas district (Madrid)

Barajas is one (21st) of the 21 districts that make up Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, administratively organized into the neighborhoods of Alameda de Osuna (21.1), Aeropuerto (21.2), Casco Histórico de Barajas (21.3), Timón (21.4) and Corralejos (21.5).

Madrid’s main international airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, is located in the district.

Boundaries

Its geographical location is defined by the following urban terms:

To the north, with the municipality of Alcobendas with which it connects through the M-12 and the Alcobendas-Barajas Highway.
To the south, with Avenida de América and the Northeast highway (A-2) with the district of San Blas-Canillejas (bordering the Ciudad Pegaso colony), and with the municipality of San Fernando de Henares.
To the east, with the municipality of Paracuellos de Jarama with which it connects through the M-111 Highway and the population center of Los Berrocales del Jarama.
To the west, with the Hortaleza district through Logroño Avenue (bordering the Palomas neighborhood), the M-40 motorway, the M-12 road, the Urubamba River roundabout.

Transport

Madrid Metro

Line 5. It has two stations within the district since 2006:

El Capricho, which serves the southern area of the Alameda de Osuna neighbourhood.
Alameda de Osuna, which serves the northern part of the neighbourhood of the same name.

Line 8. It has four stations within the district:

Feria de Madrid, which serves the Corralejos neighbourhood.
Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3, which serves terminals 1, 2 and 3 of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.
Barajas, which serves the Timón neighbourhood and the Casco Histórico de Barajas neighbourhood.
Aeropuerto T4, which serves terminal 4 of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.

Cercanías Madrid

Lines C-1 and C-10

Airport Station T4
Valdebebas Station

Madrid Buses

27 lines of the Madrid Municipal Transport Company and Madrid intercity bus networks serve neighbourhoods in this district (including Aeroexpress line).

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