Bibliometro (Madrid)
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Bibliometro (from biblioteca, "library", and metro, "underground railway") is a library service located in some stations of the Madrid Metro in Madrid, Spain.
It is a collaboration of Madrid Metro (the rapid transit serving Madrid and the surrounding cities), the Autonomous Community of Madrid[1] and the Madrid city council. In twelve stations, there are kiosks offering free book loans to commuters. Passengers can loan a book from one station and return it to another. Loaners are identified by a regional, city library card or a specific Bibliometro card.[2] It is open between 13:30 and 20:00, the peak time for the system.[2] Unlike the regional or city libraries, the service is outsourced to companies paying minimum wage or a little over.[3] Another difference is that the books provided include the latest best-sellers, which are less common in the traditional libraries.[3]
The stations served are:
 Line 1 |
 Line 2 |
 Line 3 |
 Line 4 |
 Line 5 |
 Line 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra de Guadalupe |  |
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Mar de Cristal  |
 | |
 Line 7 |
 Line 8 |
 Line 9 |
 Line 10 |
 Line 11 |
 Line 12 |
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Mar de Cristal  |
Puerta de Arganda | Puerta del Sur  Chamartín |
Carabanchel Alto | Puerta del Sur |
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