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In `F33f`_`[railway`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Railway]`_`f and `F33f`_`[rapid transit`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rapid_transit]`_`f parlance, the `!Spanish solution`! is a station layout with two `F33f`_`[railway platforms`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Railway_platform]`_`f, one on each side of the track,`:cite-ref-vdi2013-1-0[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-vdi2013-1]`_`f] which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting.
The "Spanish solution" is used in several stations of the `F33f`_`[Madrid Metro`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Madrid_Metro]`_`f (e.g. `F33f`_`[Avenida de América`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Avenida_de_América_(Madrid_Metro)]`_`f) and `F33f`_`[Barcelona Metro`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Barcelona_Metro]`_`f (e.g. `F33f`_`[Sant Andreu`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sant_Andreu_(Barcelona_Metro)]`_`f).
>>Contents
• `F0af`_`[Description`#description]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[Examples`#examples]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[Gallery`#gallery]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f
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>>Description
This platform arrangement allows the separation of passenger streams by using one platform only for boarding, and the other one only for alighting.`:cite-ref-vdi2013-1-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-vdi2013-1]`_`f] The separate designation of platforms for boarding and alighting has been proven effective at reducing `F33f`_`[dwell time`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dwell_time_(transportation)]`_`f at stations with high passenger numbers.`:cite-ref-fendrich2007-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-fendrich2007-2]`_`f]
The Spanish solution is most commonly applied at high-frequency underground `F33f`_`[metro`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rapid_transit]`_`f stations. Stations are sometimes retrofitted to include a Spanish solution layout to expand the capacity of existing stations when there is no space to widen the existing platform, an issue that can occur in `F33f`_`[island platform`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Island_platform]`_`f configurations.
To encourage passengers to exit to the correct platform, arriving trains typically first open their doors facing the platform for alighting passengers, and then open the doors for boarding passengers after a slight delay.
>>Examples
An example of the Spanish Solution is the `F33f`_`[Karlsplatz (Stachus)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Munich_Karlsplatz_station]`_`f station on the `F33f`_`[Munich S-Bahn`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Munich_S-Bahn]`_`f, which has `F33f`_`[island platforms`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Island_platform]`_`f for boarding and side platforms for alighting.
Additionally this solution can be found on several Metro de Madrid stations: Sainz de Baranda, Avenida de America and many others.
>>Gallery
>>See also
• `F33f`_`[Cross-platform interchange`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cross-platform_interchange]`_`f
• `F33f`_`[Interchange station`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Interchange_station]`_`f
>>References
`:cite-note-vdi2013-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-vdi2013-1-0]`_`f `:citerefolshausen2013`aOlshausen, Hans-Gustav (9 March 2013). `*VDI-Lexikon Bauingenieurwesen`* [`*VDI-Lexikon civil engineering`*] (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. p. 63. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-3-642-48098-0.
`:cite-note-fendrich2007-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-fendrich2007-2-0]`_`f `:citereffendrich2007`aFendrich, Lothar (25 January 2007). `*Handbuch Eisenbahninfrastruktur`* [`*Railway infrastructure handbook`*] (in German). Springer-Verlag. pp. 36, 37. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 9783540317074.
>>External links
• Media related to Spanish solution at Wikimedia Commons
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