The sound map of Metro
A trip through the sounds and voices of Madrid's suburbs
On Museum Day, we take you on a tour
Happy Museum Day! On such a special day, we encourage you to visit some of Madrid's main museums by metro.
100 years of Metro at Vallecas
It's our birthday!!! And a very special one: this week marks 100 years since the arrival of Metro to Vallecas. A milestone for Metro, which for the first time left...
The 'predecessor’ Draisine, pioneers of our 'crazy contraption' railway support vehicles
The first Metro rail support vehicles were introduced a long time ago; interesting contraptions known as draisines whose main purpose were to transport the personnel and material necessary for the...
The station of the month: Mar de Cristal, on L4
Madrid does not have a beach, but it does have a sea and not just any sea: a sea of glass, where the metro arrived 25 years ago. Want to...
New Podcast: A very literary Metro
This week we celebrate Book Day and we invite you to listen to a new episode of our podcast, in which we talk to readers and writers and review Metro's...
Metrosur celebrates its 20th anniversary
Metro Line 12 celebrated its anniversary with gifts for early risers
Chamberí museums and the Nave de Motores become teenagers
If there are two easily recognisable Metro icons, they are Chamberí station and the Nave de Motores de Pacífico, which are currently celebrating the 15th anniversary of their conversion into...
The station of the month: Lavapiés, on L3
If there is a neighbourhood in Madrid that is both traditional and a crossroads of cultures, it is Lavapiés. A neighbourhood with a lot of history, like its Metro station.
Lines with art: Line 5. The Metro's great muralists travel on the green line with Mingote and Lina Morgan
Santibáñez, Ángel Atienza and Esther García Ocampo, three of the artists who have left the greatest mark on the Metro de Madrid network, come together on a line that runs...
Metro is a woman: a journey towards equality
We commemorate Women's Day with a new chapter of the Metro de Madrid podcast
The station of the month: La Elipa, on L2
Discover how Metro got to one of Madrid's most historic neighbourhoods
That's how we were, that's how we are now. The computer revolution: from the stencil and the gondola phone to the Y2K, and without a mouse!
103 years ago, when Metro de Madrid began its journey, it is not that computers did not exist, it is just that the closest thing to a computer scientist walking...
Our 'crazy gadgets', a tour of Metro's most extravagant, unknown and useful vehicles
You've seen so much of Metro that you may well think you've seen it all. Of course. We're sorry to tell you that you're probably wrong... Not only have you...
Welcome to the biggest film set in Madrid: welcome to the Metro de Madrid podcast
To talk about Madrid is to talk about its Metro. And to talk about film is also to talk about Metro de Madrid, one of the biggest film sets in...
The station of the month: Miguel Hernández, in L1
We are starting a new section to continue telling you curiosities and anecdotes about the Metro. And we start with Miguel Hernández station, on line 1. History, curiosities and travellers'...
Advertising travels by Metro
From the legendary 'Metro de Madrid, vuela' (Metro de Madrid, flies) to the latest commercials filmed in the network
Want to enjoy Madrid? You're in luck, because the new Metro tourism map is here!
Madrid tourism lovers, you're in luck! Metro de Madrid's new tourism map is now available, with 127 cultural, leisure, sporting and shopping attractions that you can reach by Metro to...
Lines with art: Line 4, eclecticism from West to East
We continue to explore hidden pieces of art in the Madrid metro. Today it is the turn of L4, which runs from Argüelles to Pinar de Chamartín
Metro reinforces its service to welcome the Three Kings
The underground will increase the number of trains by up to 68.8% on the afternoon of 5 January
We are changing the closing and opening times on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day
This festive season we are changing our closing and opening times on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day and increasing the train service by up to 50%.
The campaign ‘On track with you’ returns to Metro for Christmas
Once again this year, we are launching the solidarity campaign ‘Estamos en línea contigo’ (On track with you), through which Metro offers advertising space to twelve social organisations.
It's already Christmas at Metro!
Here's the new podcast, which you can use to get around Metro over the festive season
Hop on Metro's Christmas Train
Everyone at the Nativity Scene, the Three Wise Men, Christmas trees, musical notes... discover this year's train decorations
Lines with art: L3, a stroll through starry skies, key works of literature and striking mosaics
Don't miss this tour that will enable you to discover the details and interesting facts of the artistic treasures that are scattered all along line 3.
Come and see, the most unusual Madrid arrives by Metro!
Madrid is full of surprising places and hidden treasures waiting to be discovered by the most adventurous minds. Today we propose a your to discover these small wonders which, of...
Metro's scientific symbols uncovered
It's time to bring out our scientific and technological Sunday best! Once again this year, Metro joins Science and Innovation Week to offer a series of informative activities about our...
It’s all in a name? Palos de Moguer, Palos de la Frontera - which is it?
What a story! Some chroniclers get muddled and make a mistake, causing confusion for more than 300 years, forcing a change in the name of a street and the name...
New Podcast! Have a frightening time with the spookiest of stories about the Metro de Madrid
A train moves slowly through the tunnel. There are no passengers on board, no voices, no laughter. If you let it go, you’ll flee the fear, but if you jump...
Join us on a journey back in time to 1919 Madrid...without leaving 2022!
This week Madrid Metro celebrated its 103rd anniversary, which encourages us to not only remember the history of the company, but also the history of the city of Madrid itself...
That's how we were, that's how we are now: 103 years of Metro's history in #PodcastMetro
We are 103 years old, but we feel very, very young!! October is a very special month for Metro de Madrid... it's our birthday month and on this occasion, we...
Metro, a great film set under your feet
As soon as they arrive in Madrid, the Pérez family travel by metro to Lavapiés in the brilliant Surcos (José Antonio Nieves Conde, 1951), one of the first films to...
Thank you, heroes!
In this great underground city that is the Metro, an army of heroes "patrols" every day. You may not realise it, because they don't wear capes or have superpowers, but...
Lines with art: Line 2, a mix of styles and even an underground archaeological museum
From Alsace to Santo Domingo via Seville, Line 2 invites you to on a journey in Spain and beyond.
We are making Metro quite green (and II)
A few weeks ago, we told you about some of the environmental measures we are implementing that are making us green. Remember: Travelling with Metro pollutes 4 times less than...
Historic feats in the heart of Metro
We are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the planet, captained by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano: an extraordinary feat that changed the known world. The...
The most literary Madrid from metro to metro
Do you also devour books in summer? If so, you're sure to have your selection ready for August. But if you’re staying in Madrid and you like walking, here’s a...
The pocket map, an inseparable guide to travelling on the Metro
Did you also discover the Metro network thanks to our inseparable pocket maps? When the internet didn’t yet exist, maps were the faithful companion that always showed you the right...
Gran Vía station turns one year old again
In 2019, the eight original Metro de Madrid stations celebrated their Centenary. Among them was Gran Vía, which had been conceived as San Luis Network and the pavilion of which...
Lines with art: Line 1, a journey between the past and the future
Since the first Metro de Madrid line opened to the public in 1919, the people of Madrid have been able to enjoy different decorative elements, both in its installations and...
The most interesting Metro: figures, dates and more
You have to read it to believe it! From its opening in 1919 to the present day, the histories of Madrid and its Metro have run parallel and one cannot...
Next station... music
Have you ever thought about what songs and sounds you would include in the soundtrack of your life? If you live in Madrid, I'm sure that between one song and...
A Metro for all, also on the website
Have you ever wondered why all the photos we post on social media have these three mysterious letters in the bottom left corner: ALT? It could be an acronym for...
We are making Metro quite green
You will have heard it many times: travelling with Metro pollutes 4 times less than travelling in a private vehicle. But have you ever stopped to think about what lies...
The first ones at Metro
While the city sleeps, an army of professional metro employees is working hard to ensure that all trains, stations and engines are in good working order for the opening of...
Chamberí Station, a trip to Madrid in the 1950s
At Locos X el Metro we are stopping today at one of our favourite places: Chamberí station. And we do so on the 56th anniversary of a very special milestone...
A great plan! Museum Day returns to Metro
We take you on a tour of the most spectacular places in our underground. Do you want to join us?
At Metro, we're love publicity!
Today our Metro is more Madrilenian than the Manzanares River and enjoys international fame. Its best ambassadors are undoubtedly the "cats" (the nickname locals receive) and tourists who use it...
They have made history! For a good reason
Sonsoles and Juan Felipe have made history in Metro de Madrid: They are the first people with intellectual disabilities to complete an internship in our company. They are our heroes...