The Community celebrates Mexico's Day of the Dead at Chamberí Metro ghost station

The Community of Madrid celebrates the Day of the Dead by turning the Chamberí Metro ghost station into a Mexican village, recreated through mystical landscapes, altars, candles and background music. The activity, which will take place from 25 to 27 October (both included) and from 31 October to 3 November (both included), will enable attendees to interact with animas, catrinas and skeletons, as well as participate in ancestral rituals to help the lost souls of the underworld. 

The aim is to transport visitors to Mexico by fusing Mexican culture with the hidden history of Metro de Madrid through one of its most 'magical' stations.

The visits will take place in the form of several sessions lasting approximately 30 minutes. On the 25th there will be sessions from 4 pm to 11 pm. On 26 and 27 October and 1 and 2 November there will be sessions from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 11 pm. On 31 October, screenings will take place between 4 pm to 11 pm. On 3 November, the Chamberí ghost station will open its doors to visitors in the morning, but without actors. 

To be able to attend, Madrid Metro will set up a section on the official website www.metromadrid.es where those interested can book tickets free of charge on 21 October.

This is not the first time that the Madrid underground has taken part in Halloween celebrations. In 2019 and 2021, Chamberí was decorated with skeletons, pumpkins and spiders while a group of actors were in charge of scaring the visitors. In 2022, the site was decorated like Dracula's castle and in 2023, it organised a thematic tour with the common thread of the last passenger who was trapped at the Chamberí station on the day it closed its doors for good in 1966.

Walking down into Chamberí station is like going back to 1950s or 1960s Madrid. It belonged to the first line, which opened in the capital in 1919 (L1) and featured eight stops: Cuatro Caminos, Ríos Rosas, Martínez Campos (Iglesia), Chamberí, Bilbao, Tribunal, Gran Vía and Sol. It is one of the most visited Metro museum areas on the entire network. At the start of the 1960s, Madrid Metro decided to make the trains longer and, as it was impossible to expand this station, it was closed down. The final closure took place on May 22nd 1966.

Restored and opened as a museum in 2008, this station is part of the Andén Cero project which encompasses all of the underground museums which aim to immerse visitors in the history of this revolutionary means of transport for the city of Madrid.