The Community of Madrid opens the most emblematic areas of Metro de Madrid to the public to celebrate Science and Innovation Week
All activities scheduled between 4 and 17 November will be free of charge, although prior registration is required. For the first time, the Madrid metro company will open the doors of its headquarters located on Avenida de Asturias in the Spanish capital. There will be guided tours of Gran Vía station, the central workshops, the Aula de Fuego, the train simulator and the underground's warehouses and laboratory
The Community of Madrid celebrates the 24th edition of Science and Innovation Week by opening some of the most unique and emblematic spaces in Metro de Madrid to the public. With this initiative, the Madrid underground company joins the largest informative event in Europe, which this year will take place between 4 and 17 November, with free admission with prior registration on this website.
One of the highlights of the programme is that, for the first time, Metro de Madrid will open its headquarters on Avenida de Asturias in the Spanish capital to the public. In addition to this, the people of Madrid will be able to visit the central workshops, the Aula de Fuego, the train simulator and the warehouses and laboratory, and take a guided tour of Gran Vía station.
The underground's participation in this activity, organised by the Regional Ministry of Education, Science and Universities and its Foundation for Knowledge madri+d, aims to disseminate its major projects in science, technology and innovation to the general public and, especially, to young people.
For example, a tour of the building where the metropolitan company has its headquarters will reveal how a Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) works. The entire design has been made with low consumption in mind, with photovoltaic panels, geothermal wells, lighting with natural light sensors and LEDs, and the use of water and green roofs.
The visit to Gran Vía will also provide details of a space that combines the past with modernity, as it was one of the eight original Metro stations when it opened in 1919 and is also the first 4.0 station to include the latest generation of turnstiles and ticket vending machines.
At the Central Workshops in Canillejas, the public will learn in detail about the operation of this space which concentrates, in its 40,000 square metres of surface area, part of the overhauls and repairs carried out on the trains.
On the other hand, the visit to the Fire Classroom and the train and station simulator will show the fire detection, protection and extinguishing systems, as well as the centres where the company's employees are trained.
Finally, the Metro's automatic warehouse and the laboratory where experiments are carried out with different materials and elements to improve the network will be shown.
