The Community of Madrid receives more than 55,000 visits to the Metro Museums in the first four months of the year, 18% more than in 2024

In the first four months of the year, the Community of Madrid has received more than 55,000 visits to the Metro Museums, 18% more than in the same period in 2024. Coinciding with International Museum Day, the underground invites locals and tourists to discover these spaces that highlight the heritage and origins of the metropolitan company. 

The old Chamberí station, designed by architect Antonio Palacios, continues to be the infrastructure that arouses most interest. Up to 30 April, a total of 24,891 people had visited this space, which forms part of the inaugural route of Line 1 in 1919. In second place, with 15,750 total visitors, is the exhibition of classic trains in Chamartín. In third place, with 8,625, is the Nave de Motores de Pacífico, followed by the Caños del Peral fountain in Ópera with 5,431 and the historic lobby of Pacífico with 1,119 total visitors. 

The metropolitan company's commitment to promoting these spaces has resulted in a notable increase in visits over the last few years. One of the projects to promote these free proposals is the Museum Passport, which also invites visitors to discover other parts of the network, such as the Gran Vía exhibition, the lobby of Tirso de Molina and the Carpetana Palaeontological Centre. To date, the public company has distributed more than 10,200 units. 

Thanks to this initiative, around 2,300 users have obtained a prize as a reward for collecting all the stamps and completing the itinerary. In addition, visitors have shown a high degree of satisfaction, with an average score of 9.82 out of 10, and of recommendation after carrying out these activities. 

The new website museosmetromadrid.es enables you to discover all these spaces from anywhere in the world. This initiative, which offers virtual tours of facilities that can no longer be visited or have disappeared, brings the legacy of Madrid's underground to a global audience through an exciting and surprising journey, available in a variety of languages. After comprehensive historiographical research, the public company has worked on the digital restitution of the reality that has disappeared or been transformed by means of high-impact recreation techniques. This effort not only preserves the heritage in its original appearance, but also helps to disseminate the history of Metro and the environment in which it has developed.  Thus, in addition to the infrastructures open to the public in person, users can also enjoy immersive experiences to travel back in time and visit the first eight stations of the network or three of the pioneering electrical substations.