The Community of Madrid has extended the AulaMetro programme to bring public transport closer to nearly 12,000 students during the 2025/26 school year, through free activities aimed at all educational stages and organised by the underground. The Deputy Regional Minister for Educational Policy and Organisation, José Carlos Fernández, and the Deputy Regional Minister for Housing, Transport and Infrastructure, José María García, presented the new programme at the Fundación Caldeiro School in the Spanish capital today. 

García pointed out that "last year there were 9,129 schoolchildren who took part in this initiative, setting a new record that doubles the figure for the previous year, and we want to continue bringing the day-to-day workings of the Metro closer to the little ones in an educational and entertaining way." 

As a novelty, in this edition the metropolitan company has designed an activity aimed at kindergarten children through the story A Trip with Metro, which shows the adventures of a little monster called Rombo. "Thanks to this story with illustrations, which will be narrated in the classroom by the professionals involved in this project, we encourage the use of public transport from a very early age", added the deputy minister. 

For his part, Fernández highlighted the importance of raising awareness among children about how to use Madrid's underground system, which is also a benchmark for mobility in Europe. "Learning how to use the facilities correctly and promoting the message that Metro belongs to everyone and must be looked after is a priority, especially if it is done in a fun way." 

AulaMetro, which started in 1982, currently offers 12 free proposals, including face-to-face actions in schools. It is aimed at all school levels, including special education, and is held in public, state-subsidised and private schools in the Community of Madrid. 

For the first, second and third years of primary school, the metropolitan company organises Metro in your School, a 90-minute workshop in the classroom that encourages participation, followed by another hour-long session at the nearest station, where everything they learn is put into practice. The activities for this stage are the most popular, representing 72% of participants. 

For Secondary, Baccalaureate and Vocational Training students, the underground offers a visit to emblematic spaces, such as the exhibition of historic trains in Chamartín or the Nave de Motores, and in the case of special education, the sessions are aimed at enabling people with intellectual disabilities to use the network independently. 

During the last academic year, Metro also opened a new space, located in the Logistics Centre of the Canillejas depot, which has joined the existing classrooms at Nuevos Ministerios (L6, L8 and L10) and El Bercial (L12) stations. Schools interested in participating in this initiative can request information or their inclusion in the programme by emailing aulametro@metromadrid.es.