Madrid Chamartín railway station

Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor is a railway complex in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, located in the Chamartín district, in the northern part of the Spanish capital. In addition to being an important railway hub, Madrid-Chamartín also functions as a major transport interchange, providing Cercanías Madrid and Madrid Buses services.

The station has its origins in the plans outlined during the Second Republic to reorganise the arterial railway network of Madrid, although its construction would not be completed until several decades had passed. Opened in 1967, it quickly absorbed the railway traffic from other stations, and its initial facilities became too small. Therefore, between 1972 and 1975, new and more spacious facilities were built, which are the ones that have survived to this day.

It currently centralises all railway communications from the capital to the north-west quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula, from Salamanca to Irún, through the several main lines that depart from it: the 100 Madrid-Hendaye, the 200 Madrid-Barcelona, the 300 Madrid-Valencia, the direct railway 102 Madrid-Burgos and the high-speed line 080 Madrid-North and high-speed line 040 Madrid-Levante. It also has some services on Iberian gauge track to the northeast (Media Distancia) using the Madrid railway ring road and to the south (Media Distancia and Intercity) thanks to the tunnels that connect it to Atocha station.

Chamartín Renfe train station has 21 platforms, numbered West to East.

History

Although the first excavations began in 1933, the lack of money and in 1936 the subsequent Civil War stopped all railway projects linked to Chamartín and the new direct line to Burgos. The station was built during the development of the 1960s on the old cemetery of the town of Chamartín de la Rosa.

Madrid Metro

The Chamartín metro station connects Lines 1 and 10, and is located directly below the railway station, accessible by a short sheltered outdoor passage. It has four levels: two mezzanines, and two track levels, with mezzanines between track levels. There is a metro museum.

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