Most beautiful stations from Madrid Metro (TOP 6)

Tirso de Molina

Tirso de Molina is a station on line 1 of the Madrid Metro located under the square of the same name in the Centro district of Madrid (Spain), Community of Madrid.

The station opened to the public on December 26, 1921 with the name Progreso and with 60 m platforms; This name was changed on July 10, 1939 to the current name “Tirso de Molina“, and in the 1960s its platforms were expanded to 90 m. Between 2004 and 2005 it was renovated, changing walls and vaults, so that it currently has yellow vitrex.

Since July 3, 2016, the station remained closed due to works to improve the facilities of line 1 between the Plaza de Castilla and Sierra de Guadalupe stations. The line was reopened on November 13, 2016, although On September 14, the Plaza de Castilla-Cuatro Caminos and Alto del Arenal-Sierra de Guadalupe sections were reopened.

Plaza de España

The Plaza de España stations constitute an interchange between lines 3 and 10 and with line 2 named Noviciado.

The Noviciado station (line 2) is located in the Centro district, in the Universidad neighborhood. The Noviciado platforms are located under Calle San Bernardo between the intersections with Calle Noviciado (hence its name) and Calle de los Reyes. The Plaza de España station is located between the neighborhoods of Argüelles (Moncloa-Aravaca district), Universidad and Palacio (Central district). The platforms of line 3 of Plaza de España under Calle de la Princesa, at the height of the square of the same name, and those of line 10 under Calle de los Reyes, at a greater depth than those of the other two lines.

Since December 5, 2020, the diamonds with the Madrid Metro logo located at the entrances to the Plaza de España station carry the colors of the national flag as a tribute to the Constitution.

Retiro

Retiro is a station on line 2 of the Madrid metro located between the neighborhoods of Recoletos (Salamanca district) and Jerónimos (Retiro district), under the emblematic Alcalá street and next to the famous Retiro park, from which it takes its name.

Sevilla

Sevilla is a station on line 2 of the Madrid Metro located under Alcalá Street, at the intersection with Sevilla Street, which gives its name to the station.

It opened to the public on June 14, 1924 with the first section of line 2 (Sol-Ventas).

It was closed from April 23, 2018 to May 31, 2019 to carry out a comprehensive remodeling, and then due to a cut in the line. The renovation consisted of completely modernizing the station, making it accessible to the entire public. To do this, the image of the lobby was changed to a more modern one, all the access points were changed to a much larger one, located on the odd-numbered sidewalk on Alcalá Street; and three elevators were installed.

Alameda de Osuna

Alameda de Osuna is a station on line 5 of the Madrid Metro located under La Rioja Street at the intersection with Corbeta Street, in the homonymous neighborhood belonging to the Madrid district of Barajas. It is one of the heads of the line.

The station was inaugurated on November 24, 2006. This station, along with the previous one on the line, is one of the largest due to the large space available to build it under the street where it is located.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport T1-T2-T3

Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 is a station on line 8 of the Madrid Metro located next to terminal T2 of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, in the homonymous district of Madrid.

The station opened to the public on June 14, 1999 with the name Airport, being inaugurated by the Kings of Spain together with the president of the Community of Madrid. The construction of the station and part of the line to which it belongs It has been financed with cohesion funds from the European Union. The station was the terminal of the line until September 7 of that same year, when the remaining section of the first phase of construction of the line was opened. On May 3, 2007 it changed its name to the current one (extension to the Airport T4).

Feria de Madrid

Feria de Madrid (formerly Campo de las Unidas) is a station on line 8 of the Madrid Metro located under Parthenon Avenue and next to the IFEMA fairgrounds, which give its name to the station, in Campo de las Unidas, in the Barajas district.

The station has a central platform and, on each side, a large mural is displayed that occupies the entire length of the station, made by Luis Sardá and Carlos Alonso with the title “Faces of the nations, a single flag”, which unifies all the flags of the world. The station opened to the public on June 24, 1998 with the first section of the line. The station was the end of the line until June 14, 1999, when the line was extended to what was then called Airport station. On June 7, 2017, Metro de Madrid announced that as of June 26, 2017, the station would be renamed Feria de Madrid, a change that “will allow the user to more easily associate the location of the IFEMA Fairgrounds.”

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