Chamartín Historical Trains Exhibition

Chamartín metro station is hosting an exhibition of classic Metro de Madrid trains that have been fully restored to celebrate the Company’s Centenary. There are 12 cars that allow a tour of the main milestones in terms of rolling stock, from its origins to the 1960s, although some of these cars were in service until 1991.

Despite the differences between the successive series of classic cars, named after the stations they served, they all shared the same basic technology: all-metal bodies, General Electric traction equipment, Westinghouse braking equipment, General Electric or Westinghouse traction motors, etc.

Along with these trains, the main protagonists of the exhibition, you can see about 100 elements of the subway and evocative images of a past time that today is rescued and that makes possible the journey to the modern subway of today.