The train station and subway Madrid-Atocha is the main station in the country, and the city. It was at this station where the cowardly attacks occurred March 11, 2004.

The Madrid train bombings consist of a series of Coordinated bombings Against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spain's general elections In), killing 191 people and wounding 1,800. The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary Were Determined Attacks Directed by the al-Qaeda-inspired cell Terrorist

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Madrid Atocha (Estación de Madrid Atocha / Madrid Puerta de Atocha) is the largest railway station in Madrid serving commuter trains (Cercanías), intercity and regional trains from the south, and the AVE high speed trains from Barcelona (Catalonia) and Seville (Andalusia), all run by Renfe, the Spanish national rail company.

Madrid Atocha station is named after the Atocha neighborhood of the Arganzuela district in which it stands. Nearby are Retiro Park, Real Jardin Botnico and various museums.

The original facade faces the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V. Here a number of streets converge, including the Calle de Atocha, Paseo del Prado, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, Calle de Méndez Álvaro, Paseo de las Delicias, Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, and Ronda de Atocha.

Atocha station is really a railway complex, formed by the Madrid Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Puerta de Atocha stations of the Spanish national railways and the Atocha Renfe station of the Madrid underground.

Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, 3
28012 Madrid
Phone: 902 432 343

Metro: Atocha - Renfe
Bus: 10, 14, 19, 24, 26, 32, 37, 54, 57, 102, 141, C
Night Bus: N9, N10 y N11.