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El Pozo railway station

Coordinates: 40°26′48″N 3°41′32″W / 40.44667°N 3.69222°W / 40.44667; -3.69222
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El Pozo
General information
LocationCentro, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates40°26′48″N 3°41′32″W / 40.44667°N 3.69222°W / 40.44667; -3.69222
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
Platform levels2
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
OpenedJuly 15, 1992 (1992-07-15)
Services
Preceding station Cercanías Madrid Following station
Asamblea de Madrid Entrevías
towards Chamartín
C-2 Vallecas
towards Guadalajara
Asamblea de Madrid Entrevías C-7 Vallecas

El Pozo Station is a Cercanías station in Vallecas neighborhood (Madrid). It was opened on July 15, 1992, and it is located in El Pozo area. It belongs to lines C-2 and C-7 of Cercanías Madrid.

On the morning of March 11, 2004, a double-decker commuter train exploded with two bombs at this station, thus killing 68 people. It was later discovered that the Islamic terrorist cell Al-Qaeda was behind the attack.[1] In 2011, a monument made by the architect José María Pérez González [es] with the collaboration of several Spanish artists, including Juan Genovés, Forges, and Andrés Rábago García [es], was inaugurated near the station in memory of those who died in the attacks of March 2004.[2]

Monument to the victims of the 2004 terrorist attack

References

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  1. ^ "Lunes, 11 de marzo de 2019". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  2. ^ VA, Vallecas (2011-03-11). "Gallardón inaugura el monumento de El Pozo junto a Rajoy". Vallecas VA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-19.